Robert Fripp ~ The New World 1986 (Frippertronics)

Robert Fripp ~ The New World.
From the album: Robert Fripp & The League of Crafty Guitarists - Live! 1986...
The Definitive Edition - Re-Mastered by Robert Fripp & Tony Arnold, 1989.
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Video footage from 'Robert Fripp - Frippertronics Demonstration '79'
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[@postive-vibes]

Fripp is a great reminder that you can remain creative throughout your life.

[@Whosayswho79]

I am listening to this on my headphones while my wife is watching an Italian TV program (which I can see but not hear). What a crazy,beautiful World

[@ronwhitehouse23]

Crazy I agree. It is all confused and never goes anywhere. AWFUL NOISE.

[@tommyrawlings3046]

One of the giants in music history! A true genius!

[@doronron7323]

How much deeper can this guy get into my soul?

[@gianniguerriero]

With the guitar he shows me the universe. Brilliant

[@mojostephen]

I've been a Fripp fan since about '70. He's gone through many incarnations, yet always seems to mystify. He's a true guitarist's guitarist whose unique style cannot be copied or imitated...

[@BIGeSTRING]

I am also a Fripp fan, but I think this is the same for too long. I prefer to hear him at king crimson

[@pfmmodule5144]

Saw him long time ago at the Roxy in LA. Was advertised as a lecture, but turned into a lengthy bit of him playing solo with the Frippertronics setup. Then a very lively Q and A. A wonderful evening

[@zlum1556]

Man... Send me to the space just hearing this.

[@LAPhillyBoyVideos]

Saw Fripp do this live in 1982 when he brought his pair of Revox machines and his ‘59 Les Paul Custom to Houston Hall at UPenn. The notes manage to glide between the cracks in our perception to another realm. The next level for most of us. I have to say these early reel to reel tape loop Frippertronics are more enticing to my ear than His later work with digital delays. There is more “controlled chaos” here which I adore.

[@LAPhillyBoyVideos]

Make that Feb 20,1981. And apparently it was his ‘57 LP not his ‘59 that he used around that time.

[@farrowmonk]

damn I delivered pizzas to Houston hall all the time I never knew Fripp ever played there. I can imagine what that must've been like

[@bbb8182]

I'm envious. I loved Frip back in those days but never saw him live.

[@FloydRunner2049]

Twice in a row, two successive nights. Soon followed by Discipline live twice in a night. Solo Peter Hamill that year, too. Too much for a teenager. 😂

[@greyboy1528]

He has the sweetest distortion. So fluid.

[@Hubs88]

Never heard it put that way and I must agree. Fripp is very special.

[@jameslondon6956]

...I do believe this was recorded prior to the sustainiac's invention...Volume was a big factor in those days...

[@wildfeuer]

@Wadsmitter Big Muff indeed!

[@Cheeseboiga]

@@wildfeuer triangle or ram's head, maybe?

[@wildfeuer]

@@Cheeseboiga I like both but I like my big muff deluxe with noise gate! you can get almost every big muff tone out of that wonderful box!!!! fripp sounds as he had the tone knob very closed and playing with neck pickup on his GTR!!!!! very creamy!!!

[@omarkayham6352]

My favourite guitarist of all time;

[@Rostodon]

Sublime - and exploring the boundaries without being violent, aggressive, uncouth or ugly.

[@marcfedak]

I love Robert Fripp's late 70s and early 80s solo albums and collaborations. League of Gentlemen, "No Pussyfooting" (actually that was early 70s), "Discipline", "Exposure", "God Save the Queen", "Let the Power Fall"....

[@krymz1]

and then i was born

[@jefflanaghan6327]

34 thumbs down!!! wow. Maybe not your thing, but how can you not appreciate the imagination, artistry, musicianship, and work it takes to achieve what he's doing here? SMH. Beautiful trip. Thank you for posting.

[@BigBass-xf5yi]

Obviously low IQ fans of the modern “emo power chord “.

[@timgibson3754]

They got rid of thumbs down Hope you're happy

[@stevekatz4372]

Well, If this is Not Your Thing, just STFU and go listen to your Bubble Gum or Rap Noise!

