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* RearrangeTheSong: ''Exposure'' features a re-recording of the Music/PeterGabriel song [[Music/{{Car}} "Here Comes the Flood"]] with Gabriel himself on vocals. The recording here consists solely of Frippertronics and Gabriel at a piano, reflecting Gabriel's discontent with the bombastic production of the original version.
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* RearrangeTheSong: ''Exposure'' features a re-recording of the Music/PeterGabriel song [[Music/{{Car}} "Here Comes the Flood"]] with Gabriel himself on vocals. The recording here consists solely of Frippertronics Frippertronics, a bit of discreet synth and Gabriel at a piano, reflecting Gabriel's discontent with the bombastic production of the original version.
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* CoolTeacher: For several years in the 80s and 90s he taught guitar players an approach to the guitar which he called "Guitar Craft": in order to take a course in it, you had to pay for a rather expensive residential course. Various testimonials talk about Fripp's skill and authority as a teacher: he has an acute eye and ear for what he regards as weaknesses in technique. Guitar Craft wound up in 2010 and turned into Guitar Circle, and Fripp published a hefty book of his writings on the subject in 2022.
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* ThematicSeries: Fripp had two of these in the late '70s and early '80s:
** Firstly, Fripp produced a trio of albums intended to {{deconstruct|ion}} the idea of pop songs as an artistic medium: ''Music/{{Scratch}}'' by Music/PeterGabriel, ''Sacred Songs'' by Music/{{Daryl Hall|AndJohnOates}}, and ''Exposure'' by Fripp himself with contributions from Gabriel & Hall. The three share a distinctly experimental approach rooted in PostPunk and ProgressiveRock, with emphasis on Fripp's tape-delay method of Frippertronics.
** Second was the Drive to 1981, which encompassed the aforementioned ''Exposure'' plus Fripp's later solo projects ''God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners'', ''The League of Gentlemen'', and ''Let the Power Fall''. These albums share a common focus on Frippertronics and "Discotronics," Fripp's experimental take on {{disco}}.
** Firstly, Fripp produced a trio of albums intended to {{deconstruct|ion}} the idea of pop songs as an artistic medium: ''Music/{{Scratch}}'' by Music/PeterGabriel, ''Sacred Songs'' by Music/{{Daryl Hall|AndJohnOates}}, and ''Exposure'' by Fripp himself with contributions from Gabriel & Hall. The three share a distinctly experimental approach rooted in PostPunk and ProgressiveRock, with emphasis on Fripp's tape-delay method of Frippertronics.
** Second was the Drive to 1981, which encompassed the aforementioned ''Exposure'' plus Fripp's later solo projects ''God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners'', ''The League of Gentlemen'', and ''Let the Power Fall''. These albums share a common focus on Frippertronics and "Discotronics," Fripp's experimental take on {{disco}}.
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* IAmTheBand: Zigzagged. Fripp has been the only consistent member of the group over its long life, generally drives the recruitment and high-concept of the band's iterations, and is the most proactive in managing the group's catalog and archives. However, he's the first to acknowledge that he alone does not make King Crimson, and describes its way of doing things musically as more anarchic, with each member pulling the band in various directions to see where it will end up. He doesn't consider himself the "bandleader" of Crimson.
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* IAmTheBand: Zigzagged. Fripp has been the only consistent member of the group Music/KingCrimson over its long life, generally drives the recruitment and high-concept of the band's iterations, and is the most proactive in managing the group's catalog and archives. However, he's the first to acknowledge that he alone does not make King Crimson, and describes its way of doing things musically as more anarchic, with each member pulling the band in various directions to see where it will end up. He doesn't consider himself the "bandleader" of Crimson.
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Robert Fripp (born May 16, 1946) is a British musician best known for being the founder and guitarist of the long-running and influential ProgressiveRock band Music/KingCrimson. While not officially the frontman, he is the only permanent member of the group and viewed as its mastermind.
Outside of King Crimson, he also has a prolific career of solo music and collaborations with musicians such as Music/DavidBowie, Music/BrianEno, Music/PeterGabriel, and Music/TalkingHeads. His music is known for being very experimental, ranging from genres such as ProgressiveRock, {{Ambient}}, and art rock. This vibrant discography contains over 700 releases.
Fripp has also created sound effects for the Windows Vista operating system and has created many innovations to the world of music, including the tape delay system known as Frippertronics and new standard tuning.
Outside of King Crimson, he also has a prolific career of solo music and collaborations with musicians such as Music/DavidBowie, Music/BrianEno, Music/PeterGabriel, and Music/TalkingHeads. His music is known for being very experimental, ranging from genres such as ProgressiveRock, {{Ambient}}, and art rock. This vibrant discography contains over 700 releases.
Fripp has also created sound effects for the Windows Vista operating system and has created many innovations to the world of music, including the tape delay system known as Frippertronics and new standard tuning.
