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6/26/15, 4:09 PM Soundscapes by Robert Fripp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Page 1 of 3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundscapes_by_Robert_Fripp Soundscapes by Robert Fripp From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Soundscapes by Robert Fripp is a musical style developed by guitarist Robert Fripp, involving the use of audio loops created and modified by a specific set of digital music synthesizers and digital audio processing devices. It is separate from the soundscape concept utilized by various avant-garde composers. Contents 1 Frippertronics 2 Soundscapes 2.1 Technology 2.2 Art 2.3 Performance 2.4 Recordings 2.5 Trivia Frippertronics In the late 1970s, Robert Fripp worked with a technique termed "Frippertronics", in solo performances featuring audio loops created with electric guitar and interconnected tape recorders. Soundscapes In the 1990s Fripp revamped the "Frippertronics" system by incorporating digital electronics in lieu of tape recorders and effects pedals, renaming it "Soundscapes". Technology The new digital technology included digital delay devices, digital audio processors, and guitar synthesizers. The audio flow would typically be: A guitarist (e.g. Fripp)... The energy of which is transmitted to an electric guitar with a guitar synthesizer pickup/interface (e.g. the Roland GK-3 (http://www.roland.com/products/en/GK-3/)) connecting to a guitar synthesizer module (e.g. the GR-33 (http://www.roland.com/products/en/GR-33/index.html))... The output of this being routed to a digital audio processor to add guitar effects to the sound... This then is routed to an array of digital delay units (e.g. TC Electronic TC2290 (http://www.tcelectronic.com/TC2290)). The digital delays are used to create audio loops of various lengths of time. The common method being that one unit would be used to create one complete loop, then another unit to create a different loop. These loops would then be combined into the final audio output, being faded in and out by Fripp during the performance. The loops might not necessarily be heard during their creation, but may be faded in gradually... The audio from the digital delays would then be processed by more digital electronics (e.g. the Eventide Harmonizer (http://www.eventide.com/profaud/h8000.htm)), then becoming the final composition.
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Soundscapes by Robert FrippFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Soundscapes by Robert Fripp is a musical style developed by guitarist Robert Fripp, involving the use ofaudio loops created and modified by a specific set of digital music synthesizers and digital audio processingdevices. It is separate from the soundscape concept utilized by various avant-garde composers.
Contents1 Frippertronics2 Soundscapes
2.1 Technology2.2 Art2.3 Performance2.4 Recordings2.5 Trivia
FrippertronicsIn the late 1970s, Robert Fripp worked with a technique termed "Frippertronics", in solo performances featuringaudio loops created with electric guitar and interconnected tape recorders.
SoundscapesIn the 1990s Fripp revamped the "Frippertronics" system by incorporating digital electronics in lieu of taperecorders and effects pedals, renaming it "Soundscapes".
Technology
The new digital technology included digital delay devices, digital audio processors, and guitar synthesizers.
The audio flow would typically be:
A guitarist (e.g. Fripp)...The energy of which is transmitted to an electric guitar with a guitar synthesizer pickup/interface (e.g. theRoland GK-3 (http://www.roland.com/products/en/GK-3/)) connecting to a guitar synthesizer module(e.g. the GR-33 (http://www.roland.com/products/en/GR-33/index.html))...The output of this being routed to a digital audio processor to add guitar effects to the sound...This then is routed to an array of digital delay units (e.g. TC Electronic TC2290(http://www.tcelectronic.com/TC2290)). The digital delays are used to create audio loops of variouslengths of time. The common method being that one unit would be used to create one complete loop, thenanother unit to create a different loop. These loops would then be combined into the final audio output,being faded in and out by Fripp during the performance. The loops might not necessarily be heard duringtheir creation, but may be faded in gradually...The audio from the digital delays would then be processed by more digital electronics (e.g. the EventideHarmonizer (http://www.eventide.com/profaud/h8000.htm)), then becoming the final composition.
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Art
Fripp states on the Discipline Global Mobile web site (http://www.dgmlive.com/rf/index.htm?group=bleeping&bio=true) that "Soundscapes": "has the aim of finding ways in which intelligence and music,definition and discovery, courtesy and reciprocation may enter into the act of music for both musician andaudience".
