“Getting excited is somewhat premature”: King Crimson manager counters Jakko Jakszyk’s claims that the band are recording a new album
Following comments made by Jakko Jakszyk about a new King Crimson record, the band’s manager has released a statement warning that we shouldn’t get our hopes up just yet.
Jakszyk, who joined Crimson in 2013 following Adrian Belew, recently gave an interview in which he said a record was in the making. It was also rumoured that the supposed album would feature the most recent Crimson lineup: Jakszyk, Robert Fripp, Mel Collins, Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto, Gavin Harrison, and Jeremy Stacey.
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Though unsure of any finer details regarding release date or what final form the material would actually take, the guitarist and singer said he’d been recording “with a view to it coming out in some format at some point”.
The band’s manager, David Singleton, has since suggested that to get excited about a new record is a little premature, however, and though he confirms there are recordings happening, there’s no set vision for them to be released.
In a statement shared via DMG Live, Singleton says, “Addressing the idea of some form of studio recording by the last incarnation of King Crimson, Bill Rieflin posed the excellent question ‘why make a studio album? There are excellent live recordings of all the songs out there already.’
“One possible answer would be an album the very sound of which no-one has ever heard before. A sound driven by the three drummers. And those drummers have now recorded studio versions of their parts – separately, so that there is perfect separation.”
He adds, “So there is the seed of a new recording. Whether it is an album, whether it sees the light of day, whether it is something else is unknown. As is the outcome of any creative process. So yes, recordings have taken place. Getting excited about the possibility of a new album, as has apparently been happening, is somewhat premature. Carts before horses.”
In other King Crimson news, the spinoff BEAT supergroup will be heading to Japan in September, and will put out a special live release that same month. Titled BEAT LIVE, the album was captured during their performance at the United Theater in LA.
To find out more about the BEAT band, you can head to the BEAT tour website.
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