{"product_id":"fripp-eno-no-pussyfooting","title":"Fripp \u0026 Eno – (No Pussyfooting) (Vinyl)","description":"Consider the period in which \u003cstrong\u003eNo Pussyfooting\u003c\/strong\u003e arrived and just who the two main players were at the time: synth twiddler and platform-heeled aesthete \u003cstrong\u003eBrian Eno\u003c\/strong\u003e had been dispatched\/resigned from \u003cstrong\u003eRoxy Music\u003c\/strong\u003e while guitarist Robert Fripp had enjoyed a meteoric rise to big venues and critical acclaim with King Crimson.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith \u003cstrong\u003eEno\u003c\/strong\u003e stateless and \u003cstrong\u003eFripp\u003c\/strong\u003e already weary of road-life they were men in search of a purpose. Curiously enough they found it in each others company, and within the constraints of a recording studio which in those days was much more primitive then we might imagine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEssentially\u003cstrong\u003e No Pussyfooting\u003c\/strong\u003e is a tape recording album. That is,\u003cstrong\u003e Eno\u003c\/strong\u003e taped \u003cstrong\u003eFripp's\u003c\/strong\u003e sonic experiments on guitar then manipulated the sounds by means of delays, looping and multi-tracking. Of itself this wasn't entirely new (a decade before \u003cstrong\u003eSteve Reich\u003c\/strong\u003e had used synchronised tapes) but the sounds achieved were very different.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis was music which owed nothing to rock culture and not even much to so-called avant-garde electronic music coming out of Germany from groups such as \u003cstrong\u003eCan, Neu!, Popul Vuh\u003c\/strong\u003e and other sonic pioneers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNo Pussyfooting\u003c\/strong\u003e - which consisted of two side-long tracks - The \u003cstrong\u003eHeavenly Music Corporation\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eSwastika Girls\u003c\/strong\u003e - was out there on its own: this was beatless instrumental music; had nothing approaching recognisable elements such as verses or a chorus; was all of a sustained mood; and relied on repetition for its effect. It was pure sound. This was music which referred to nothing outside of itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCritics didn't quite know what to think of it - there were no real reference points after all, certainly not in the pages of Melody Maker or NME - and when \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Peel\u003c\/strong\u003e was provided with a tape he accidentally played it on his programme backwards. (www.elsewhere.co.nz)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVinyl, LP, Reissue, Gatefold, 200 Gram\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA The Heavenly Music Corporation\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eB Swastika Girls\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tNbJ36kz6wQ?si=8MiE5VPtDJ-IzXQF\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Fripp \u0026 Eno","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":58596818583887,"sku":"DGMLP1","price":7.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0993\/2164\/3343\/files\/fripp_53e801e3-a6a9-4239-a0ce-9b73640372d7.jpg?v=1787984692","url":"https:\/\/www.vinylforger.com\/products\/fripp-eno-no-pussyfooting","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}