SOUNDSCAPES - BLUEBERRY HILL, ST. LOUIS, MO, USA MARCH 04, 2006

It is a well known fact that Robert Fripp, as he has mentioned 1000s of times, agrees on the theory in which music composed "LIVE" and its performance is an sonic experiment , as Rupert Sheldrake also wrote in his book "Seven experiments that could change the world" , the same as those of science, in which the scientist's attitude toward their experiments and its environment affect the results of the experiments. Meaning for us that a single composition's performance will be directly "altered" according to the place it is exposed, including us audiences of course. Differents strokes for different folks!

Therefore Mr. Fripp convinced of this principle, has been recording and releasing similar live programs in different venues and believe me my friend there are a lot of these recordings. So as expected, the aquisition of the best ones is subjective, according to the same principle and also luck, quiet a bit of it. But above all, if you are a close Robert Fripp follower (as I do), then you already have the knowledge of these already, mostly, already studio or live recorded pieces. I mean if you do not like the composition beforehand, no matter where or when, you probably would still not like it.

This specific program is not exactly my favorite one. Anyway, this "SOUNDSCAPES - BLUEBERRY HILL, ST. LOUIS, MO, USA MARCH 04, 2006", has some extraordinary, from their first time published, soundscapes like the mini "Threshold Bells 1" and "2" and "Starlight 1" or the longer "Time Stands Still", and "Starlight 2", which I do enjoy a lot. Then again the other 5 compositions are not the kind which gets my undivided attention, their cacophonous and incidental structures do not work for me, beforehand, even before they were composed.

2.5 PA stars.