[@JohnDaubSuperfan369]

It's fuckers like you who helped convince the fat suits at Google to finally get rid of downvotes. Thank you for helping a corporation bastardize this once beautiful site beyond recognition, now it's just one ad after another, a glorified corporate messaging platform.

[@yutakahaniya]

C G D A E G

[@yaserdavidcruzdelgado182]

Soundscape therapy, thanks for everything Mr. Fripp

[@gumse666]

Larger than life.

[@MrDonc78]

he made accessible ambient music and massively deepened thought into what music actually is. like electricity, it is hard to define unless we manipulate it and run it through as many experiments as possible. what is most often found, is that music can summon emotion and maybe that is why we play. to tell a story without words and have you feel exactly what you want them to feel and just know.

[@Sora-o]

Exactly.

[@carriker54]

Without Brian Eno his path would have been extremely different. Fripp & Eno(early): No Pussyfooting Evening Star

[@blankyfrank]

​@@carriker54You are correct. He ran with that revox stuff, kind of like the mellotron but triggered by guitar strings. I saw him around this time too - the shift from analogue to digital had begun & would rapidly accelerate. The work Fripp & Eno were doing was a sonic bridge to today.

[@01goldg1]

It is impossible to achieve the aim without suffering...

[@ivanhenriqueroberto1970]

Exposure

[@light-and-thunder]

When Exposure came out, it shook me to the core. Robert Fripp is a genious.

[@rooannaroo446]

Indeed. Sad but true...

[@andsalomoni]

It is impossible to achieve any aim without suffering. An aim is something that is not actually present yet, so there is separation from the aim. Separation is the reason of all suffering. As long as you have aims, you have to suffer. The awakened one knows that separation is illusionary, and he has no aims anymore. “You have the right to work, but for the work's sake only. You have no right to the fruits of work. Desire for the fruits of work must never be your motive in working. Don't fall in inaction either" [Bhagavad Gita]

[@jeroenbeltman515]

Yeah... I remember that quote! Do you also remember: Eeh ahndreya wood? Reversed A way of life. It’s in the endgroove of a Crimson album.

[@Darrylizer1]

This is joyful and yet intensely sad.

[@worldnotworld]

Fripp's solos over his own tape loops are among the most beautiful and elegant playing he's ever done. The warmth of that tone... How did he get such super fuzz without hiss accumulating on the loops? I'm afraid he has since broadened his palette far too wide with his soundscape gadgetry. KC should put out a non-digital record. Tube amps only! Real drums only! No samples! It's 1973: now play! That would be a challenge. That would be _progressive._

[@MarceloKatayama]

Challenging and exciting, probably. But not at all progressive, I'd say.

[@worldnotworld]

@@MarceloKatayama Oh, it would definitely be progressive to buck the obsession with high-tech. It would be progress.

[@MarceloKatayama]

@@worldnotworld Not really. It would be retrospective, and admittedly pretty tasteful. But not progressive, not at all.

[@worldnotworld]

@@MarceloKatayama I really don't agree! It would be a step _forward_ to break the addiction to ever-changing technology which is not making anything sound any better. I call that progress.

[@MarceloKatayama]

@@worldnotworld The same could have been said about the unique instruments developed during the rock era. They didn't make anything sound better, yet, they were still used. Their capabilities were explored within the context of musical compositions, so they developed into respected instruments with their own unique vocabulary. This was progress then, and it is progress now. What you are suggesting is not progress, it's a tasteful integration of old (and, in the case of tube amps, obsolete) technologies. I would like to see it, but the truth is that it shouldn't be called progress under any metric.

[@Genesis817]

My body reacted immediately with his tone. Thank You for this. Long live Robert Fripp

[@chrishorton615]

Robert Fripp is considered by many to be an inovator of the electric guitar, much in the same way as Les Paul was in the 40's-50's.

[@megacirse4878]

This is very exaggerated because Robert Fripp, if he brought his novelties to progressive rock, was above all the creator of an inspired sound architecture!

