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Definitions

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  • noun A system consisting of two reel-to-reel tape recorders linked to each other so that sounds can be mixed with a delay.

Etymologies

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Fripp and -tronics, after its inventor Robert Fripp; coined by Joanna Walton, Fripp's poet girlfriend in the late 1970s.

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Examples

  • No Pussyfooting in 1972 by combining some experimental tape loop techniques from Eno, combined with Fripps guitar loops (called Frippertronics).

    No Fluff Just Stuff 2008

  • Check out the Frippertronics live performance archive.

    Robert Fripp: Frippertronics Demo (1979) | Disinformation 2007

  • Guitarist Robert Fripp demonstrates the Frippertronics tape loop system in this 1979 television appearance.

    Robert Fripp: Frippertronics Demo (1979) | Disinformation 2007

  • 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.

    ELO | Evil Genius Chronicles 2005

  • Dogwood Tales: Frippertronics strike back skip to main

    Frippertronics strike back neil h 2006

  • This is a collection of atmospheric soundscapes, not terribly unlike, but slightly better than Frippertronics.

    Latest reviews @ Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website 2009

  • - Kanye gets his heart broken again, discovers Frippertronics and gamelan.

    Idolator 2009

  • That evening marked the debut of Frippertronics, his trailblazing experiment in live looping.

    Disquiet 2009

  • Frippertronics innovation and explaining how "we're all turkeys" in live performance.

    JamBase 2009

  • 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.

    AvaxHome RSS: studio308 2009

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