THRaKaTTaK

by King Crimson

THRaKaTTaK cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: June 1996
  • Label: DGM
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 57:14
  • Community rating: 3.11/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Constructed from sprawling, chaotic improvisations performed during their 1995 tour, this challenging album splices multiple live takes into a single, cohesive hour of abstract noise. It entirely avoids the double-trio lineup's structured songs, focusing instead on their ability to generate complex, dark ambient textures and aggressive avant-garde soundscapes on the fly. It is arguably the most fiercely experimental official release in the band's catalog.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, improvisation, dissonant, avant-garde, complex

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 I) (3:42)
  5. The Slaughter Of The Innocents (8:03)
  6. This Night Wounds Time (11:16)
  7. THRaKaTTaK (Part II) (11:08)
  8. THRAK (Reprise) (2:52)

Credits

  • King Crimson - primary artist, music by
  • David Singleton - arranged by, edited by [digital editor]
  • Adrian Belew - guitar
  • Trey Gunn - guitar [warr]
  • Pat Mastelotto - percussion [acoustic & electronic]
  • Bill Bruford - percussion [acoustic & electronic], marimba

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