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| 1. | I Advance Masked
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| 2. | Under Bridges of Silence
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| 3. | China Yellow Leader
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| 4. | In the Cloud Forest
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| 5. | New Marimba
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| 6. | Girl on a Swing
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| 7. | Hardy Country
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| 8. | The Truth of Skies
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| 9. | Painting and Dance
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| 10. | Still Point
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| 11. | Lakeland/Aquarelle
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| 12. | Seven on Seven
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| 13. | Stultified
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Jazz
Andy Summers - Bass, Bass (Electric), Design, Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Moog Synthesizer, Percussion, Performer, Producer, Roland Synthesizer, Synthesizer
Robert Fripp - Bass, Bass (Electric), Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Moog Synthesizer, Percussion, Performer, Producer, Roland Synthesizer, Synthesizer
* Bob Carbone - Mastering
* James Rizzi - Cover Art, Cover Design
* Jill Furmanovsky - Photography
* Kenji Saiki - Editorial Coordinator
* Kiyoshi Tokiwa - Editorial Coordinator
* Michael Ross - Design
* Minoru Harada - A&R
* Minoru Nishimoto - Design
* Tim Summerhayes - Engineer, Mixing
* Tony Arnold - Engineer
Now this seemed an unlikely summit meeting-a new wave axeman stamping about the studio with a legendary prog-rock guitar god. Would it surprise anyone to know that Summers and Fripp had been mates and members of their own mutual admiration society for years? Evidence of such rapport fairly leaps out of the tungsten-string lattices of I ADVANCE MASKED, twisted, gnarled, and endlessly fascinating.
Neither Crimson nor Police-like, the elasticity, poise, and interlocking chords of these advancing masks of electric and electronic guitars demonstrate varying degrees of finesse and mystique. MASKED was recorded in the early '80s, and it's easy to discern Fripp's contributions-those prickly, densely woven arpeggios of sound and vision he so favored during Crimson's disciplined time. And Summers, no slouch on the frets himself, tends to set into motion the album's gorgeous atmospheres and curtains of trilling guitar-synth washes. Those washes can interstice with elements of funk, as on the title track or on the Crimson-esque "Stultified," knock on heaven's door ("Girl on a Swing", "Hardy Country"), or illuminate cities built in labyrinthine futures ("China-Yellow Leader"). Fripp and Summers propel their string-driven things into and out of rock's orifice in search of categories as yet undefined.
Many a guitar fan would have predicted that a summit between legendary guitarists Andy Summers (the Police) and Robert Fripp (King Crimson) would result in a guitar solofest. But the music on their first collaboration together, I Advance Masked, stresses guitar textures and moods over indulgent soloing. Although the recording sessions weren't entirely enjoyable for Summers (who was experiencing marital problems at the time), some very beautiful music can be found on the resulting album. The music for the track "Girl on a Swing" does an excellent job of conveying the song's title in one's mind, and the duo's guitars weave wonderful polyrhythmic guitar lines throughout "China -- Yellow Leader." "The Truth of Skies" is an atmospheric piece, created by a wash of keyboard sounds and guitar dissonance, while "New Marimba" would have sounded right at home on an early-'80s King Crimson album. I Advance Masked has a dreamlike quality to it, and is definitely not typical rock music. It's highly recommended to fans of these two great and original guitarists.
---Greg Prato, All Music Guide
Andy Summers
Active Decades: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Dec 31, 1942 in Lancashire, England
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Fusion, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Contemporary Instrumental, Contemporary Jazz
While Andy Summers is best known as the guitarist of the Police, he has since forged a successful and acclaimed solo career with new age-influenced contemporary instrumental music that, like his work with Sting and company, draws on his love for jazz and his fascination with creating instrumental textures. Born Andrew James Somers in Poulton-Fylde, Lancashire, England, on December 31, 1942, the young Somers (who later changed his surname to the more easily spelled Summers) moved to Bournemouth as a child and, upon taking up the guitar at 14, immersed himself in the local jazz scene. By 16, he was playing in local clubs and coffeehouses, where he was noticed by Zoot Money. Somers was invited to join Money's Big Roll Band, with whom he appeared on the live album The All Happening Zoot Money's Big Roll Band at Klook's Kleek. Money eventually changed the band into a psychedelic outfit called Dantalian's Chariot, and when that project dissolved in early 1968, Somers briefly signed on with the Soft Machine before rejoining Money in a revamped Animals lineup for the LP Love Is. When that imploded in 1969, Somers studied classical guitar and composition at UCLA for four years, in the meantime giving guitar lessons, gigging with a local Latin-rock band, and acting with various theater troupes. Upon his return to England in 1973, Summers became something of a journeyman, touring in the backing bands of Neil Sedaka, Kevin Coyne, Kevin Ayers, and David Essex.
Summers met Sting and Stewart Copeland in 1977 while playing with a band called Strontium 90. The two asked Summers to join their full-time project, the Police; together, the trio gradually developed a style centered around jazz- and reggae-influenced pop/rock, and Sting's strong bass lines allowed Summers to supply subtle sonic textures and colors on his guitar, and to experiment with various effects. Summers first stepped out on his own in 1982, teaming with King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp on the jazz- and Eastern-tinged I Advance Masked. It was followed in 1984 with Bewitched, another SummersFripp collaboration, around the same time the Police officially disbanded.
Eager to establish himself in musical realms outside of rock & roll, Summers did a bit of movie soundtrack work (Down and Out in Beverly Hills, 2010, etc.) before returning to recording, this time on his own. His first solo effort, 1987's harmonically intricate yet pop-oriented XYZ, met with poor critical response. Its follow-up, 1988's Mysterious Barricades, was more successful, emphasizing Summers' textural sensibilities on its jazzy, new age-influenced compositions. A string of albums in this style followed through the '90s, notably The Golden Wire (1989), Charming Snakes (1991), World Gone Strange (1991), Invisible Thread (1993), and The Last Dance of Mr. X (1997). For 1998's Strings of Desire, he teamed with South American guitar virtuoso Victor Biglione; 1999's Green Chimneys: Music of Thelonious Monk found Summers working with a larger ensemble than usual for him, as well as his first collaboration with Sting since the Police (on a version of "'Round Midnight"). Following the success of his Monk-themed album, the guitarist put together an album of interpretations of compositions by Charles Mingus called Peggy's Blue Skylight, released in late 2000. Earth + Sky appeared four years later. Summers continued to record thereafter, releasing First You Build a Cloud in 2007. He also participated in the Police reunion tour that same year.
---Steve Huey, All Music Guide |
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