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British guitarist, keyboards player, writer and producer who is best known as a founder and only continuous member of King Crimson, born May 16th 1946 in Wimborne, Dorset, England, United Kingdom.
From King Crimson's debut album In The Court Of The Crimson King in 1969, through to the most recent studio album 478 [2003]. To date, King Crimson played their last live performance in Tokyo, Japan on… Read moreDecember 8th 2021. His career celebrates over 50 years as a professional musician and 60 years as a guitarist. Also well known for the development of Frippertronics and Soundscapes, a method of "making a lot of noise with one guitar" through the use of tape / digital delay, rack-mount synthesizer units, and other effects. With , Fripp co-owns and operates the record label (DGM) which specializes in releasing King Crimson material, as well as side projects from many of the rotating KC members, himself included.
Robert is also the founder of Guitar Craft seminars (the first of which took place at in West Virginia, USA from March 25th to 30th 1985). From the mid-1980s and into the early 1990s the performance arm of Guitar Craft toured extensively as . During 2010 Guitar Craft became the Guitar Circles of North America, South America, and Europe. Robert continues to direct and the Symphony of Crafty Guitarists. On September 1st 2022 Fripp's first widely published book The Guitar Circle was released by , in association with DGM.
Fripp married in Dorset on May 16th 1986. They now reside in Pershore, Worcestershire.
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