Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A system consisting of two reel-to-reel tape recorders linked to each other so that sounds can be mixed with a delay.
Etymologies
- Fripp and -tronics, after its inventor Robert Fripp; coined by Joanna Walton, Fripp's poet girlfriend in the late 1970s. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“No Pussyfooting in 1972 by combining some experimental tape loop techniques from Eno, combined with Fripps guitar loops (called Frippertronics).”
“Check out the Frippertronics live performance archive.”
“Guitarist Robert Fripp demonstrates the Frippertronics tape loop system in this 1979 television appearance.”
“I was lucky to have a now defunct station (WGTB) in my area which played a lot of european electronic music, Frippertronics and even some punk.”
“Dogwood Tales: Frippertronics strike back skip to main”
“Frippertronics innovation and explaining how "we're all turkeys" in live performance.”
“The album's best moments evoke their subject matter efficaciously and effortlessly; "First Light" creates an audible early morning chill, "An Arc of Doves" employs flights of Frippertronics, "Not Yet Remembered" seesaws between sleep and consciousness, and so on.”
“This is a collection of atmospheric soundscapes, not terribly unlike, but slightly better than Frippertronics.”
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“- Kanye gets his heart broken again, discovers Frippertronics and gamelan.”
“That evening marked the debut of Frippertronics, his trailblazing experiment in live looping.”
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Musical Eponyms
list suggested by @grrillaesthete
Frippertronics, Moog, theremin, saxophone, sarrusophone, sousaphone, heckelphone
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