Errors-To: admin at elephant-talk dot com Reply-To: newsletter at elephant-talk dot com Sender: moderator at elephant-talk dot com Precedence: bulk From: moderator at elephant-talk dot com To: newsletter at elephant-talk dot com Subject: Elephant Talk #1230 E L E P H A N T T A L K The Internet newsletter for Robert Fripp and King Crimson enthusiasts Number 1230 Sunday, 14 May 2006 Today's Topics: ITALIAN PIANIST STEFANO BOLLANI PLAYS LIVE FRAME BY FRAME Stefano Bollani playing Frame by Frame Belew at Living Room, Brisbane, Australia. Sat March 06 2006 Re: Crim-related music Primus Soundscapes ------------------ A D M I N I S T R I V I A --------------------- POSTS: Please send *all posts* to newsletter at elephant-talk dot com ** Posts intended for the newsletter should have a subject prefix of ETPOST ** Posts intended for an individual newsletter contributor should have a subject prefix of their ET 'Ticket Number', shown at ETxxxxx in their 'From:' line in the newsletter. 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The ET TEAM accepts no responsibility for the views of authors of posts. ET is produced using John Relph's Digest system v3.7b. If you'd like to donate to the upkeep of ET, please press the "Donate" button at ETWeb. ------------------ A I V I R T S I N I M D A --------------------- Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 10:16:41 +0200 From: starless Subject: ITALIAN PIANIST STEFANO BOLLANI PLAYS LIVE FRAME BY FRAME Il giorno 06/mag/06, alle ore 09:50, Elephant Talk Mailing List ha scritto: > Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 12:38:36 +0100 (GMT+01:00) > From: giandomenico.decicco > Subject: ITALIAN PIANIST STEFANO BOLLANI PLAYS LIVE FRAME BY FRAME > > One of the tune that ha played was a very intersting version of > "Frame by > Frame". At the beginning he playd almost literally the theme, using > his > marvellous indipendence of hands to play the different parts of hte > tune. The improvisation that came after was not too long and was > thematic. Actually he performed the whole song on the Italian Tribute to King Crimson on three CDs: Dario -- - Fighting for peace is like fucking for virginity ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 13:41:10 +0200 From: Avi Shaked Subject: Stefano Bollani playing Frame by Frame Hi! giandomenico.decicco mentioned Bollani's Frame by Frame. I thought about mentioning it to ET myself, as he did it here in Israel a month ago or so, and it was a definite highlight of his set. As giandomenico.decicco mentioned, Bollani played both the melody and the rhythm using his piano in a most delicious manner. He also played a cover of Zappa and another one of The Beatles (these can be found on one of his solo albums. I hope he would release the KC cover sometime soon too). ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 10:16:06 -0700 (PDT) From: lloyd barrett Subject: Belew at Living Room, Brisbane, Australia. Sat March 06 2006 Despite a relative lack of promotion Brisbane Crimheads and Guitar nerds rocked up to Adrian Belew's makeshift Trio at the Living Room - a recently reinhabited venue once known as the Milk Bar. The crowd was a mix of bespectacled guys with their grey hair tied back and Bose T-Shirts prominent and a few younger Tool type fans who'd come along for the ride. All were entertained by the man who I believe puts the FUN in King Crimson. The Discipline of the Global Mobile was nowhere to be seen and ripping version of 80s KC classics like Thela Hun Gunjeet and Elephant Talk had the small (100+) but enthusiastic crowd literally baying for more! Al Slavik and Matt Finish were the perfect foils for Senior Belew and the band totally shredded. Slavik in particular was a master of both standard bass and what I was told is a stick although it look rather more like a Warr Guitar than Levin's tool of low frequency destruction. Now I'm not familiar with Belew's solo material but aside from a few sections of soloing from all participants, which struck me as fan service for the gear heads - lacking strong hooks for the aestheticists, the entire performance was overwhelmingly gleeful and rocking! Frame by Frame was in my mind the highlight with the obviously pumped crowd filling in the vocal sections in mucho voce. They played for around 90minutes and the crowd denied them a break before the encore which could have been a good or bad thing - i'm not quite sure. It seemed that Adrian was having a good time, picking up on the crowd's enthusiasm and slying chastising them for the constant calls for Crimson classics. No guitarist can make the sound of a car crash sound as appealing as Belew and I have to say that I'm glad I saw this trio sans the Discipline of the Global Mobile as we got to see close up one of rock's most under-rated guitarists completely own the room in the most elegantly demented fashion. The way he wrings every note like it's nerves ripped from his flesh is really something to see. And he even happily stayed to sign albums and pose for photos! The best gig i've been to for years and entirely worth the time and money to front up. I feel sad for those who didn't show - i'm gonna be bragging about shaking the great mans' hands for years to come! chrs ][oyd ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 18:46:55 -0700 From: munsey3 Subject: Re: Crim-related music I would highly recommend Tool's latest CD -- 10,000 Days -- for anyone who likes Crimson. It's no accident that the two bands toured together a few years back. Perhaps Tool is the only decent progressive-metal band left. Not as sophisticated harmonically as Crimson, they are certainly KC's match rhythmically and then some. I can't imagine anyone who's appreciative of Crimson not finding a lot to like in Tool's music from Aenima on, but this may just be the misguided musings of a graybeard who's been listening to this stuff for 40 years... Jimbo ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 09:35:06 -0400 From: BARLETB Subject: Primus RE: Crim-related music... Another band that always inspires me to listen to Crim (and verse-visa, depending on who gets taken out of the CD rack first) is Primus. The Pork Soda album always seems to incite me to listen to 80's Crim. I'm certain that the influence is there since Les Claypool covered Thela-Hun Jinjeet during his "Frog Brigade" phase. ... Then again...how could the influence NOT be there since Les is a wicked bass player, and you can almost imagine that something with T. Levin on it is on his regular rotation! (Along with the Isely Brothers which he requested to jam with when he auditioned for Metallica..but that's another story) But there are other discs in the Primus catalog that are as "textural". I always thought that Tim Alexander (Primus' drummer for most of the albums) would have made a better counterpart for Bill than Pat did, but that's just this drummer's opinion. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 7 May 2006 06:40:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Robert Bennett Subject: Soundscapes In response to the query on what people think about Fripp's soundscapes - I enjoy them, actually more so live then listening to them at home. I attended the Porcupine Tree tour last year, in which Fripp played a set of soundscapes with a slide show, and I loved it. As an aside, PT are a great band and well worth checking out. Back to soundscapes however, I feel that Fripp has "mined" this style about as much as it can be "mined". The soundscapes, to my ears, have remained pretty much the same for well over a decade now. At times I find myself saying "enough already we get it - move on". Over the years I don't find much variation happening within the soundscapes structure, sound or musical approach; the guitar tones are the same, the technique is the same and the over all ambient effect is the same. Personally, I liked the "Frippertronics" (Under Heavy Manners etc...) period more so than the soundscapes. I was to young to have witnessed this period live, but would have truly loved to do so. In short, I would love to see Fripp move on to another ambient (for a lack of a better way to describe it) guitar performance style/approach or musical direction. Maybe involve his beautiful acoustic playing along with his synth playing. Just my thoughts on the subject. Bob Bennett ------------------------------ End of Elephant Talk Digest #1230 *********************************