Robert Fripp and Brian Eno are pioneers of what later became known as ambie… Read Full Bio ↴Robert Fripp and Brian Eno are pioneers of what later became known as ambient music. Eno coined the term "ambient music" or at least is the first to release music under that name, and Fripp has worked extensively with guitar looping as textural "soundscapes". Their collaborations have influenced many artists and sound engineers.

Robert Fripp and Brian Eno have worked together on many projects over the last 30 years, and their Fripp & Eno records from 1973-1974 are innovative milestones that at the time were extremely unusual.

Of course, Fripp and Eno also are likely to have had influences also. Eno cites Erik Satie's music as part of one story of how he became interested in ambient music as a subtle form of wallpaper that one could listen to or just let be part of an environment.

The system of looping tapes between two open reel decks to create a delay loop is the fundamental system used by Eno in what later became known as the mechanics behind Frippertronics. Eno did this with two reel to reel tape decks and creating a delay system he could use to layer sound for live performances.

The system used two reel to reel decks with the left deck as a source for blank tape or prerecorded material to be used to overdub on top of, and the right deck as delay playback and take up reel. Changing the distance between the decks would lengthen the delay time. Eno recorded Fripp on deck 1 and while the guitar was played live the recording would flow to deck 2 and play with a time delay. By mixing the delay back into the main signal going into deck 1 the sound can be layered and the decay of the signal can be controlled for few or many repeats.

This appears to have been a technique used by Pauline Oliveros, and perhaps others involved with the San Francisco Tape Music Center, such as Terry Riley and Steve Reich, before Eno started doing this. Eno's art school background was inclined towards conceptual systems that would process whatever material you fed into a creative system, and Eno was heavily influence by some of Steve Reich's tape phasing system. Riley had worked with Tape loops in the UK in the 1960's and probably was exposed to the idea by William S. Burroughs and Brion Gyson's looping experiments. Riley's later work shifted from tape to orchestrated musicians simulating the kind of audio effects such as phasing that early sound engineers had discovered while playing with tape decks.

Back in the 1960's there were no digital delays or flangers and these effects were created using reel to reel tape through multiple tape heads and various tape tricks.

Eno had used early synthesizers to process Roxy Music in addition to creating sounds, and processing guitar with synths and tape were a logical extension of that.

So, Robert Fripp dropped by Eno's one day and plugged his guitar into one of Eno's tape system experiments and the result led to a two albums of material in collaboration in the early 1970s, and many collaborations of projects in the decades since. Eno probably also processed the guitar with synthesizer and may be creating some synth textures in the two classic Fripp & Eno albums also.

During the early seventies these two artists collaborated as Fripp and Eno and released two albums: "Evening Star" and "No Pussyfooting". Generally in their work together, Robert Fripp plays electric guitars while Brian Eno extends and alters the recordings live with multiple tape players and other effects. In 2011 an official bootleg of their full 1975 concert at Olympia, Paris was released through Fripp's DGM Live label.

In 1994 "The Essential Fripp and Eno" was released, which contained some unreleased material plus the "best of" the previous Fripp and Eno albums, including all of the otherwise currently out-of-print No Pussyfooting. In 2005 the duo released an album of all new material, "The Equatorial Stars".

Fripp adapted the tape system in the late 1970's and did a solo tour with just guitar and his "Frippertonics" system and used the effects on albums he produced around that time for Peter Gabriel and Daryl Hall as well as on his 1979 solo album Exposure and on his band King Crimson's 1982 album Beat.

More recently digital technology has made it much easier to delay and loop audio signals and Fripp does much the same thing using electronic devices.

Some recommended explorations for fans of Fripp and Eno might be Terry Riley's "In C" and "Persian Surgery Dervishes", Fripp's solo work, Steve Reich's track "It's Gonna Rain", composer Morton Feldman's "For Samuel Beckett", and some of David Torn's solo guitar work and Tom Heasley's works with ambient tuba, didjerifu and voice using very similar systems to Fripp and Eno.

There is a "Looper's Delight" mailing list that discusses looping technology and which has many interesting musicians currently working along these lines.

