Just listened to the Collector's Club ProjeKct One disc. Pretty good disc. I remember at the time the boxset, I bought it straight away and thought it was fantastic. Now I listen to it, and I wish someone would have unplugged the Six Million Dollar Effects Rack that Fripp insists on using.
I think I like ProjeKcts One and Two best, because they sound the most like the old King Crimson. ProjeKct One, in particular, I guess because of Bruford's acoustic drums, really harks back to the 72-74 King Crimson.
I actually saw ProjeKct Two when they played in Cleveland back in 98 or whenever it is. Pretty excellent show. The thing I remember where there was places where Trey Gunn seemed to be emulating the patented "laser beam" fuzz guitar solo tone. It was almost like dueling Fripps in some parts of the set. I also recall they did, I think two or three pieces during the first set. Before the second one, Fripp looks over to Trey and Adrian and says in that inimitable style of his, "Are we ready to rock out?".
I also remember that was the show that gave me the key to figuring out where Fripp was tapping on some of the older records, because when he uses fingerboard tapping, it doesn't sound like other guitarists. His tapping sounds more like a guitarist playing a really fast passage across the fingerboard.
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