I Advance Masked

Studio album by Andy Summers and Robert Fripp

Released

1982

Recorded

September 1981–May 1982

Genre

Experimental rock, ambient, progressive rock

Length

38:43

Label

A&M

Producer

Robert Fripp, Andy Summers

Andy Summers and Robert Fripp chronology

I Advance Masked
(1982)

Bewitched
(1984)

Robert Fripp chronology

Let the Power Fall: An Album of Frippertronics
(1981)

I Advance Masked
(1982)

Network
(1985)

Andy Summers chronology

I Advance Masked
(1982)

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I Advance Masked is a 1982 album by English guitarists Andy Summers and Robert Fripp. It is the pair's first of two album collaborations (Bewitched would follow in 1984), and it consists of 13 instrumental tracks. According to Summers, the album was "a synthesis of two guys who grew up playing guitar, heard the Beatles, listened to jazz, have been influenced by Oriental music and Steve Reich, but still happen to be playing in a rock context. Every track started the same way, just two guitars. On some of them I played a little bass or put on a bit of percussion or string synthesizer. There are no drums but you don't miss them. Some of it is very accessible and some is very avant-garde".^[1] The title track was released as a single with Hardy Country on the flip side.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Robert Fripp and Andy Summers

Side one

"I Advance Masked" – 5:14
"Under Bridges of Silence" – 1:41
"China – Yellow Leader" – 7:09
"In the Cloud Forest" – 2:30
"New Marimba" – 3:38
"Girl on a Swing" – 2:03

Side two

"Hardy Country" – 3:00
"The Truth of Skies" – 2:07
"Painting and Dance" – 3:24
"Still Point" – 3:08
"Lakeland/Aquarelle" – 1:43
"Seven on Seven" – 1:38
"Stultified" – 1:25

Personnel

Robert Fripp – electric guitars, Moog and Roland synthesizers, Roland Guitar Synthesizer, Fender bass, percussion
Andy Summers – electric guitars, Moog and Roland synthesizers, Piano, Roland Guitar Synthesizer, Fender bass, percussion

References

↑ Ray Nikart, Sting and The Police, Ballantine Books, New York, 1984. ISBN 0-345-32179-0

Robert Fripp

Studio albums	Exposure God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners The Gates of Paradise

Collaborative albums	The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles and Fripp FFWD A Scarcity of Miracles

With Brian Eno	(No Pussyfooting) Evening Star The Equatorial Stars Beyond Even (1992 - 2006) Here Come the Warm Jets Before and After Science

With David Bowie	"Heroes" Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)

With The League of Gentlemen	The League of Gentlemen

With Andy Summers	I Advance Masked Bewitched (Andy Summers and Robert Fripp album)

With Peter Gabriel	Peter Gabriel (1977 album) Peter Gabriel (1978 album) Peter Gabriel (1980 album)

With David Sylvian	The First Day "Jean the Birdman" Darshan Damage: Live Approaching Silence

With Van der Graaf Generator	H to He, Who Am the Only One Pawn Hearts

Guest appearances	Septober Energy Parallel Lines Fear of Music The Roches Sacred Songs Lifeforms The Thunderthief Fear of a Blank Planet

With King Crimson	King Crimson discography

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