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The Construkction of Light (stylised as the construKction of light) is the twelfth studio album by English band King Crimson, released in May 2000 by record label Virgin. It is the first of two studio albums to feature the “double duo” line-up of Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, Trey Gunn and Pat Mastelotto. It is the only King Crimson studio album to not chart in the US.

The ConstruKction of Light
Studio album by
King Crimson
Released23 May 2000
Recorded1999
StudioStudioBelew, Nashville
Genre
  • Progressive rock
  • progressive metal
  • industrial
Length58:18
LabelVirgin
ProducerKing Crimson
King Crimson chronology
Live in Central Park, NYC
(2000)		 The ConstruKction of Light
(2000)		 Heavy ConstruKction
(2000)
King Crimson studio chronology
Thrak
(1995)		 The ConstruKction of Light
(2000)		 The Power to Believe
(2003)
The ReconstruKction Of Light cover
King Crimson chronology
Meltdown: Live in Mexico City
(2018)		 The ReconstruKction of Light
(2019)		 Audio Diary 2014–2018
(2019)

Recording and release


By the release of the construKction of light, drummer Bill Bruford and bassist Tony Levin had left King Crimson. Their departure brought to an end the "double trio" era and marked Crimson’s return to a quartet formation.[1] For the first time in the group’s history,[citation needed] Robert Fripp was the only remaining Englishman in the band.[2][4]

Musically, the album bears a sound similar to their 1980s lineup, with Mastelotto primarily playing electronic drums and Belew, Gunn and Fripp often playing sophisticated, interlocking parts, with Belew and Fripp often utilizing overdriven guitar tones. However, the pace of these interlocking parts is often slower than in the '80s, with Belew and Fripp often trading single notes back and forth in hocket. As such, it presents a twist on the gamelan approach of the 1980s quartet.[citation needed]

The album also harks back to the 1970s, presenting sequels to instrumental pieces from this era. "Larks' Tongues in Aspic – Part IV" continues a series of pieces forming a cross-album suite, primarily recalling motifs from part II. "FraKctured" began as a fifth entry in the "Larks" suite, but was later considered closer in lineage to "Fracture", the final track from 1974's Starless and Bible Black, and thus renamed.[5]

Fripp was unhappy with the album, considering that it "doesn't convey the power of the music, to a greater extent than any of the [King Crimson] studio albums", feeling it was hampered by the conditions under which it was made: none of the music was played live before it was recorded, Mastelotto not using his preferred hybrid acoustic/electronic kit, Fripp's attention being focused on writing/playing over recording/production. A "re-assembling" of the album with live recordings instead of the original studio recordings was an option explored by Discipline Global Mobile when it came to reissue the material.[6]

In 2019, a substantial reworking of the album was released as The ReconstruKction of Light, when parts of the original recording were found to be lost. In particular, Pat Mastelotto re-recorded the drum parts for each song on a predominantly acoustic kit.[7] The remix of "FraKctured" was released as part of the KC50 series online, serving as a preview of the full release. David Singleton's commentary on this track is underscored by the remix of "The World's My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum".[8]


Reception


Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[9]
PopMatters[10]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[11]

AllMusic wrote that the band "fall flat with The ConstruKction of Light [...] Unable to shed the weight of their oft-brilliant history, the most promising moments of ConstruKction are crushed underneath the bulk. What makes ConstruKction such a disappointment is, despite how 'progressive' the band-fragmenting ProjeKct approach appeared on paper, upon execution, it produced an utterly backward-looking album."[9]

German prog magazine eclipsed, on the other hand, rated the album as the third best King Crimson album ever, and also included it in their list of the 150 best progressive rock albums of all time.[citation needed]

Regarding the revised 2019 version, The ReconstruKction of Light, Mark Smotroff of Audiophile Review noted that "The dynamics are much better and the music is not lying there flat. Mastelotto has arguably rescued this album by adding an impassioned new live drum track."[1]


Track listing


All lyrics by Adrian Belew. All music by Belew, Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn and Pat Mastelotto.

No.TitleLength
1."ProzaKc Blues"5:28
2."The ConstruKction of Light"8:39
3."Into the Frying Pan"6:54
4."FraKctured"9:06
5."The World's My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum"6:24
6."Larks' Tongues in Aspic – Part IV"13:58
7."Heaven and Earth" (as ProjeKct X)7:46

Personnel



Chart performance


Chart (2000) Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] 67
Italian Albums (FIMI)[13] 18
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[14] 31
UK Albums (OCC)[15] 129

References


  1. Smotroff, Mark (17 February 2020). "ReKonsidering King Crimson's ConstruKction of Light in New Stereo and 5.1 Surround". Audiophile Review. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  2. Fripp, Robert (5 February 2003). "RF Press Conference with European Journalists" (Interview). Q: You are the only Englishman in the band. RF: I noticed that too.
  3. "BBC - Music - Review of King Crimson - the Power to Believe".
  4. The Power to Believe had the same lineup as the construKction of light.[3]
  5. "The ConstruKction of FraKctured - from the diaries of Robert Fripp". Spaceward Records. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  6. Fripp, Robert (26 October 2011). "Bredonborough A later rising than". DGM Live. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  7. Sid Smith (29 March 2019). "Heaven & Earth Pre-Order". Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  8. "KC50 14 - FraKctured". 12 April 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  9. Nickey, Jason. The ConstruKction of Light review AllMusic. Retrieved on 2011-02-27.
  10. Moos, Dan. "King Crimson: The ConstruKction of Light". PopMatters. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  11. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  12. "Offiziellecharts.de – King Crimson – The Construkction of Light" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  13. "Italiancharts.com – King Crimson – The Construkction of Light". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  14. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  15. "King Crimson | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 23 February 2016.



На других языках

[de] The construKction of light

the construKction of light ist das zwölfte Studioalbum der englischen Progressive-Rock-Band King Crimson. Es erschien im Mai 2000 bei Robert Fripps Label Discipline Global Mobile und bei Virgin Records.
- [en] The Construkction of Light

[es] The ConstruKction of Light

The ConstruKction of Light es un álbum de la banda británica de rock progresivo King Crimson lanzado en el 2000.

[ru] The ConstruKction of Light

The ConstruKction of Light — двенадцатый студийный альбом группы King Crimson, вышедший в 2000 году.


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