King Crimson are recording their first studio album in over 20 years
King Crimson are recording their first studio album since 2003’s The Power to Believe, according to Jakko Jakszyk.
In a new interview with Goldmine Magazine, the guitarist is asked about his time with the 21st Century Schizoid Band, the Crimson alumnus group with whom he played before being asked to join King Crimson when they reunited in 2013.
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“It was an amazing thing to have done, and in a way, part of it’s still happening,” Jakszyk says. “As we speak, we’re doing a King Crimson album.
“When that will come out and what format or how – that’s beyond my brief. But yeah, we’ve been doing it piecemeal, and then a couple of months ago, the management said, ‘Can we?’ So, yeah. I’ve been recording that with a view to it coming out in some format at some point. But who knows when?”
As for what we can expect? The album will apparently feature the most recent King Crimson lineup: Jakszyk, Robert Fripp, Mel Collins, Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto, Gavin Harrison and Jeremy Stacey.
Jakszyk also says the album might include studio versions of new tracks from live releases recorded with this lineup.
“The studio versions of those pieces and some other bits and pieces will emerge from putting it together. I think so,” he says.
And that’s not the only new music we’re set to hear from the King Crimson universe.
Jakszyk says there’s a new version of The Scarcity of Miracles – the 2011 album recorded by Jakszyk, Fripp and Collins – “about to come out with loads and loads of extra stuff”.
“Because of the nature of how we made that record, there’s lots of improvisation and seriously alternate versions of things that we didn’t release.
The team here at Guitar.com will keep you in the loop on King Crimson’s new album as we know more.
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