King Crimson are recording their first new album since 2003’s The Energy to Consider. Vocalist/guitarist Jakko Jakszyk revealed that recording was underway in a brand new interview with Goldmine.
Whereas Jakszyk couldn’t give a timeline of its completion, he did state that the album will characteristic King Crimson’s most up-to-date lineup of Jakszyk, Robert Fripp, Mel Collins, Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto, Gavin Harrison, and Jeremy Stacey — the ensemble having most not too long ago carried out and toured collectively in 2021.
“As we converse, we’re doing a King Crimson studio album,” mentioned Jakszyk, who joined King Crimson in 2013. “When that may come out and what format or how — that’s past my transient. However yeah, we’ve been doing it piecemeal, after which a few months in the past, the administration mentioned, ‘Can we?’ So, yeah. I’ve been recording that with a view to it popping out in some format in some unspecified time in the future. However who is aware of when?”
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As Goldmine famous within the interview, this most up-to-date lineup of King Crimson has launched a number of stay albums that includes new songs. Jakszyk confirmed that a few of these alternatives shall be getting the studio remedy for the brand new LP.
“The studio variations of these items and another bits and items will emerge from placing it collectively,” he mentioned. “I believe so.”
Within the meantime, Tony Levin and former King Crimson guitarist Adrian Belew have been revisiting ’80s-era King Crimson by way of their tribute act BEAT, which options Device’ drummer Danny Carey and guitar virtuoso Steve Vai. That group simply introduced a stay album of its personal, BEAT LIVE, capturing the act’s 2024 tour.