[@parasitodeluz]

I you like this theme, you should listen to Fripp´s "Easter Sunday", it´s a rare piece released as flexi disc for Guitar Player Magazine in 1986.

[@maxwellc13]

That one cut really sold me on Frippertronics. It has been finally issued on CD and is worth looking out for('Love cannot bear')

[@brianarbey6345]

I had several of those flexi discs and sadly they didn't seem to make it to a more permanent medium and The Easter disc was just brilliant. It's a shame we were not prepared for the future where these nuggets would not exist in the future world. However, I am glad to say this is one of the discs I loved most, therefore it is being recorded with great care even now. I believe it appeared on one of the earliest Crafty Guitarist albums with a predominant beige background and was the only solo from Fripp, the rest was The league of CG

[@bburkie55]

It is on the CD Love Cannot Bear.

[@FerranK68]

Para mí estas piezas de Mr. Robert Fripp (sus "Frippertronics") son una maravilla que me transmiten la calma necesaria para, por ejemplo, meditar antes de tomar una decisión o simplemente relajarme y disfrutar de su belleza y sensibilidad.

[@robmanic44]

Anyone who loves Toyah Willcox has my vote, after all Robert Fripp does.

[@andxmenx]

outstanding, clever, unusual, artistic ...

[@planetmusic11]

Robert Fripp Is A Sophisticated Genius

[@GaryALucas]

Very nice, I'm sure Mr. Fripp appreciates it. - I was lucky to attend a Frippertronics demonstration during his 'Exposure' promotional tour. In Chicago, it was at the Rose Record store on Ashland Avenue. He signed records and talked to some of those gathered. I asked him when the J.G. Bennett quote about world flooding was. '1964' was his terse reply. Thanks again sir.

[@ak2112]

Rose Records!

[@jonnybeeston]

Such a beautiful soundscape.

[@johnkennedy8947]

It's a great complete piece. R. Fripp is a master you must hear. And then again.

[@frankhoulihanfh4972]

“Start it once more immediately.”

[@ericandre6766]

pour moi, un véritable chef d'œuvre, que j'écoute depuis vingt cinq ans, les larmes aux yeux. les boucles, le son, et surtout les thèmes, vraiment sublimes ! merci ...

[@RobFieldFlorida]

Je ne comprends pas le français, mais j'ai la dérive. Je suis d'accord.

[@whip689]

Fripp and Holdsworth...Imagine that duo!

[@knoxrembrandt]

Danke schön, für diese wundervolle MUSIK .... darin kann ich klanglich BADEN.... im Geist... und in der Seele.... Danke !

[@deliverstringbeans]

One has to shed a tear or two listening to this ...

[@monoludico6166]

The beginning of the Universe, the end of the Universe, repeatedly, to the eternity... while merging the atoms on his phalanges with those of the stardust. Love and respect for you Robert Fripp, forever.

[@worldnotworld]

My Lord, that's good. And that final treat: the clean sound on the outro, with its 70's-Crimson-style lead lines and final chords -- totally unexpected!

[@ruylopez6354]

Robert Fripp was way ahead of his time. A TRUE MASTERPIECE !!!

[@davidfsnyder]

A modern raga. If you like this bit by Robert, be sure to check out sarangi master Abdul Latif Khan.

[@CriticaImpura]

Robert Fripp is GOD and David Bowie is his prophet.

[@robertlofgran8871]

CriticaImpura That's fucking dope! Where's your house of worship my friend? I'm there

[@mikevlade4221]

No, i got grazy through him .

[@threeinitiates8260]

Fripp is one of the goats

[@josemariavinader3129]

Este fluído eléctrico logra estirarme las ideas! En serio, me ayuda con sus frecuencia a integrar mi ímpetu en serenidad y esto es bueno para los que tenemos visión de emprendedores, ayuda a abrir las alas!!

[@alco3943]

Лучший, пожалуй, гитарист всех времен и народов. Как "acoustic", во всяком случае. А как с "electric" рядом можно поставить разве что Jan Akkerman (Focus).

