Fripp & Eno 1973 No Pussyfooting
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On side A, "The Heavenly Music Corporation" the sole sound source is
Fripp's electric guitar, played through a tape loop system devised by Eno.
This involves a re-circulating tape loop, onto which Eno would send
selected portions of Fripp's output signal. Once thus captured, these
musical phrases would continue to playback in a loop, while Fripp played
further material over the top. By selectively enabling or disabling the
record and erase modes on the system, Eno could remove portions of
the loop, or add further new layers on top of the existing material.
The result is a dense, multi-layered piece of ambient drone music.
Fripp described the experience of improvising over the tape loops
as akin to "trying to steer a battleship".
from wikipedia
On side A, "The Heavenly Music Corporation" the sole sound source is
Fripp's electric guitar, played through a tape loop system devised by Eno.
This involves a re-circulating tape loop, onto which Eno would send
selected portions of Fripp's output signal. Once thus captured, these
musical phrases would continue to playback in a loop, while Fripp played
further material over the top. By selectively enabling or disabling the
record and erase modes on the system, Eno could remove portions of
the loop, or add further new layers on top of the existing material.
The result is a dense, multi-layered piece of ambient drone music.
Fripp described the experience of improvising over the tape loops
as akin to "trying to steer a battleship".
from wikipedia
