1997: King Crimson & DGM, Early Looping Devices, David Torn, CalArts, and Influence vs. Originality

Recorded in 1997, Traveling Planetwide Bailiwick is the oldest track on 7D Media's Entry Level compilation of my work. Discussing this track serves as a springboard for looking back at several aspects of the mid-90s that were deeply formative for me. We talk about King Crimson and Discipline Global Mobile, Trey Gunn, wrestling with issues of influence vs. originality, the birth of dedicated hardware looping devices, David Torn, and intent vs. expectation. Traveling Planetwide Bailiwick can be found on the 7D Media album Entry Level: An Introduction to Andre LaFosse https://7dmedia.com/entry-level 0:16 The mid-90's 0:59 90's King Crimson: the double trio and Discipline Global Mobile 2:16 Discovering Trey Gunn 3:50 '90s digital sonic signatures 4:27 Wearing the DGM era on my sleeve 4:55 Krim Faboi lolz 5:47 Originality, emulation, and trying to escape the Frippian Shadow 8:26 The birth of dedicated hardware looping devices, and its contrast to live looping as a process in previous eras 11:24 Ambient Progressive Guitar Looping as a genre, the Looper's Delight mailing list, and the implications therein 13:53 CalArts 15:14 Miroslav Tadic and David Torn 16:04 Fripp vs. Torn: a knock-down drag-out cage-match of 1,000% utter and complete subjectivity 17:25 The manifestation of these influences in Traveling Planetwide Bailiwick 18:32 Expectation vs. intent #7d #7dmedia #kingcrimson #disciplineglobalmobile #dgm #doubletrio #fripp #robertfripp #davidtorn #livelooping #echoplexdigitalpro #paradisloopdelay #lexiconjamman #jamman #boomeranglooper