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Fripp & Eno Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Fripp & Eno:

An Index of Metals (Instrumental)…
Evening Star (Instrumental)…
Water On Water In the beginning you really loved me But I was blind…
Wind on Wind Said the straight man to the late man Where have…

We have lyrics for these tracks by Eno:

24h Vierundzwanzig-sieben sind wir am wiegen Bunkern uns korrekt…
AMG Roll' die Tüte, reiß' den Klebestreifen ab Baba-Nouga, ich p…
AMG2 La la la la Memo, Eno Ja, ja, ja Schneeweißer S-Class-Coupé…

Amsterdam (Young Mesh macht die 808) (Juh-Juh-Dee on the beat) Ey, di…
Audemars Piguet (Aah-aah-aah-aah, ja, ja, ja) Bunte Steine auf der Audemars…
Autosong Ja, ja, ja, ja Ja, ja, ja, ja Mh-mh Ey, ey, ja, ja,…
Baby's On Fire Baby's on fire Better throw her in the water Look at her…
Back in Judy's Jungle These are your orders, seems like it's do it or…
Bana Ne Ja, ja, ja Ja, ja, ja Ja, ja, ja Oğlum, was du wieder…
Blackberry Sky Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Ich tipp' den Preis von mei'm…
Blank Frank Blank frank is the messenger of your doom and your…
Bonität Ich weiß nicht wohin mit dem Flous, canım Weil ich viel…
Broken Head I was just a broken head I stole the world that…
Bunte Farben (Bunten Farben) (Bunten Farben, yeah-yeah) Brada, meine Trä…
Burning Airlines Give You So Much More When I got back home I found a message on…
Cane Cane Uh-uh-uh, ey-ey-ey-ey-ey-ey Cane, cane, cane, cane Cane, can…
China My China In the haze of the morning, china sits on eternity And…
Chyna Whyte Nur ein bisschen Von meinem Stoff und du wirst morgen nix…
Cindy Tells Me Cindy tells me, the rich girls are weeping Cindy tells me,…
Dämonen (Ramiks, Bitch) Dämonen in meinem Kopf (hey) Saint Laurent,…
Danke Drück auf Record, Bruder Jetzt noch ma' alles rauslassen, Al…
Dead Finks Don't Talk Oh cheeky cheeky Oh naughty sneaky You're so perceptive and …
Dick im Geschäft (NOS on the beat, boy) Meine Brüder sind loyal, is' normal…
DNA Uhh, uhh Keine Integration (nein) Aber Taschen sind immer v…
Driving Me Backwards Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Doo doo doo…
E-Bike Jaja Sammel' Gelders auf mei'm E-Bike (E-Bike) Auch im Somm…
Entourage Ey, yeah Iceberg Cash, Money, Flous, Massari Akhi, guck mal…
Everything Merges With The Night Rosalie I've been waiting all evening Possibly years i don't…
Ey Hawar (Oh-oh, oh) Viel zu viele Steine auf meinem Weg Danke Gott,…
Fat Lady of Limbourg Well, I rang up Pantucci, Spoke to Lu-chi, I gave them…
Ferrari Mero, Eno QDH, WBN Solla gidelim, yanından geçelim Sonunu b…
Filim Mhmm Ah, jajaja, ja Yanıyo' yollar Içine çek bi' tek nefesl…
Formel 1 Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah Alpina-Felgen und Reifen von Pirelli,…
Fuchs Du willst ein Foto, aber ich finde dein face gay Du…
Gassi Fuhrpark wie ein Dubai-Prinz Die Szene redet hinter mir, wei…
Geldzählmaschine Ist mein Auto noch voll, Bruder? Ja? Okay, super! Uhh-uhh, u…
Golden Hours The passage of time Is flicking dimly up on the screen I…
Great Pretender Monica sighed Rolled on her side She was so impressed that s…
Hamdullah Ay, yay, ja, ja, ey Bis hier ging es gut, vallah,…
Heavy Duty I can do it by myself, lil' bitch Heavy duty on…
Here Come the Warm Jets [...Inaudible...] [Further] we make claims on [our teas] …
I'll Come Running I'll find a place somewhere in the corner I'm gonna waste…
Ibash Allo, allo, pshh, pshh Der Ibash hat mein Telefon angezapft…
Ich mach was ich will Ich steh vom Schlaf auf, geh raus, mach was ich…