[@cayugaduck5478]

Absolutely glorious.

[@frankhoulihanfh4972]

Just absolutely gorgeous.❤

[@angiecuteass]

This man is as beautiful as his sounds, I'd so love to meet him. My favorite along with Gilmour. Their personality is reflected in their playing.

[@marcsalzman8082]

Of course you would, you're speaking of 2 of 'rock's' artistic geniuses of all-time, I feel you....

[@russelldriver1954]

@@marcsalzman8082 Then he started sharing videos with Toya and it went wrong in lockdown. I have lost respect for him now.

[@gfgarner1301]

@@russelldriver1954 He has worked, innovated, created, struggled for decades. He has amazed and entertained us. Let him enjoy his senior years with the joy he deserves, and don't make it at the cost of your respect, which he should have earned a long time ago. Eventually he will be joining Greg Lake, John Wetton, and all the others whom we hold dear and won't see the likes of which ever again.

[@dhollsynthmusic]

the lockdown vids with his wife are fun, for Fripp-watchers they've humanised him.

[@JamesBlevins0]

RF has stated that he had the most advances from women after his Frippertronics shows.

[@russelldriver1954]

Food of my life, part of my past,nourishment of the soul I have. Sit and listen after a good glass of red. I grew up with this guy's music.

[@ianmuir870]

sublime

[@andyniklaus5695]

Again and again

[@dennisgreening520]

Reminds me of Evening Star ... Fripp/Eno

[@ProgBartleby]

Indeed!

[@solojinglesradio1]

Uvb 76 the buzzer meets Fripp

[@KC9UDX]

There's a Squeaky Wheel in there somewhere.

[@gregarruda112]

It never happened and never stopped.

[@Hubs88]

I wonder what he thinks about while playing.

[@richardhines8622]

Travel .

[@szerzokalman]

***** equilibrium

[@blase1854]

***** it's hard to think about anything when playing guitar, it takes away all your thoughts. that's why I do it.

[@GlennMichaelThompson]

+Hubs88 Most likely not much at all. The right side of his brain is probably entranced with reacting to the soundscape being built. (?)

[@shirleymental4189]

Eggs

[@Stoner075C]

Why is this seem so earth shattering and powerful? Where does it come from? At what does it aim? Someone else in comments says this has gone beyond Neptune by now (Six years ago from writing this). I really hope Someone Else hears it.

[@petemarr824]

If someone has to explain to you about the piece of music you are listening to, it ceases to become what it set out to be.

[@Zeal808]

Love Robert Fripp!

[@ArenaNath]

Fantástico aquel viaje, aquella perdición entre la música y el aire.

[@frankpetermann9366]

Everytime I hear his guitar playing I feel so good and my mind is flying. .Than I take my guitar and I have to play,too

[@nonsensevector]

long story short. i got to lay down right up front and groove. it was heavenly.

[@fourtheye111]

Well done video. A compliment to the Master.

[@janetgriffiths2151]

Astonishingly beautiful

[@jonnybgoode007]

Thanks. Too amazing for mere words. Stunning guitar. Love it!

[@bgbg5960]

He is, was, and will continue to be, the man.....makes it harder for all us mere mortals.

[@EldiasMahdiSastra]

I never heard this name before. Now I know where is Steve Vai style coming from instead Zappa.

[@Timurlane100]

There was a whole group of folks in the late 1970s and early 1980s that were pioneering this Krautrock derived electronica style: Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, Dieter Moebius, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Conny Plank, Neu, Mani Neumeier, etc. Fun times.

[@mikevlade4221]

..sounds like the electric chair for RED ... burn me up , I'm a cigarette .

[@chrisbyars4422]

Diese Musik ist sehr schön, Herr Fripp. Es hat eine stille Tiefe.

[@tomaszprzybylski2713]

Jak dla mnie.... boska muzyka, szalenie inspirująca..... ❤❤❤

[@albertomerola9127]

Un flusso ipnotico di suoni che non si sa da dove vengono, né in quale galassia della mente potrebbero condurci. L'unica certezza è il genio musicale di FRIPP, artefice di molteplici e straordinari progetti musicali..

