KING CRIMSON — THRaKaTTaK

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Live album · 1996

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By KING CRIMSON

Tracklist

1. THRAK (2:20)
2. Fearless And Highly THRaKked (6:35)
3. Mother Hold The Candle Steady While I Shave The Chicken's Lip (11:18)
4. THRaKaTTaK Part One (3:42)
5. The Slaughter Of The Innocents (8:03)
6. This Night Wounds Time (11:16)
7. THRaKaTTak Part Two (11:08)
8. THRAK (reprise) (2:51)

Total Time 57:16

Line-up/Musicians

- Robert Fripp / guitar, mellotron
- Adrian Belew / guitar
- Tony Levin / bass guitar, chapman stick, Ned Steinberger upright bass
- Trey Gunn / Warr guitars
- Bill Bruford / drums, percussion
- Pat Mastelotto / drums, percussion

About this release

Recorded live at Longacre Theatre, New York, USA, 20-25 November 1995, at Nagoya Shimin Kaikan, Nagoya, Japan, 8 October 1995, at Hitomi Memorial Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 10 October 1995, at Omiya Sonic Hall, Saitama, Japan, 12 October 1995, at Koseinenkin Kaikan Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 2-3, 14 October 1995, at Paramount Theatre, Springfield, USA, 17 November 1995, at Mahaffey Theatre, St. Petersburg, USA, 8 November 1995, Roxy Theatre, Georgia, USA, 11 November 1995, at Tupperware Convention Center, Kissimmee, USA, 9 November 1995, at Palace Theater, Columbus, USA, 27 November 1995, at Rosemont Theater, Chicago, USA, 29 November 1995, at Auditorium Theatre, Rochester, USA, 16 November 1995, and at Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo, Japan, 5 October 1995. Released by DGM.

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Warthur
THRaKaTTaK is a divisive release among King Crimson fans, and there's good reason why it should be so. Rather than being a conventional release of studio renditions of existing compositions, or a live performance of songs and improvisations, THRaKaTTaK blends various improvisations performed in conjunction with THRAK (the instrumental) on the 1995 tour supporting THRAK (the album) into one long ambient piece. The overall effect is much like Frank Zappa's technique of xenochrony, or Neil Young's Arc album.

It's an experiment which would be repeated on the Schizoid Men disc of the Ladies of the Road live release, but I think it works somewhat better here. The trick is in not expecting anything resembling a conventional song structure, but accepting it as a sort of noisy, industrial-tinged ambient piece. Approach it like that, and you'll find it much easier to appreciate.

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