Artist.......: Robert Fripp & Brian Eno
Album........: Beyond Even (1992 - 2006)
Label........: DGM Live
Genre........: Ambient
Catnr........: DGM0702
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Dec-09-2007
str.date.....: Oct-23-2007
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: http://www.enoshop.co.uk/
track title time
01. ringing beat 05:23
02. gasp 02:21
03. sneering loop 03:23
04. tripoli 202 06:14
05. behold the child 03:01
06. timean sparkles 02:47
07. dirt loop 04:28
08. the idea of decline 04:24
09. deep indian long 05:12
10. hopeful timean 04:43
11. glass structure 04:09
12. voices 05:10
13. cross crisis in lust storm 05:24
Runtime 56:39 min
Size 74,3 MB
Release Notes:
While 2004Æs The Equatorial Stars, by the most
brainy duo in rock Ö was long-awaited missive after
a lengthy hiatus for most fans, few of us knew that
the ambient twosome had been working on and off for
more than a decade beforehand. Thus Beyond Even
(previously cheekily-titled Works Of Startling
Genius and available as a limited edition of
separate tracks or one long piece) comes as a very
welcome surprise.
Actually to describe this collection of sketches
and works-in-progress as æambientÆ would be a total
misnomer. Yes, parts (especially those which
obviously came from the same semi-somnambulant
sessions that produced àStars) are as floaty and
bath-time friendly as youÆd expect, but there are
also (as youÆd expect with anything touched by the
hand of Fripp) a fair few unsettling moments too.
This makes the non-sequenced version of the album a
little easier to take, as the stylistic jumps can
be, wellàstartling.
EnoÆs instrumental work has tended more towards a
beat-driven axis in recent years and this is
reflected in the dubwise fog of ôRinging Beatö or
the more Crimson-esque ôTripoli 2020ö, ôThe Idea Of
Declineö or ôCross Crisis In A Lust Stormö, where
Fripp gets to spray that burning guitar all over
the loops as in days of yore.
The other downside is that FrippÆs midi tones in
places have strangely dated: an occupational hazard
with anything that was once so cutting edge. The
funky xylophone/singing bowl and breathy ethereal
choir tones in particular. Often you long for the
simpler Frippertronic days of fuzz pedal and Revox
that graced No Pussyfooting and Evening Star, but
this is still an album filled with shimmering
beauty and spooked wonderment. EnoÆs production
adds just the right quantity of warp and grit, like
filtering spring water through a rusty can. ItÆs 90
percent serendipitous. His soundbeds always inspire
Fripp to give his best. It was ever thus on EnoÆs
own early albums and now, thirty years later, this
still sounds like the work of people born to
collaborate. Kindred souls indeedà.
Ripper Notes:
This record came with 2 cds that I found contained
the same thing, there was however a slight
difference in file sizes, here is the version with
the highest size of course. There is a total of 2
megs of difference between the totals of the 2
cds... What is the meaning of this? Only Fripp and
Eno can answer that I suppose...
Enjoy!s