Jakko Jakszyk, Robert Fripp & Mel Collins: A Scarcity Of Miracles (A King Crimson Projekct) auf 1 CD und 1 DVD

"A Scarcity of Miracles" entstand aus den gemeinsamen Sessions von Jakko Jakszyk und Robert Fripp. Zusammen mit dem Saxophonisten Mel Collins wurde daraus ein King Crimson ProjeKcts Album, zu dem Tony Levin und Porcupine Tree Drummer Gavin Harrison Bass und Schlagzeug beisteuerten. Robert Fripp hat über die CD mit sechs Songs in seinem Online Tagebuch geschrieben, dass „A Scarcity of Miracles eines meiner Lieblings-Alben ist, bei denen ich ein bestimmendes Element bin. Es hat das Crimson Gen, aber ist nicht wie KC“.

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When Fripp (King Crimson founder and guitarist) and Jakszyk (Level 42) got together in February 2009 neither expected that their initial sessions of guitar-only improvisations would result in a full-blown album, or that it would ultimately be deemed to be a King Crimson ProjeKct. As the material from those first sessions developed, it was obviously becoming much wider in scope and scale. The arrival of sax player and former King Crimson member, Collins, added further colour and texture to the emerging songs. The line-up was completed with the addition of bassist Levin and Porcupine Tree’s drummer, Harrison (both members of the 2008 incarnation of King Crimson), adding their parts to the material in their respective studios.

What had begun as an exchange of ideas grew into an album of heartfelt songs, an album that is immediately accessible on first hearing but reveals fresh detail and depth with each subsequent play, as one might expect from musicians of this calibre.

A Scarcity of Miracles (A King Crimson ProjeKct) features artwork by PJ Crook. The CD/DVD-A pack features the album mixed in 5.1 surround sound, the album in high definition 24 / 96 stereo, an album’s worth of alternate mixes, improvisations from the original sessions and the video for the title track, along with the CD album in a slipcase.

Many fans have read about the evolution of this King Crimson ProjeKct through Fripp’s widely read online diary at www. dgmlive. com - where he has updated progress on the recording, mixing and mastering of the album at regular intervals.

“JFC [Jaksyk, Fripp, Collin] is a superb album. I have not heard stereo quite like this since the early 1970s, and much of that was not of this quality, “ writes Fripp in his December 15th entry to his online diary. “JFC is one of my favouritist albums, of those where I am a determining element. It has the Crimson gene, but is not quite KC [King Crimson].”

Rezensionen

,,Atmosphärische, intelligente Musik mit flächigen Soundscapes und virtuosen Solo-Ausflügen, poppige Melodien, die das Ohr umschmeicheln, alles sanft und fein ineinander verwoben von Jakszyk und Fripp produziert, ein schönes Album – und dennoch keine King-Crimson-Musik." (Good Times, August / September 2011)

,,Auf dem brauchbaren neuen Album spielen die Herren einen atmosphärischen Progrock und melancholische Soundscapes, wie man sie etwa von Mick Karn kennt." (stereo, September 2011)