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Robert Fripp: Side projects
During King Crimson's less active periods, Fripp pursued a number of side-projects. Collaborating with
Brian Eno, he recorded
No Pussyfooting in 1972 and
Evening Star in 1974. These two albums featured experimentation with several novel musical techniques, including a tape delay system that would come to play a central role in Fripp's later work. The system was so characteristic of Fripp's work that sounds produced using it came to be known collectively as "Frippertronics".
Fripp spent some time away from the music industry in the later 1970s, during which he cultivated an interest in the teachings of Gurdjieff (studies which would later be influential in his work with Guitar Craft). He returned to musical work as a studio guitarist on
Peter Gabriel's first self-titled album in 1976, released the following year. Fripp toured with Gabriel to support the album, but remained in the wings and was introduced to audiences as "Dusty Rhodes."
In 1977, three years after the breakup of the third incarnation of King Crimson, Fripp received a phone call from Eno, who was working on
David Bowie's album
Heroes. Fripp agreed to play guitar for the album, a move which initiated a series of collaborations with other musicians. Fripp soon contributed his musical and production talents to
Peter Gabriel's second album, and collaborated with Daryl Hall on
Sacred Songs. During this period, Fripp began working on solo material, with contributions from several other musicians, including Eno, Gabriel, and Hall, as well as Peter Hammill, Jerry Marotta,
Phil Collins, Tony Levin and Terre Roche. This material eventually became his first solo album,
Exposure, released in 1979, followed by the
Frippertronics tour in the same year. While living in New York, Fripp contributed to albums and live performances by Blondie and Talking Heads, and produced The Roches' first album.
Fripp's collaboration with Buster Jones, Paul Duskin, and
David Byrne produced
God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners in the following year. He simultaneously assembled what he called a "second-division touring new wave instrumental dance band" under the name League of Gentlemen, with Sara Lee, Barry Andrews and Johnny Toobad, for the duration of 1980.
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