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Robert Fripp (born May 16, 1946) is a British musician best known for being the founder and guitarist of the long-running and influential ProgressiveRock band Music/KingCrimson. While not officially the frontman, he is the only permanent member of the group and viewed as its mastermind.
mastermind, to the point where he is consistently the sole authority on whether or not the band stays together, dissolves, or reunites.
Outside of King Crimson, he also has a prolific career of solo music and collaborations with musicians such as Music/DavidBowie, Music/BrianEno, Music/PeterGabriel, andMusic/TalkingHeads.Music/TalkingHeads, both as a session musician and as a co-star. His music is known for being very experimental, ranging from genres such as ProgressiveRock, {{Ambient}}, and art rock. This vibrant discography contains over 700 releases.
Fripp has also created sound effects for the Windows Vista operating system and has created many innovations to the world of music, including the tape delay system known as Frippertronics and new standardtuning.
tuning. The latter would become a staple of his educational program Guitar Craft, which teaches prospective guitarists the various playing techniques he pioneered. Several alums from these courses would go on to collaborate with Fripp on studio projects, with one of them, Trey Gunn, even being inducted into King Crimson.
Outside of King Crimson, he also has a prolific career of solo music and collaborations with musicians such as Music/DavidBowie, Music/BrianEno, Music/PeterGabriel, and
Fripp has also created sound effects for the Windows Vista operating system and has created many innovations to the world of music, including the tape delay system known as Frippertronics and new standard
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!!Solo studio discography:
* ''Exposure'' (1979)
* ''God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners'' (1980)
* ''Let the Power Fall: An Album of Frippertronics'' (1981)
* ''The Gates of Paradise'' (1983)
!!Collaborative studio albums:
* ''(No Pussyfooting)'' with Music/BrianEno (1973)
* ''Evening Star'' with Music/BrianEno (1975)
* ''I Advance Masked'' with Andy Summers (1982)
* ''Bewitched'' with Andy Summers (1984)
* ''The First Day'' with Music/DavidSylvian (1993)
* ''A Temple in the Clouds'' with Jeffrey Fayman (2000)
* ''The Equatorial Stars'' with Music/BrianEno (2005)
* ''Thread'' with Theo Travis (2008)
* ''Live at Coventry Cathedral'' with Theo Travis (2010)
* ''Follow'' with Theo Travis (2012)
* ''Starless Starlight'' with David Cross (2013)
* ''Discretion'' with Theo Travis (2014)
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* ''Exposure'' (1979)
* ''God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners'' (1980)
* ''Let the Power Fall: An Album of Frippertronics'' (1981)
* ''The Gates of Paradise'' (1983)
!!Collaborative studio albums:
* ''(No Pussyfooting)'' with Music/BrianEno (1973)
* ''Evening Star'' with Music/BrianEno (1975)
* ''I Advance Masked'' with Andy Summers (1982)
* ''Bewitched'' with Andy Summers (1984)
* ''The First Day'' with Music/DavidSylvian (1993)
* ''A Temple in the Clouds'' with Jeffrey Fayman (2000)
* ''The Equatorial Stars'' with Music/BrianEno (2005)
* ''Thread'' with Theo Travis (2008)
* ''Live at Coventry Cathedral'' with Theo Travis (2010)
* ''Follow'' with Theo Travis (2012)
* ''Starless Starlight'' with David Cross (2013)
* ''Discretion'' with Theo Travis (2014)
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** For the longest time, Fripp was not a huge fan of digital distribution of King Crimson music—aside from the usual concerns with "DigitalPiracyIsEvil", the fallout from the EG Records bankruptcy and subsequent sale of KC's pre-1990s catalog left control of distribution and publishing rights out of his hands (or any other band members) for over ''two decades''. A very public row with now-defunct peer-to-peer sharing site Grooveshark did not help matters much. Starting in 2019, however, Fripp has apparently been satisfied with the state of the market to allow King Crimson music to be hosted on Spotify and Website/YouTube, at least.
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** For the longest time, Fripp was not a huge fan of digital distribution of King Crimson music—aside from the usual concerns with "DigitalPiracyIsEvil", the fallout from the EG Records bankruptcy and subsequent sale of KC's pre-1990s catalog left control of distribution and publishing rights out of his hands (or any other band members) for over ''two decades''. A very public row with now-defunct peer-to-peer sharing site Grooveshark did not help matters much. Starting in 2019, however, Fripp has apparently been satisfied enough with the state of the market to allow King Crimson music to be hosted on Spotify and Website/YouTube, at least.
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** The TitleTrack of ''Exposure'' is Fripp's own rendition of the Music/PeterGabriel track with Terre Roche on vocals. Fripp previously produced the Gabriel version's parent album, ''Music/{{Scratch}}''.
