Robert Fripp 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. He has worked extensively as a session musician and collaborator,notably with David Bowie,Blondie,Brian Eno,Peter Gabriel,Daryl Hall,the Roches,Talking Heads,and David Sylvian. He also composed the startup sound of Windows Vista,in collaboration with Tucker Martine and Steve Ball. His discography includes contributions to more than 700 official releases.
Another Green World is the third solo studio album by English musician Brian Eno,released by Island Records on 14 November 1975. The album marked a transition from the rock-based music of Eno's previous releases towards his late 1970s ambient work. Only five of its fourteen tracks feature vocals,a contrast with his previous vocal albums.
Before and After Science is the fifth solo studio album by English musician Brian Eno,originally released by Polydor Records in December 1977 in the United Kingdom and by Island U.S. soon after. Produced by Eno and Rhett Davies,it is the first of Eno's popular music works to be published under his full name.
Ambient 1:Music for Airports is the sixth studio album by English musician Brian Eno,released in March 1978 by Polydor Records. It is the first of Eno's albums released under the label of ambient music,a genre of music intended to "induce calm and a space to think" while remaining "as ignorable as it is interesting". While not Eno's earliest entry in the style,it is credited with coining the term.
Frippertronics is a tape looping technique used by English guitarist Robert Fripp. It marked the first real-time tape looping device,evolving from a system developed in the electronic music studios of the early 1960s by composers Terry Riley and Pauline Oliveros and made popular through its use in ambient music by composer Brian Eno,as on his album Discreet Music (1975). The effect is now routinely found in many commercial loop station guitar digital effects boxes such as the Boss RC-3.
Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) is the second solo studio album by English musician Brian Eno (mononymously credited as "Eno"),released in November 1974 by Island Records. Unlike his debut album Here Come the Warm Jets,which featured 16 musicians,this album utilized a core band of five instrumentalists:Eno (keyboards,guitar),Phil Manzanera (guitar),Brian Turrington (bass guitar),Freddie Smith (drums),and Robert Wyatt (percussion). Manzanera also participated in the writing and production. To help guide the musicians,Eno and Peter Schmidt developed instruction cards called Oblique Strategies to facilitate creativity during the recording process.
Discipline is the eighth studio album by English progressive rock band King Crimson,released on 2 October 1981 by E.G. Records in the United Kingdom and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States.
USA is a live album by the English progressive rock band King Crimson,released in 1975. It was recorded at the Casino,Asbury Park,New Jersey,on 28 June 1974,except “21st Century Schizoid Man”,which was recorded at the Palace Theatre,Providence,Rhode Island,United States,on 30 June 1974. Violin and electric piano overdubs by Eddie Jobson were recorded at Olympic Studios,London in 1975.
Discreet Music is the fourth studio album by Brian Eno,and the first released under his full name. The album is a minimalist work,with the titular A-side consisting of one 30-minute piece featuring synthesizer and tape delay. The B-side features three variations on Canon in D Major by Johann Pachelbel,performed by the Cockpit Ensemble and conducted by Gavin Bryars.
Ambient 4:On Land is the eighth solo studio album by Brian Eno,released in March 1982 by EG Records. It was the final edition in Eno's Ambient series,which began in 1978 with Ambient 1:Music for Airports. The album was released to critical acclaim,and is recognised along with its predecessors as a landmark album in the history of the ambient genre.
Fear is the fourth solo studio album by the Welsh rock musician John Cale,released on 1 October 1974 by Island Records.
Peter Gabriel is the second studio album by the English singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel,released on 2 June 1978 by Charisma Records. Gabriel started recording the album in November 1977,the same month that he had completed touring in support of his debut solo release. He employed former King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp,who was part of Gabriel's early touring band,to produce the album. Fripp used his Frippertronics effects on the co-written song "Exposure".
Here Come the Warm Jets is the debut solo studio album by English musician Brian Eno,released on Island Records on 8 February 1974. It was recorded and produced by Eno following his departure from Roxy Music,and blends glam and pop stylings with avant-garde approaches. The album features numerous guests,including several of Eno's former Roxy Music bandmates along with members of Hawkwind,Matching Mole,Pink Fairies,Sharks,Sweetfeed,and King Crimson. Eno employed unusual directions and production methods to coax unexpected results from the musicians.
After the Heat is a 1978 album by Brian Eno,Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius,credited to "Eno Moebius Roedelius". The album represents the second collaboration by the trio,the first being 1977's Cluster &Eno. As with the previous album,After the Heat was created in collaboration with the influential krautrock producer Conny Plank.
Music for Films is the seventh solo studio album by Brian Eno,released in September 1978 on EG Records. His third release of experimental electronic material,it is a conceptual work intended as a soundtrack for imaginary films,although many of the pieces had already appeared in actual films. It charted at #55 in the UK.
Exposure is the debut solo album by guitarist and composer Robert Fripp. Unique among Fripp solo projects for its focus on the pop song format,it grew out of his previous collaborations with David Bowie,Peter Gabriel,and Daryl Hall,and the latter two singers appear on the album. Released in 1979,it peaked at No. 79 on the Billboard Album Chart. Most of the lyrics were provided by the poet and lyricist Joanna Walton,who also coined the term "Frippertronics" to describe Fripp's tape looping techniques.
Sacred Songs is the first solo album by American singer/songwriter Daryl Hall. It was produced by guitarist Robert Fripp,who also played on the album.
Fripp &Eno is a musical side-project composed of Brian Eno and Robert Fripp. The duo have released four studio albums,beginning with the 1973 album (No Pussyfooting). The music created by this pair is entirely instrumental and has made extensive use of Frippertronics,a tape delay technique,combined with Fripp's guitar,the Fripp Pedalboard and Frizzbox along with Eno playing various keyboards,synthesizers and modified Revox A77 tape recorders.
The Great Deceiver is a 4-CD box set by the band King Crimson,consisting of live recordings from 1973 and 1974,released on Virgin Records in 1992. In 2007,it was reissued on Fripp's Discipline Global Mobile label as two separate 2-CD sets,each featuring new artwork. The box set is titled after a song from the group's 1974 album Starless and Bible Black.
(No Pussyfooting) is the debut studio album by the British duo Fripp &Eno,released in 1973. (No Pussyfooting) was the first of three major collaborations between the musicians,growing out of Brian Eno's early tape delay looping experiments and Robert Fripp's "Frippertronics" electric guitar technique.
