Track Listing 1. Cage - King Crimson 2. Red - King Crimson 3. Burned by the Fire We Make - Adrian Belew 4. Sleepwalk - California Guitar Trio 5. Mingled Roots - Tony Levin 6. Midnight Blue - Robert Fripp 7. Hope - Robert Fripp String Quintet 8. Thrakattak I - King Crimson 9. Radiophonic II - Robert Fripp 10. Voice of Ancient Children - Los Gauchos Alemanes 11. Better Time, A - Peter Hammill 12. 2006 - Robert Fripp 13. Train to Lamy Suite - California Guitar Trio 14. Last Three Minutes - Ten Seconds 15. Third Star, The - Trey Gunn 16. Sermon on the Mount - Europa String Choir 17. Be Longing - Gitbox 18. Scanning II - Robert Fripp 19. Inductive Resonance - Robert Fripp & the League of Gentlemen 20. Real Life - Trey Gunn 21. Connecticut Yankee in the Court of King Arthur, A - Robert Fripp & the League of Crafty Guitarists 22. Epitaph - King Crimson 23. Sometimes God Hides - Robert Fripp
| Details | | Distributor: | Ryko Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Sometimes God Hides is a musical stew made up of guitar-laden progressive and jazz-rock tracks, mainly from King Crimson and their solo members. With the likes of Adrian Belew and Robert Fripp leading the way, this sampler from the DGM label offers a kaleidoscopic journey through the amazing guitar craft of these talented musicians, along with some excitingly vivid excursions from Trey Gunn and the California Guitar Trio and a peculiar mix of new age and ambient from the Europa String Choir. Subtitled "The Young Persons' Guide to Discipline," these 23 tracks open up a whole new world of guitar and string manipulation, fusing familiar techniques with aberrant rhythms, electronic pastiches, and appealing yet incongruous string arrangements. Cuts such as Belew's "Burned By the Fire We Make" and King Crimson's "Red" (from an official bootleg album out of Argentina) tread on cordial rock ground but are still entertaining while, at the other end of the spectrum, tracks like Peter Hammill's haunting a cappella entitled "A Better Time" and "Voices of Ancient Children" from Los Gauchos Alemanes swoop and soar with a blend of new age mystery and modernized ambience. While the focal point of most of the songs is the guitar, the surrounding atmosphere of trancelike keyboard runs and unique string applications creates a multi-dimensional effect throughout each track. Moody and eccentric, this sampler makes for a truly peculiar instrumental journey. ~ Mike DeGagne
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