Title: King Crimson: THRAK
Release year: 1995/2015
Genre: Rock, Prog Rock, Art Rock, Avant-Prog
Artist: Robert Fripp (guitar, mellotron, Soundscapes), Adrian Belew (guitar, lead vocals), Tony Levin (bass guitar, Chapman Stick, electric upright bass, backing vocals), Trey Gunn (Chapman Stick, Warr guitar, backing vocals) , Bill Bruford (drums), Pat Mastelotto (percussion)

Description:

The 1994 return of King Crimson was timed, matching, in no particular order, one of the most real time for CD sales, a time of great variety of radio formats in the USA, the growth of a number of bands who pointed eagerly to the Influence of King Crimson - especially of the 1972-74 band - a more positive critical reception for the band, the following the remasters of the catalog, Frame by Frame and Great. Such timing not only benefited from the release of the various musicians from their other musical commitments, but in Robert Fripp's case, the ultimately successful battle to regain control of King Crimson's catalog.

Recorded at Peter Gabriel's RealWorld studios THRAK was released in 1995 and followed by tours in Europe, Japan and the USA. In the USA Crimson joined the Horde tour for 1995 - among the floating line-up that included Lenny Kravitz, The Black Crowes and Ziggy Marley. Thrim and its accompanying tours The Crimson fans, while allowing the band to develop a whole new audience - perhaps unsurprisingly, And re-presented in the new Crimson albums and performances.

Had THRAK most reiterated those ideas most fans would, without doubt, have been happy with the outcome, but a key element in the evolution of Crimson's music and history has been the band's unwillingness to simply go on performing and recording for the sake of it. Robert Fripp places great value on the fact that Crimson to perform it. This ability to walk away from the group at a maximum of points artistically and commercially (as with the 70s and 80s lineups), is one of the band's great strengths. It allows for the periodic reinvention of the band.

THRAK has all the hallmarks of a classic album. (1969), Red (1974) and Discipline (1981), The Crimson King (1969), Red (1974) and Discipline (1981) .

The newly mixed stereo of THRAK was described as "transformative" by Robert Fripp. THRAK emerging from six speakers. It's the same thing.

Twenty years on from its original release, THRAK remains one of the most powerful studio albums of the period.

Detailed contents:
* Blu-ray 1: The most comprehensive Hi-Res audio-only disc yet assembled features three complete albums with 5.1 Surround Sound mixes: THRAK, ATTAKcATHRAK and Kcensington THRAK. These three albums also appear in Hi-Res stereo - THRAK in both its original and new stereo mixes - plus a further three complete albums in Hi-Res stereo, JurassiKc THRAK, THRAKaTTAKand & the official live trilogy in Argentina: B'Boom.

* Blu-Ray II features an audio / visual feast: A complete concert filmed live at The Warfield Theater, San Francisco from 1995 - previously unreleased - with all footage, mastered for high definition and 5.1 Surround Sound.

* The live footage from the 1995 5.1 Surround Sound remastered.

* Tony's Road Movies - The band on the road as Tumn Levin

* The EPK of the making of the THRAK album at Peter Gabriel's RealWorld Studios with newly mixed Surround Sound audio.

* Additionally, this disc is being built to include a further unique feature whereby, the disc will function as a pure audio disc for all audio material feature in the audio / video section.

* Both blu-ray discs set new standards for what can be done with this format.



Issued: United States | Discipline Global Mobile, Panegyric Recordings
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