ROBERT FRIPP & BRIAN ENO

at the same time brian eno was working on ‘here come the warm jets’, he was flexing his experimental muscle with this album of tape delay manipulation recorded with robert fripp.

in a system later to be dubbed frippertronics, eno & fripp set up two reel-to-reel tape decks that would allow audio elements to be added to a continuing tape loop, building up a dense layer of sound that slowly decayed as it turned around & around the deck's playback head. fripp later soloed on top of this. ‘(no pussyfooting)’ represents the duo's initial experiments with this system, a side each. ‘heavenly music corporation’ demonstrates the beauty of the setup, with several guitar & synth elements building on top of each other, the music slowly evolving, & fripp ending the piece with low dive-bombing feedback that swoops over the soundscape, bringing the piece to its conclusion. ‘swastika girls,’ on the other hand, shows how the system can be abused.