One more thing to be said for Fripp--he actually had the balls to give Eno the credit for introducing him to looping. While naming it "Frippertronics" may seem at first to be pretentious, he was always very open about the fact that he didn't invent the technique... jonathan ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Hamburg Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2002 7:53 PM To: Looper's Delight Subject: Re: Loops of the Rich & Famous (was: loop device endorsement) on 8/24/02 10:47 AM, Catilyne at catilyne@icicle.net wrote:
>> j-just one word about a musician who---(oh, please help me!)---has possibly
>> introduced more loopists to looping---
>>
>> <splutter>
>> <sputter>
>> <splutter>
>>
>> Fripp.
>
> Well, if you consider that it was Eno who first wired up Fripp for looping,
> who then is actually the most influential...?
>
> <*duckflee!*> ;)
If nothing else, Fripp should probably get credit for being the first person
with at least moderate star credentials who essentially said: "Hey, I'm
going to take this looping thing on the road and do it in front of people as
essentially the whole act."
_No Pussyfooting_, etc. are nice experiments with the technology. The tour
that resulted in _Let the Power Fall_ was really putting the technique out
there.
Yes, Terry Riley and others had done it before. They were in the academic
and art music world. Fripp was a recognized rock guitarist.
Mark
P.S. I think Fripp has always been clear that Frippertronics is not the
loop. It's Robert Fripp processed through a loop.
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