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Trey Gunn - Untune The Sky (2003)

Genre: Progressive Rock, Instrumental Virtuoso

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Untune the Sky is a well-put-together compilation from the now former King Crimson member Trey Gunn (As of November 21st 2003, Trey has announced his departure from the band after 10 years). Gunn is a pioneer of the Touch (Warr) Guitar and Chapman Stick. Both instruments utilize a playing technique of two-handed tapping as opposed to plucking or strumming the strings. During the past decade, Gunn has brought out the full potential of what these unique instruments are capable of.

In addition to his work with King Crimson, Gunn has so far released five solo albums as well as numerous collaborations. It is these solo albums which Untune The Sky represents plus one track from his collaboration with drummer Bill Rieflin and Crimson bandmate/guitarist Robert Fripp, "The Repercussions of Angelic Behavior".

The sound in which Trey employs on his solo work is a unique mix of jazz fusion, world music and ambient styles. The percussiveness of Trey's string-tapping and Bob Muller's natural talent on the drums and Indian tabla is crucial to the overall sound of many of the tracks on this album. The vocals of the mysteriously named Serpentine on several tracks give a definite Eastern quality to some of this music.

Highlights include the highly rhythmic "Sozzle", "The Glove", "Rune Song", and the epics "Puttin' on the White Shirt" and the unreleased track "The Cruelest Month".

Untune The Sky also comes with a full-length DVD which includes over 90-minutes worth of live material, behind-the-scenes footage and video montages (think Stargate sequence from 2001 and you're in the ballpark) from Trey Gunn and his band. It is quite an eyeful to watch Trey's touch guitar playing in full action here. His band consisting of drummer/percussionist Bob Muller, guitarist Tony Geballe and second Touch guitarist Joe Mendelson also display some worthy musicianship. Besides its stellar musical moments, there are also some humorous moments in the behind-the-scenes footage such as Trey being too busy for an interview while setting up on-stage and Tony Geballe telling the story behind his 12-string guitar getting broken in transit.

TG's rhythmic partnership with Bob Muller is astounding. Muller is an amazing percussionist and quite invaluable to much of this music. Combining conventional trap kit with various hand drums, he sets his own high standard for creative rock percussion work. Now that Trey has left King Crimson, perhaps he and Muller can continue down the pan-ethnic, polyrhythmic path they started.

This is a great CD/DVD set. The CD provides an excellent sampling of Trey Gunn's solo material while the DVD shows some flawless playing from Trey and his band. With Gunn now departed from King Crimson, I can only hope that this will be the beginning of an even more prolific and fruitful solo career for him.

Tracklisting:

CD:

1. Sozzle (4:41)

2. The Glove (Live) (5:02)

3. Killing For London (6:26)

4. The Third Star (Alternate Mix) (3:42)

5. Take This Wish (Alternate Mix) (6:41)

6. August, 1997 (1:37)

7. Rune Song (5:40)

8. Puttin' On The White Shirt (7:59)

9. Brief Encounter (5:49)

10. Arrakis (5:20)

11. The Cruelest Month (9:00)

12. The Gift (4:14)

13. Hootenanny At The Pink Pussycat Café (2:10)

Total Time: 68:21

DVD:

1. Kuma

2. Sozzle

3. Hard Winds

4. Gate of Dreams

5. Rune Song: The Origin of Water

6. Brief Encounter

7. Arrakis

Video Montages:

8. Cruelest Month [Multimedia Track]

9. Indiera [Multimedia Track]

10. Aquiring Canopus [Multimedia Track]

11. One Thousand Years (2nd Traverse) [Multimedia Track]

Plus:

12. Cafe du Nord intro & Joe Tries To Speak With Trey [Behind-the-Scenes Interviews]

13. Days, Hours, Minutes Off in Mexico [Behind-the-Scenes]

14. Derek and the Fans [Behind-the-Scenes]

15. Joe Speaks With Mel, Kim, and Scott [Behind-the-Scenes Interviews]

16. Scott and Bob [Behind-the-Scenes Interviews]

17. Tony and Derek [Behind-the-Scenes Interviews]

Line-Up:

- Joe Mendelson / Guitar, Mixing, Interviewer

- Trey Gunn / Guitar, Vocals, Producer, Mixing, Cover Art Concept, Chapman Stick, Video Editor

- Dave Douglas / Trumpet

- Bob Muller / Percussion, Drums, Tabla, Producer, Mixing

- Bill Rieflin / Drums, Producer, Mixing

- Serpentine / Vocals

- Tony Geballe / Guitar, Saz, Guitar (12 String)

- Pat Mastelotto / drums

- Robert Fripp / organ guitar

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