1999 SOUNDSCAPES - LIVE IN ARGENTINA

1999 is the definitive album by "The Artist Formerly Known As FrIpp" (or "TAFKAF"), that flamboyant, funky guitarist known for wearing tight purple outfits while prancing about the stage singing songs about releasing that ol' sexual tension.

What?

Oh, sorry. This is an album of Frippertronics, a technique developed by Robert Fripp, wherein, using a guitar to play tones into one reel-to-reel tape recorder, with a tape that then runs across the heads of a second reel-to-reel tape recorder, then feeding back to the first reel-to- reel tape recorder, the guitarist is able to compose a piece which lulls the listener into a semi- comatose state. This process was created after Fripp learned from his good friend, Brian Eno, who, while in a nearly comatose state, discovered that when in such a state, light ambient sounds actually sound like music. Fripp appears to want to create more comatose listeners to enjoy his friend Eno's ambient albums.

These pieces of background washes are saved from complete numbingness by the short Interlude, where Fripp uses some guitar effects to make the loops slightly less unlistenable.

Two stars, only because the album is better background than soft rock or jazz.

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