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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 rockband King Crimson.[2]
Explore the diverse and creative work of Robert Fripp, the founder of Guitar Craft and a member of King Crimson. Discover his music, books, art, publications, and merchandise on his website.
Learn about Robert Fripp, a guitarist, composer, producer, and author, best known for King Crimson and his solo works. Explore his diverse collaborations, Guitar Craft, Discipline Global Mobile, and more.
- 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 · King Crimson co-founder Robert Fripp on choosing guitar, musical influences, band principles and heartbreaking departures
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Sep 19, 2022 · Timothy O'Connell for The New York Times. Robert Fripp became a rock star without acting like a showman. As the guitarist and leader of King Crimson — the band he founded in 1969 — Fripp, 76 ...
