(No Pussyfooting) cover

(No Pussyfooting)

Released

Dark, droning, and dense, this 1973 collaboration between King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and Roxy Music keyboardist Brian Eno was not only something of a slap in the face to the prog rock excesses of the time but also a gesture in the direction of classical minimalism. It consists of two multi-track suites: “The Heavenly Music Corporation” (in five parts) and “Swastika Girls” (in two parts). All feature a variation on what would come to be called “Frippertronics” — a loop-based approach whereby his guitar is recorded and layered on tape, at which point he plays solos over the resulting bed of shifting chords.

Rick Anderson

Recommended by

Suggestions
The  Eleventh Hour cover

The Eleventh Hour

Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble
X/Y cover

X/Y

Goran Kajfes
Mutations cover

Mutations

Vijay Iyer
Godbear cover

Godbear

Charlemagne Palestine
Rabot cover

Rabot

Havenaire
Lucus cover

Lucus

Time Is A Blind Guide, Thomas Strønen
Speechless cover

Speechless

Fred Frith
Saman cover

Saman

Hildur Guðnadóttir