** He and his wife Toyah Willcox perform covers on their [=YouTube=] channel.
** The TitleTrack of ''Exposure'' is Fripp's own rendition of the Music/PeterGabriel track with Terre Roche on vocals. Fripp previously produced the Gabriel version's parent album, ''Music/{{Scratch}}''.
** He and his wife Toyah Willcox perform covers on their [=YouTube=] channel.
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* ProgressiveRock: Fripp is one of the most influential prog rock musicians who helped to define the genregenre.
* RearrangeTheSong: ''Exposure'' features a re-recording of the Music/PeterGabriel song [[Music/{{Car}} "Here Comes the Flood"]] with Gabriel himself on vocals. The recording here consists solely of Frippertronics and Gabriel at a piano, reflecting Gabriel's discontent with the bombastic production of the original version.
* RearrangeTheSong: ''Exposure'' features a re-recording of the Music/PeterGabriel song [[Music/{{Car}} "Here Comes the Flood"]] with Gabriel himself on vocals. The recording here consists solely of Frippertronics and Gabriel at a piano, reflecting Gabriel's discontent with the bombastic production of the original version.
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* SignatureInstrument: In the 1969-1974 lineup, Fripp's black 1959 Gibson Les Paul Custom, seemingly the only guitar he ever used at the time. In the 1981-84 lineup, his Roland guitar synthesizer. Since the mid-90s, his Fernandes Goldtop Custom.
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* SignatureInstrument: In the 1969-1974 lineup, Fripp's black 1959 Gibson Les Paul Custom, seemingly the only guitar he ever used at the time. In the 1981-84 lineup, his Roland guitar synthesizer. Since the mid-90s, his Fernandes Goldtop Custom.Custom.
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Outside of King Crimson, he also has a prolific career of solo music and collaborations with musicians such as Music/DavidBowie, Music/BrianEno, and Music/PeterGabriel. His music is known for being very experimental, ranging from genres such as ProgressiveRock, {{Ambient}}, and art rock. This vibrant discography contains over 700 releases.
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Outside of King Crimson, he also has a prolific career of solo music and collaborations with musicians such as Music/DavidBowie, Music/BrianEno, Music/PeterGabriel, and Music/PeterGabriel.Music/TalkingHeads. His music is known for being very experimental, ranging from genres such as ProgressiveRock, {{Ambient}}, and art rock. This vibrant discography contains over 700 releases.
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* CoverVersion: He and his wife Toyah Willcox perform covers on their [=YouTube=] channel.
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* ControlFreak: Robert Fripp in the early days of King Crimson. It ended up driving multiple musicians, including vocalist Gordon Haskell, out of the band. He's mellowed out significantly since then, however.
* GentlemanSnarker: With his habitual attire of a three-piece suit, soft-spoken delivery and lethal comic timing, Fripp is this trope in his interactions with the press and, on occasion, the public.
* GentlemanSnarker: With his habitual attire of a three-piece suit, soft-spoken delivery and lethal comic timing, Fripp is this trope in his interactions with the press and, on occasion, the public.
* {{Improv}}: As a prog rock musician, he performs a lot of improvised music.
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* ProgressiveRock: Fripp is one of the most influential prog rock musicians who helped to define the genregenre
* SignatureInstrument: In the 1969-1974 lineup, Fripp's black 1959 Gibson Les Paul Custom, seemingly the only guitar he ever used at the time. In the 1981-84 lineup, his Roland guitar synthesizer. Since the mid-90s, his Fernandes Goldtop Custom.
* SignatureInstrument: In the 1969-1974 lineup, Fripp's black 1959 Gibson Les Paul Custom, seemingly the only guitar he ever used at the time. In the 1981-84 lineup, his Roland guitar synthesizer. Since the mid-90s, his Fernandes Goldtop Custom.
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* {{Ambient}}: Many of his solo songs are ambient instrumental tracks, including his series of singles "Music For Quiet Moments". His collaborations with Music/BrianEno are also usually ambient.
* BerserkButton:
** Robert Fripp hates (unsolicited) flash photography during concerts (and doesn't feel too hot about bootlegs, either), to the point of actually ''stopping'' concerts when it happens and having the roadies [[SeriousBusiness take away the camera]]. Don't ask him for an autograph either. Specifically, Fripp believes that such things screw with a musician's ability to perform music in a honorable fashion. If you're "the right person," (who isn't out to sell autographed material, disrupt performances, or ask anything of him so you can brag about it to your buds later), at "the right place," (namely, not at concerts or out of the blue on the street), at "the right time" (when he's prepared to do such things), you may just get lucky.
*** According to Tony Levin, Fripp was asked by a couple of fans if he was fine with them taking a photograph, and his reply was [[DeadpanSnarker "Yes, provided I'm not in it."]]
