Level Five [PA]

Performer: King Crimson
Producer: Paul De Villiers
Distributor: Ryko Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Adrian Belew (vocals, guitar); Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn (guitar); Pat Mastelotto (drums). This 2002 live recording finds the 21st-century King Crimson in an improvisatory mode. While there are a couple of full-fledged compositions, including the title track from their album THE CONSTRUKCTION OF LIGHT and this collection's own title track, "Level Five," much of the rest harks back to the band's mid-'70s heyday when free-wheeling improv was one of its mightiest tools. Most of the personnel were different then, but mainstay Robert Fripp sounds equally at home bashing ideas around with Adrian Belew, Trey Gunn, and Pat Mastelotto.

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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