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Fayman & Fripp: A Temple in the Clouds (CD, 54:26) Projekt PROJEKT 104, 2000
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Box 166155
Chicago, IL 60616
Cyberhome: http://www.projekt.com

Robert Fripp is like a box of chocolates.  One minute he's the evil scientist
pumping out some of the most intense and disturbing metal ever recorded with
the boys in King Crimson, and the next minute he's a new age disciple using
his guitar to create incredibly soothing and "healing" textures. A Temple in
the Clouds - a collaboration with keyboardist Jeffrey Fayman - would
fall in the latter camp as it is a collection of Fripp's patented "Soundscapes"
mixed in with Fayman's keyboards stylings and some ambient outdoor sounds.
If the goal of the music (actually, calling it music is a stretch - "ambient
backgrounds" would be more appropriate) is to put the listener in almost a
meditative trance-like state, A Temple in the Clouds succeeds on
every level.  After listening to this CD multiple times, I literally felt
as if every muscle in my body had called out sick and gone to Tahiti.


     (Fayman/Fripp)

According to the liner notes, in 1992 Fripp and Fayman took a pilgrimage to
the Greek temple of Anapraxis (along with three tons of recording equipment)
with the idea of hopefully capturing some of the mystique of ancient Greece
on tape. The sounds captured there - along with some samples from Fripp's
Let the Power Fall, comprise the four tracks on A Temple in the Clouds.
Musically speaking, the tracks are mostly exercises in patience and subtlety
- the slow chord changes take you from Point A to Point B without really
allowing you to remember how you got there.  Fripp's guitar acts as the foundation
for the CD, while Fayman colors in the spaces with sweeping synthesizers that
lend an almost ominous tone to the tracks.  The prime example of this eeriness is
the 30-minute title track - by the time I was 10 minutes into the track I was definitely
completely relaxed, but there was also a residual feeling of something not
quite being right.

So if your interest lies in Fripp's guitar chops and "traditional"
song structure, you won't be happy here.  But, if you're looking for ambient
sounds that patch directly into the very essence of what you are, then
look no further than A Temple in the Clouds.  I guarantee that no matter
how stressed and anxious you may feel from the mundane day-to-day existence
on planet Earth, spending an hour Fripp and Fayman will put your mind and body
at ease - and in these hectic and fast-paced times an experience like A Temple
in the Clouds is priceless.

   ~ Michael Askounes

CREDITS:
Jeffrey Fayman: Synthesizers
Robert Fripp: Guitars, Soundscapes, Frippertronics

TRACKLIST:
1. The Pillars of Hercules (15:23)
2. The Sky Below (4:32)
3. A Temple in the Clouds (30:59)
4. The Stars Below (3:30)

More information on Fayman/Fripp can be found at http://www.projekt.com

(All CD/artist grafix courtesy of PROJEKT.com)



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