** For the longest time, Fripp was not a huge fan of digital distribution of King Crimson music—aside from the usual concerns with "DigitalPiracyIsEvil", the fallout from the EG Records bankruptcy and subsequent sale of KC's pre-1990s catalog left control of distribution and publishing rights out of his hands (or any other band members) for over ''two decades''. A very public row with now-defunct peer-to-peer sharing site Grooveshark did not help matters much. Starting in 2019, however, Fripp has apparently been satisfied with the state of the market to allow King Crimson music to be hosted on Spotify and Website/YouTube, at least.
* IAmTheBand: Zigzagged. Fripp has been the only consistent member of the group over its long life, generally drives the recruitment and high-concept of the band's iterations, and is the most proactive in managing the group's catalog and archives. However, he's the first to acknowledge that he alone does not make King Crimson, and describes its way of doing things musically as more anarchic, with each member pulling the band in various directions to see where it will end up. He doesn't consider himself the "bandleader" of Crimson.
* {{Instrumentals}}: He isn't a singer, so many of his solo songs are instrumentals. Many of his collaborations and songs with King Crimson are also instrumentals.
* ProgressiveRock: Fripp is one of the most influential prog rock musicians who helped to define the genre
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Robert Fripp (born May 16, 1946) is a British musician best known for being the founder and guitarist of the long-running and influential ProgressiveRock band Music/KingCrimson. While not officially the frontman, he is the only permanent member of the group and is an extremely influential figure in music.
Outside of King Crimson, he also has a prolific career of solo music and collaborations with musicians such as Music/DavidBowie, Music/BrianEno, and Music/PeterGabriel. His music is known for being very experimental, ranging from genres such as ProgressiveRock, {{Ambient}}, and ArtRock. This vibrant discography contains over 700 releases.
Outside of King Crimson, he also has a prolific career of solo music and collaborations with musicians such as Music/DavidBowie, Music/BrianEno, and Music/PeterGabriel. His music is known for being very experimental, ranging from genres such as ProgressiveRock, {{Ambient}}, and ArtRock. This vibrant discography contains over 700 releases.
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Robert Fripp (born May 16, 1946) is a British musician best known for being the founder and guitarist of the long-running and influential ProgressiveRock band Music/KingCrimson. While not officially the frontman, he is the only permanent member of the group and is an extremely influential figure in music.
viewed as its mastermind.
Outside of King Crimson, he also has a prolific career of solo music and collaborations with musicians such as Music/DavidBowie, Music/BrianEno, and Music/PeterGabriel. His music is known for being very experimental, ranging from genres such as ProgressiveRock, {{Ambient}}, andArtRock.art rock. This vibrant discography contains over 700 releases.
Outside of King Crimson, he also has a prolific career of solo music and collaborations with musicians such as Music/DavidBowie, Music/BrianEno, and Music/PeterGabriel. His music is known for being very experimental, ranging from genres such as ProgressiveRock, {{Ambient}}, and
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Outside of King Crimson, he also has a prolific career of solo music and collaborations with musicians such as Music/DavidBowie, Music/BrianEno, and Music/PeterGabriel.
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Outside of King Crimson, he also has a prolific career of solo music and collaborations with musicians such as Music/DavidBowie, Music/BrianEno, and Music/PeterGabriel. His music is known for being very experimental, ranging from genres such as ProgressiveRock, {{Ambient}}, and ArtRock. This vibrant discography contains over 700 releases.
Fripp has also created sound effects for the Windows Vista operating system and has created many innovations to the world of music, including the tape delay system known as Frippertronics and new standard tuning.
He is known for being difficult to work with, although he has mellowed out over time. He similarly shifted from his aversion to music streaming by putting his music on streaming services.
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Fripp has also created sound effects for the Windows Vista operating system and has created many innovations to the world of music, including the tape delay system known as Frippertronics and new standard tuning.
He is known for being difficult to work with, although he has mellowed out over time. He similarly shifted from his aversion to music streaming by putting his music on streaming services.
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Robert Fripp (born May 16, 1946) is a British musician best known for being the founder and guitarist of the long-running and influential ProgressiveRock band Music/KingCrimson. While not officially the frontman, he is the only permanent member of the group and is an extremely influential figure in music.
Outside of King Crimson, he also has a prolific career of solo music and collaborations with musicians such as Music/DavidBowie, Music/BrianEno, and Music/PeterGabriel.
Robert Fripp (born May 16, 1946) is a British musician best known for being the founder and guitarist of the long-running and influential ProgressiveRock band Music/KingCrimson. While not officially the frontman, he is the only permanent member of the group and is an extremely influential figure in music.
Outside of King Crimson, he also has a prolific career of solo music and collaborations with musicians such as Music/DavidBowie, Music/BrianEno, and Music/PeterGabriel.
