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Robert Fripp to Compose Vista's Soundtrack

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the no-more-eno dept.

brainstem writes "Recently, King Crimson founder, guitar master, and all around eccentric musical genius Robert Fripp spent a few days at the MS Campus recording soundscapes for Vista. Fripp, who has been at the forefront of electronic guitar composition for more than 35 years, first using analog tape delays, then with digital effects. He infused his unique brand of Frippertronics on the MS crowd. The Channel 9 site has posted a 25 minute video, chronicalling the event. Now I guess I finally have a reason to leave the default Windows sounds enabled."

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  1. hmmm... by defiant1 · · Score: 2, Informative

    I just lost 25 minutes of my life... can i have them back? What a boring video

  2. Interesting choice... by Lordie · · Score: 5, Informative

    ...considering the Windows 95 startup sound was created by Brian Eno, a one-time frequent collaborator with Fripp.

  3. Re:Not to bash by NoData · · Score: 4, Informative

    While having actual guitar riffs sounds cool, but as cool as a blaring guitar might sound anything that's not melodic will soon begin to sound very annoying after a few hundred repetitions.

    Please watch TFV. This is Fripp. These aren't rockin' "riffs." It's very ambient, very ethereal, very atmospheric.

    But having listened to it, it's also very moody and melancholy. It doesn't make me feel like "Wow, it's big, bright digital world out there!" It's more like, "Blue screens make me sad."

  4. Aww, crap :( by imipak · · Score: 3, Informative

    Speaking as a King Crimson fan of more than 20 years, I'm a bit gutted about this. Apart from anything else, Fripp has shown interesting signs of 'getting it' with regard to copyright and the Pigopolists. See eg. this article on the company he started to buy back his copyrights, and indeed this previous post on a previous Slashdot article.

  5. Re:Well here is what it comes down to by herve_masson · · Score: 5, Informative

    (...) microsoft is starting to learn (...)

    strings "The Microsoft Sound.wav" | tail -n12
    Brian Eno
    ICOP
    1995 Microsoft Corporation
    INAM
    The Microsoft Sound
    IPRD
    Microsoft Windows 95
    ISRCB
    Microsoft Corporation
    One Microsoft Way
    Redmond, WA 98052-6399

    It's not like they're starting to hire professional musicians ! Brian Eno composed this sound for windows 1995.

  6. Re:In the Court... by M-G · · Score: 2, Informative

    I mean, I thought he had better taste than that. I've been a Crimson fan for quite some time. I know folks who have studied under Fripp. He strikes me in the third person as very un-windows-user-ish.

    Perhaps, but I suspect Fripp saw it as a challenge. You know, Discipline and all that.

    I'm wondering if you got that impression from the fact that he despises the major labels? He absolutely hates them for their business practices, but he does actually respect copyrights to the extent that any artist who releases an album on his label retains all right to the song, vs. the standard industry practice.

    KC is also very strict about not allowing any recording of their shows.