In 1977, King Crimson founder Robert Fripp—who left the world of music in 1974 when he dissolved the group—moved to NYC’s Hell’s Kitchen (later the Bowery) and immersed himself in the city’s punk and “new wave” music scene. Inspired by New York’s frantic energy and wanting to combine the new sounds he was hearing with “Frippertronics,” the droning tape loop system he had developed with Eno, the final product was his solo record, Exposure.
The video is a promotiona for Exposure. Not a lot happens here, but in the context of 1979, this was absolutely futuristic.
via dangerousminds
Actually it still stands pretty much on the edge in 2012. Fripp went on to perform and record more of the Frippertronic soundscapes and continues to do so. Recently two albums and tours with Theo Travis (
see Steve Wilson post) who also used a similar loop system with saxophone and flutes.