[@gianniguerriero]

Concordo pienamente! Un capolavoro assoluto!!!

[@SlyHikari03]

This would sound great arranged as a cello suite

[@laurentboetzle4238]

Sound like Ebow playing but not... wonderfull document, thank you very much !

[@kentallard8852]

Frippertronics existed before the ebow. Its two reel to reel tape decks with the reel passing from one to the other, one records and the other plays back the distance between the two machines determines the delay

[@timothydillow3160]

"Greatness does what no one else can do. Genius does what no one else can see."

[@Drewid84]

anyone who loves this should check out Gordian Knot.

[@kevinmizell2076]

Robert fripp A gift to the guitar players world !!!

[@BigBass-xf5yi]

Brilliantly mesmerizing

[@amwouters3925]

passed saturn

[@Meemorp_]

Also gotta love the clean and faint jazz runs around 9:32

[@billmay7364]

Mr. FRIPP ... Is just on another level ...

[@mononoaware1960]

It’s truly inspiring that this and Larks’ Tongues in Aspic came from the same person.

[@Stoner075C]

Not to mention Level 5, which, as far as I can see as a crimhead and regarding the Bartôk+Hendrix experiment, is the jewel of the crown. The final form (Hopefully not!!!!!!) if you like.

[@mononoaware1960]

@@Stoner075C Excellent way of putting it, Hendrix + Bartok!

[@Stoner075C]

@@mononoaware1960 That was Fripp, not me, I can't remember when though.

[@KenRubenstein]

wow...so beautiful....thanks SO MUCH for this...

[@soulschoolboy66]

Sounds like Allan Holdsworth somewhere in the mix. A beautiful piece indeed

[@FusionHowie]

I haven't heard this is sooo way too long !! AWESOME !!!!

[@AndrewGouldingsuburbangeek]

Very cool video - looks like a labor of Love.

[@kcpezoa]

La más bellas melodías creadas por la guitarra de Robert Fripp

[@megacirse4878]

Esto es cierto en parte, pero la mayor parte de su creación fue en King Crimson, ¿qué te parece?

[@richardarnold4271]

Fripp plays Magic not Guitar.O.K.>He. plays Magic on his Guitar!

[@stevewynnearts]

Soul science !

[@ouijarockprog]

The best years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@raulmoya5435]

Master

[@snell8]

Fripp is super f*ing genis!

[@bbb8182]

I never realized Frip might have influenced Alan Holdsworth later on. At 1:45 it reminds me of Steve Howe too. I took a summer workshop at Princeton U's electronic music lab in about 1978. The lab was built in the 60's so it was old school. The prof taught us tricks on tape machines like looping. I never made that connection until now.

[@apcast100]

part of us deep sounds !!

[@nobodady1]

I'm fripping my wig over this.

[@philippetraversat940]

Andy, the ears are on the both side of your head, right and left. Open. Listen.

[@roqueiii645]

grande Roberto

[@cristaldelalluvia]

draculita

[@howardanderson3061]

I saw Fripp at the Roxy and I stayed for 2 shows, it was the “ One Small Mobile Intelligent Unit” tour. It was mind blowing as Fripp presented both lecture and live performance. It was mind blowing, just like this amazing clip.

[@jonathanfrieze8497]

Worst feeling spending years writing original material that you had no idea had ever been done thank you for bettering me for now I can take it one step further

[@wez351]

Ok I listened to it, I don’t get it 🤔 Was this the correct response? What? Am I wrong? Please do tell, I like different music and I just want to know what I’m missing? Do tell 😮

[@rockyreflexion]

Una inmensidad sonora que con tono esperanzador, nada es imposible . Robert Fripp, UNICO.

[@AlexAnthonyFaide]

wonderful...i dig the clean chops towards the end, so gorgeous...thx!

[@katemurphy1915]

I have all sorts of this music on vinyl, in storage unfortunately, I have a tough time finding this music.

[@antifrostswissrecyclingart5791]

Respekt das hört sich spannend an und ist mir frowohl #artantifrost