''Eyes Wide Open'' is a live 2-DVD set by the British

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band

King Crimson King Crimson are a progressive rock band formed in 1968 in London, England. The band draws inspiration from a wide variety of music, incorporating elements of classical, jazz, folk, heavy metal, gamelan, industrial, electronic, experime ...

, released in 2003. It presents two concerts filmed in the early 2000s, the band lineup featuring

Robert Fripp Robert Fripp (born 16 May 1946) is a British musician, songwriter, record producer, and author, best known as the guitarist, founder and longest-lasting member of the progressive rock band King Crimson. He has worked extensively as a session ...

Adrian Belew Robert Steven "Adrian" Belew (born December 23, 1949) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. A multi-instrumentalist primarily known as a guitarist and singer, he is noted for his unusual and impressionistic approach to ...

Trey Gunn Trey Gunn (born December 13, 1960) is an American musician, known for his membership in the progressive rock band King Crimson from 1994 to 2003, playing Warr Guitar and Chapman Stick. Biography A native Texan who now resides in Seattle, Washi ...

and

Pat Mastelotto Lee Patrick Mastelotto (born September 10, 1955) is an American rock drummer and record producer. He has been a member of King Crimson, Stick Men, Mr. Mister and O.R.k., as well as working as a session drummer with XTC, The Pointer Sisters an ...

. Disc one was filmed at the Kouseinenkin Kaikan in Tokyo, Japan, on 16 April 2003 during the tour promoting '' The Power to Believe''. It is presented in non-anamorphic 1.66:1 format. Zooming the image is required on widescreen TVs to avoid black bars on all four sides. Also included, as an extra feature, is an excerpt from the sound and camera check before the show. In addition, the CD '' EleKtrik: Live in Japan'' features most of the audio of this concert. Disc two was filmed at the

Shepherd's Bush Empire Shepherd's Bush Empire (currently known as O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire for sponsorship reasons, and formerly known as the BBC Television Theatre) is a music venue in Shepherd's Bush, West London, run by the Academy Music Group. It was originally ...

in London, on 3 July 2000, the final night of the band's European summer tour for '' the construKction of light''. It is presented in 1.33:1 format. The footage is divided in sections, and the disc is programmed to randomly insert improvisations, filmed on various shows during the tour, in between them.Singleton, David - King Crimson Eyes Wide Open DVD insert. The improvisations can also be accessed separately, as an extra feature.

Track listing

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, except where noted.

''DVD1: Live in Japan - Tokyo, Kouseinenkin Kaikan, April 16, 2003''

#"Introductory Soundscape" (Fripp) #"The Power to Believe I: (A Cappella)" (Belew) #"Level Five" #"ProzaKc Blues" #"the construKction of light" #"Happy with What You Have to Be Happy With" #"Elektrik" #"One Time" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Gunn, Levin, Mastelotto) #"Facts of Life" #"The Power to Believe II (Power Circle)" #"Dangerous Curves" #" Larks' Tongues in Aspic: Part IV" #"The Deception of the Thrush" (Belew, Fripp, Gunn) #"The World's My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum"

''Extras''

*Tokyo Sound & Camera Check #"Indiscretion I" #"Indiscretion II" #"Indiscretion III"

''DVD2: Live at the Shepherds Bush Empire - London, July 3, 2000''

#"Into the Frying Pan" #"the construKction of light" #"VROOOM" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Gunn, Levin, Mastelotto) #"One Time" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Gunn, Levin, Mastelotto) #"London Improv 1: Blasticus SS Blastica" #"Dinosaur" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Gunn, Levin, Mastelotto) #"The World's My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum" #"London Improv 2: C Blasticum" #"Cage" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Gunn, Levin, Mastelotto) #"ProzaKc Blues" #"Larks' Tongues in Aspic: Part IV" #"Three of a Perfect Pair" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin) #"The Deception of the Thrush" (Belew, Fripp, Gunn) #"Sex, Sleep, Eat, Drink, Dream" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Gunn, Levin, Mastelotto) #" "Heroes" " ( Bowie, Eno)

''Extras''

* Improvising Crimson # "London Improv 1: Blasticus SS Blastica" # "London Improv 2: C Blasticum" # "Barcelona Improv 1: El Groovistico SS Blastico" # "Barcelona Improv 2: C Blastica" # "San Sebastian Improv: Crim Chill Thrill" # "Rome Improv 1: Mastelotticus SS Blasticus" # "Rome Improv 2: C Chill Unchill"Erroneously numbered "Rome Improv 1" in the DVD menu # "Conegliano Improv: Mastelotto Maximatamus Est" # "Copenhagen Improv: Heaven Groovistica" # "The Deception of the Thrush 1: London" (Belew, Fripp, Gunn) # "The Deception of the Thrush 2: San Sebastian" (Belew, Fripp, Gunn) # "The Deception of the Thrush 3: Paris" (Belew, Fripp, Gunn)

Personnel

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– guitar,

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

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Warr guitar The Warr Guitar is an American-made touch guitar, a type of instrument that combines both bass and melodic strings on a single fretboard. It is related to the Chapman Stick, another two-handed tapping instrument. The Warr guitar is designed for ...

– acoustic/electronic drums &

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Ex ...

drum programming Programming is a form of music production and performance using electronic devices and computer software, such as sequencers and workstations or hardware synthesizers, sampler and sequencers, to generate sounds of musical instruments. These ...

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References

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