(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
Nordheim Transformed cover

Nordheim Transformed

Biosphere, Deathprod, Arne Nordheim
Double You cover

Double You

Catrin Finch, Aoife Ní Bhríain
Tsuf Harim cover

Tsuf Harim

Tal Yahalom, Yosef Gutman
Y in Dub cover

Y in Dub

Dennis Bovell, The Pop Group
This Heat cover

This Heat

This Heat
Autobahn cover

Autobahn

Kraftwerk
Ambient Works cover

Ambient Works

Doug Bielmeier
Pacifica cover

Pacifica

Appliance
Danse cover

Danse

Patrice Moret, Julian Sartorius, Colin Vallon