EleKtriK [PA]

Performer: King Crimson
Producer: David Singleton; Robert Fripp; The Vicar
Distributor: Ryko Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Adrian Belew (vocals, guitar); Trey Gunn (guitar, fretless guitar); Robert Fripp (guitar, sound effects); Pat Mastelotto (keyboards, drums). Audio Mixer: Machine. ELEKTRIK documents King Crimson's tour of Japan in support of their 2003 album THE POWER TO BELIEVE, which was still their most recent studio recording at the time of this concert disc's reissue in '09. There's no looking back on past glories here; the set list is almost entirely from POWER TO BELIEVE and its 2000 predecessor, THE CONSTRUKCTION OF LIGHT. As such, it finds Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, and company working their patented whisper-to-a-scream dynamics like the master craftsmen they are -- rock maniacs one moment and subtle ambient experimentalists the next.

Led by innovative guitarist/conceptualist Robert Fripp, King Crimson went through countless changes in style and personnel. They moved from early symphonic/progressive rock to angular, experimental improv to a mixture of hard rock and fusion before breaking up in the mid-'70s. Revived in the '80s, the group modernized its approach by incorporating Gamelan-like polyrhythms and an almost danceable Talking Heads-influenced sound into their approach. Always the coolest of the art-rockers, Crimson was also one of the most influential of the early-'70s prog crowd.

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