| David Cross, Robert Fripp |
| Starless Starlight (April 21, 2015) |
David Cross, Robert Fripp — Starless Starlight 
Born: April 23, 1949, Plymouth, England
•ð• Crimson mainman Robert and ex–member David to launch album based on 1974 track.
REVIEW: SCOTT MUNRO / 29 APR 2015
♦ King Crimson mainman Robert Fripp and ex–member David Cross have recorded an album exploring classic track Starless.
♦ Entitled Starless Starlight, the eight–piece work is based on a melody Cross wrote for the original, which appeared on Red in 1974. Fripp recorded two improvised takes in 2006 and Cross has reworked them and added violin parts.
♦ Cross says: “It’s a piece in which we all managed to express ourselves and get our personalities across. This little theme that Starless Starlight is based on has a kind of journey, and it emerges different but still surviving. I’ve always been very impressed with that.”
♦ He continues: “Somehow the piece manages to embody some very simple ideas — quite romantic and sentimental, but at the same time angry and dark.”
♦ Starless Starlight is released via Noisy Records on May 4. Cross recently completed work on a David Cross Band album and he’s working with former Van Der Graaf Generator multi–instrumentalist David Jackson. King Crimson will tour the UK later this year:
♦ Aug 31: Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
♦ Sep 01: Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
♦ Sep 03: Cardiff St. David’s Hall
♦ Sep 05: Brighton Dome Concert Hall
♦ Sep 07: London Hackney Empire
♦ Sep 08: London Hackney Empire
♦ Sep 11: Manchester The Lowry
♦ Sep 14: Birmingham Symphony Hall
♦ Sep 17: Edinburgh Usher Hall
Location: United Kingdom
Album release: April 21, 2015
Record Label: Noisy Records, NOISY007
Duration:
Tracks:
01. Starless Starlight Loops
02. In The Shadow
03. Shine And Fall
04. Starless Theme
05. One By One, The Stars Were Going Out
06. Fear Of Starlight
07. Starlight Trio
08. Sure Of The Dark
Description:
♦ Two members of the groundbreaking mid 1970s King Crimson line–up unite on a fascinating album length exploration of a melody — composed by David Cross and Robert Fripp — that emerged as one of the key themes on the King Crimson masterpiece, Starless. The melody resurfaced in two improvisations performed and recorded by Fripp in 2006 and these recordings plus the Starless theme itself were subsequently transformed and augmented by David Cross (and co–producer Tony Lowe). A beautiful and unexpected collision of violins and Soundscapes.
Website: http://prog.teamrock.com/
Website: http://www.david-cross.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/David-Cross-Music/105639052830314
Press/Agent:
With King Crimson:
♦ Larks Tongues in Aspic (1973)
♦ Starless and Bible Black (1974)
♦ Red (1974)
♦ USA (1975)
Solo / David Cross Band:
♦ Memos from Purgatory (1989)
♦ The Big Picture (1992)
♦ Testing to Destruction (1994)
♦ Back to Broke (1996)
♦ Exiles (1997)
♦ Civilizations (2005)
♦ Closer Than Skin (2005)
♦ Alive in the Underworld (2008) (David Cross Band)
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| David Cross, Robert Fripp |
| Starless Starlight (April 21, 2015) |
Born: April 23, 1949, Plymouth, England
•ð• Crimson mainman Robert and ex–member David to launch album based on 1974 track.
REVIEW: SCOTT MUNRO / 29 APR 2015
♦ King Crimson mainman Robert Fripp and ex–member David Cross have recorded an album exploring classic track Starless.
♦ Entitled Starless Starlight, the eight–piece work is based on a melody Cross wrote for the original, which appeared on Red in 1974. Fripp recorded two improvised takes in 2006 and Cross has reworked them and added violin parts.
♦ Cross says: “It’s a piece in which we all managed to express ourselves and get our personalities across. This little theme that Starless Starlight is based on has a kind of journey, and it emerges different but still surviving. I’ve always been very impressed with that.”
♦ He continues: “Somehow the piece manages to embody some very simple ideas — quite romantic and sentimental, but at the same time angry and dark.”
♦ Starless Starlight is released via Noisy Records on May 4. Cross recently completed work on a David Cross Band album and he’s working with former Van Der Graaf Generator multi–instrumentalist David Jackson. King Crimson will tour the UK later this year:
♦ Aug 31: Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
♦ Sep 01: Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
♦ Sep 03: Cardiff St. David’s Hall
♦ Sep 05: Brighton Dome Concert Hall
♦ Sep 07: London Hackney Empire
♦ Sep 08: London Hackney Empire
♦ Sep 11: Manchester The Lowry
♦ Sep 14: Birmingham Symphony Hall
♦ Sep 17: Edinburgh Usher Hall
Location: United Kingdom
Album release: April 21, 2015
Record Label: Noisy Records, NOISY007
Duration:
Tracks:
01. Starless Starlight Loops
02. In The Shadow
03. Shine And Fall
04. Starless Theme
05. One By One, The Stars Were Going Out
06. Fear Of Starlight
07. Starlight Trio
08. Sure Of The Dark
Description:
♦ Two members of the groundbreaking mid 1970s King Crimson line–up unite on a fascinating album length exploration of a melody — composed by David Cross and Robert Fripp — that emerged as one of the key themes on the King Crimson masterpiece, Starless. The melody resurfaced in two improvisations performed and recorded by Fripp in 2006 and these recordings plus the Starless theme itself were subsequently transformed and augmented by David Cross (and co–producer Tony Lowe). A beautiful and unexpected collision of violins and Soundscapes.
Website: http://prog.teamrock.com/
Website: http://www.david-cross.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/David-Cross-Music/105639052830314
Press/Agent:
With King Crimson:
♦ Larks Tongues in Aspic (1973)
♦ Starless and Bible Black (1974)
♦ Red (1974)
♦ USA (1975)
Solo / David Cross Band:
♦ Memos from Purgatory (1989)
♦ The Big Picture (1992)
♦ Testing to Destruction (1994)
♦ Back to Broke (1996)
♦ Exiles (1997)
♦ Civilizations (2005)
♦ Closer Than Skin (2005)
♦ Alive in the Underworld (2008) (David Cross Band)
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