Ill Come Running I'll find a place somewhere in the corner I'm gonna waste…
Imaginando Ando, ando, ando, ando Dice Empezamo' con mente harraga Cur…
Irrelevant Ey! Das letzte Jahr war interessant Eine hauchdünne Linie z…
Jacuzzi Baby, guck ich bin am Hängen in mei'm Jacuzzi Das Wasser…
Juckt nicht (Ah, yeah) Sie sagen: „Eno rapp wie damals, Eno rapp wie…
Kindheitstraum Yeah, yeah Ich mach' Money-Moves, es geht ums Geschäft Bin …
Kommunikation (Mmh-mh-mmh) Sie sagt: „Hallo, hallo Hallo, warum gehst du …
Kopfgeld Yeah, Kopfgeld Du fickst die ganze Stadt mit achtzehn, ein …
Kuzi Ma Kuzi Yeah, yeah, ah Shuf, Choya, Hayde, Flous Bruder, Hamdullah,…
Leyla (Oh Leyla, heute Nacht, heute Nacht) (Oh Leyla, heute Nacht …
Louboutin Jaa, mhh Ja, bunte Steine auf mei'm Schuh, auf mei'm Schuh…
Malle Meine Bündel sind so dick, ich kann sie nicht falten…
Mercedes Uh, uhh Uh, uhh Ja Gel, gel seni gezdireyim bizim oralarda …
Million Ah! Eno Eins acht drei Million auf Konto, Million auf Konto…
Mon Ami (Mon ami, was geht?) Mon ami, was geht? Damals war ich dir…
Mother Whale Eyeless I can think of nowhere I would rather be Reading…
Needles In The Camel's Eye Those who know They don't let it show They just give you…
On Some Faraway Beach Given the chance I'll die like a baby On some far away…
Penthouse Zur Seite! Ja, ich trag' eine Rolex am Arm (Roli, Roli) Hab…
Pilot Mhm-mhm, ja Das Paket ist zu groß für den LKW (wuh) Wie…
Plaza Flasche Grey Goose, hole Red Bull, Esso, uh-uh-uhh Überall b…
Put a Straw Under Baby Put a straw under baby Your good deed for the day Put…
Richard Mille RM 010 Bis RM 052 RM 029 Bis RM 103 Ich will sie alle Will…
Sahma beschäftigt Eno, lass mal treffen, bin mit Freundin, wir sind heut…
Sauba Ku-Ku-Kugelsicher wie der Teflon-Don (bum, bum) Weste sitzt …
Shouf Ja, jaja, uhh Sitzt meine Stimme, Bruder? Meine Stimme sitzt…
Sim Dardi, huh, Eno, huh Komm bitte erst ab Kilogramm (ab Kilogr…
Sky Saw All the clouds turn to words All the words float in…
Some Of Them Are Old People come and go and forget to close the door And…
Sommer Brrt, brrt Es ist Sommer Ja, ja, ja, ja Alle kommen klar Es …
Souvenir Iceberg Jaja Kurz vor vier (ja), muss zum Juwelier (zum Juw…
St. Elmo's Fire Brown Eyes and I were tired We had walked and…
Taking Tiger Mountain We climbed and we climbed, Oh, how we climbed My, how we…
Team 2 much Team too much, jag är poppin', yeah Tvåhundra opps, men det…
The Fat Lady Of Limbourg Well, I rang up Pantucci, Spoke to Lu-chi, I gave them…
The Great Pretender Monica sighed Rolled on her side She was so impressed that s…
The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch My, my, my, we're treating each other just like strangers Yo…
The True Wheel We are the 801 We are the central shaft And we are…
Third Uncle There are tins There was pork There are legs There are shark…
True Wheel We are the 801 We are the central shaft And we are…
UMSATZ Whey, hab' die Scheiben verdunkelt, ja Und die Gläser der Ca…
Vollmond Yay (skrr) Drop Top Royce, keiner droppt like this Dubai Sh…
Was machst du Spankito (Spankito, Spankito) Yeah, was machst du, lan? Ah, …
Wäwä Wäwä Wäwä Na na na na na Wir fahren nach Amsterdam, Bubbleg…
Wellritzstrasse „Geh doch mal dran, Alda.“ „Hey, Levo, was geht?“ „Eno, Brat…
Wer macht Para 2 Hypnotize Mafia Schreibe paar Zeilen und ficke den Markt Ne…
WOWOWO Mmh, wahh Wo? Wo? Wo? Wo? Wo? Wo? Wo ist dein Para, dein…
Xalaz Zu viele Sippis hier machen ein' auf Baba Eins-acht-drei hol…

Xmerta Mach ma' bisschen lauter, Bruder Ja, Mann! 1-8-3, Wellritzst…

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