Because Fripp has also stated that the intent is for active listening by the audience, it can be argued that"Soundscapes" may not be considered as a type of ambient music, as it is sometimes described.
The performances are improvised; they can be quite loud, lengthy, dramatic, soothing, eerie, and possiblyalarming. Because "Soundscapes" are often held as part of a rock concert, they can prove somewhat taxing onan unprepared audience.
Another common Fripp quote regarding "Soundscapes" is: "this remains the best way I know of making a lot ofnoise with one guitar".
Performance
Fripp has performed "Soundscapes" in several situations:
Solo concerts; sometimes as music-only, sometimes interspersed with an informal audience Q&AOn tour with King CrimsonIn concert with Crafty GuitaristsAs part of the G3 (tour) with Steve Vai and Joe SatrianiAs opening act for Porcupine Tree
Recordings
Fripp has featured "Soundscapes" on various King Crimson albums.
He has also released pure "Soundscape" recordings as well:
1994 - Robert Fripp 1999 (CD)1996 - Radiophonics: 1995 Soundscapes Volume I (CD)1996 - A Blessing of Tears: 1995 Soundscapes Volume II (CD)1996 - That which Passes: 1995 Soundscapes Volume III (CD)1996 - Pie Jesu (CD)1997 - November Suite: Soundscapes - Live at Green Park Station (CD)1997 - The Gates of Paradise (CD)
2005 - Love Cannot Bear: Soundscapes - Live in the USA (CD)2005 - World Financial Centre New York, New York, November 30, 2000 (FLAC or MP3)2005 - St Peters Church, December 3, 2005 (FLAC or MP3)2005 - Junction, Cambridge UK, December 11, 2005 (FLAC or MP3)2005 - MDH, Manchester UK, December 8, 2005 (FLAC or MP3)2006 - Sutton Parsh Church, Ely UK, December 12, 2005 (FLAC or MP3)2006 - Wulfren Civic Hall, Wolverhampton UK, December 6, 2005 (FLAC or MP3)2006 - Shepherds Bush Empire, London UK, December 7, 2005 (FLAC or MP3)2006 - All Saints Church, Broad Chalke, Wiltshire UK, January 14, 2006 (FLAC or MP3)2006 - Arts Center, Carrboro, NC, USA, February 21, 2006 (FLAC or MP3)2006 - Variety Playhouse, Atlanta GA, USA, February 25, 2006 (FLAC or MP3)
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2006 - Variety Playhouse, Atlanta GA, USA, February 25, 2006 (FLAC or MP3)2006 - Rhythm and Brews, Chattanooga TN, USA, February 27, 2006 (FLAC or MP3)2006 - Belcourt Theatre, Nashville TN, USA, March 1, 2006 (FLAC or MP3)2006 - Blueberry Hill, St.Louis, MO, USA, March 4, 2006 (FLAC or MP3)2006 - St. Paul's Cathedral, London UK, June 13, 2006 (FLAC or MP3)2006 - Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire UK, June 14, 2006 (FLAC or MP3)2006 - Jaani Kirik, Viljandi, Estonia, August 25, 2006 (FLAC or MP3)2006 - Evensong (FLAC or MP3)2007 - Zepp Osaka, Osaka, Japan, November 28, 2006 (FLAC or MP3)2007 - Hitomi Memorial Hall, Tokyo, Japan, November 29, 2006 (FLAC or MP3)2007 - Jaani Kirik, Tartu, Estonia, August 26, 2006 (FLAC or MP3)2007 - Glass and Breath, May 4, 2007 (FLAC or MP3)2007 - At the End of Time - Churchscapes Live in England and Estonia (CD)2007 - Sound Sculpture - ND Ateneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 8, 2007 (FLAC or MP3)2007 - The Society for Ethical Culture, New York, N.Y., June 23, 2005 (FLAC or MP3)2007 - Sound Sculpture - ND Ateneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 10, 2007 (FLAC or MP3)
Trivia
On May 4, 2006, Steve Ball invited Robert Fripp back to the Microsoft campus for a second full day of work onWindows Vista following up on his first visit in the Fall of 2005. [1] (http://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx?postid=287615)
On October 21, 2006, Fripp was in Seattle, Washington doing recordings of Soundscapes for Microsoft to beused in sound themes by the Windows Vista operating system.[2] (http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=151853)
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