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Robert Fripp (born 16 May 1946) is an English musician, songwriter, record producer, and author, best known as the guitarist, founder and longest-lasting member of the progressive rock band King Crimson.
Learn about Robert Fripp, a guitarist, composer, producer, and author, best known for King Crimson and his solo projects. Discover his work with other artists, his ethical music company, and his Guitar Circle seminars.
- Fracture: King Crimson, from 1974’s Starless and Bible Black. “Fracture is impossible to play,” Fripp wrote in his online diary in 2016. For most people, that’s 100 percent accurate.
- Frame by Frame: King Crimson, from 1981’s Discipline. When Fripp answered the call of King Crimson in the early ’80s, he found himself operating with a new array of influences and sonic tools: the at-turns delicate and quirky vocal stylings of Belew, Levin’s octave-spanning Chapman Stick, the possibilities of a dual-guitar attack, the gloss of New Wave and the interwoven ensemble complexity derived from gamelan music.
- Larks’ Tongues in Aspic, Part Two: King Crimson, from 1973’s Larks’ Tongues in Aspic. “The question I posed myself might be put like this: ‘What would Hendrix sound like playing the ROS or a Bartok string quartet?’”
- Level Five: King Crimson, from 2003’s The Power to Believe. By 2003, Fripp and Belew had crystallized a distinctive guitar symmetry, a sort of sonic telepathy refined through years of rehearsal and performance.
Apr 5, 2023 · Robert Fripp is difficult to get hold of. One of rock’s most idiosyncratic figures and one of the chief architects of progressive rock via King Crimson, he rarely gives interviews, and prompts a mix of memories from past and present bandmates. Today he’s the sole remaining founding member of Crimson, who recently were the subject of the ...
Learn about Robert Fripp, one of Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists, and his collaborations with David Bowie, Brian Eno, and King Crimson. Watch his live presentations with sister Patricia Fripp, and download his book Robert Frippicisms.
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