Travis & Fripp

Even by the wild, far-out standards of London in the late-1960s, King Crimson's sprawling, experimental, psychedelic jams were a jaw-dropping sight which paved the way for a new generation of progressive rock acts and mesmerised Jimi Hendrix into declaring them the best band in the world. Guitarist Robert Fripp's melding of jazz improvisations with swampy blues-rock grooves, stoner ambience and mystical theatre would go on to be the calling card of landmark albums 'In the Court of the Crimson King', 'Larks' Tongues in Aspic' and 'Red', but he was also prone to wandering off on various musical adventures, including collaborating with Brian Eno and David Sylvain and making guest appearances with David Bowie, Talking Heads and Blondie. Along the way he also befriended woodwind multi-instrumentalist Theo Travis who had been playing with Soft Machine Legacy and leading his own groups; Fripp made a guest appearance on the avant garde jazz artist's 2007 album 'Double Talk'. The same year the pair got together for an improvised, one-day, recording session and with Travis's tranquil flute and saxophone melodies intertwining and mingling with Fripp's delicate soundscapes, their debut album 'Thread' became a contemplative, telepathic piece of ambient meandering. As the scope and layers of the project began to grow, Travis & Fripp went on to capture their concert performances on 'Live at Coventry Cathedral' in 2010 and explored a fuller range of textures and atmospherics on the livelier 'Follow' in 2012. The brooding, volcanic 'Discretion' was less soothing, more harrowing in mood, and the pair returned again with the three CD collection of live performances 'Between the Silence' in 2018.

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