With their latest release, The ConstruKction of Light, prog rock monster KING CRIMSON beat themselves with their own weapons. After promising the future and more by taking the listener to unknown musical dimensions on the (mainly) convincing "ProjeKct" releases, on their most recent album it sounds like the band is breaking down under its own power and heaviness.
With a much lighter load of musical and psychological ballast, recent KC and Discipline Global Mobile family member, TREY GUNN has come out with his third ‘solo’ album. Backed by drummer and percussionist Bob Muller and fellow guitarist Tony Geballe, the guitar, bass and (Chapman-) stick master delivers another sample of his "touch guitar" playing and composing skills.
Listening to the song structures and melody lines, Robert Fripp's influence is undeniable. But with Muller using a variety of ethnic percussion instruments, and Gunn throwing in mellotron, theremin and shortwave sounds, the music floats nicely between aggressive KC-style rock parts, exotic ambient pieces, and eclectic, percussive instrumentals, that transcribe the aged KC philosophy into a younger and more accessible pop language.
The density on the nine songs on The Joy of Molybdenum is amazing, and even those who have just had enough of the capital "K" games should give this release a try.
Andreas Stuhlmann
Tokyo Journal
August 2001
With a much lighter load of musical and psychological ballast, recent KC and Discipline Global Mobile family member, TREY GUNN has come out with his third ‘solo’ album. Backed by drummer and percussionist Bob Muller and fellow guitarist Tony Geballe, the guitar, bass and (Chapman-) stick master delivers another sample of his "touch guitar" playing and composing skills.
Listening to the song structures and melody lines, Robert Fripp's influence is undeniable. But with Muller using a variety of ethnic percussion instruments, and Gunn throwing in mellotron, theremin and shortwave sounds, the music floats nicely between aggressive KC-style rock parts, exotic ambient pieces, and eclectic, percussive instrumentals, that transcribe the aged KC philosophy into a younger and more accessible pop language.
The density on the nine songs on The Joy of Molybdenum is amazing, and even those who have just had enough of the capital "K" games should give this release a try.
Andreas Stuhlmann
Tokyo Journal
August 2001
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