Vrooom Explained

VROOOM
Type:EP
Longtype:(mini-album)
Artist:King Crimson
Cover:VROOOM.jpg
Recorded:May 4–7, 1994
Studio:Applehead, Woodstock, New York
Genre:Progressive rock, experimental rock
Length:30:40
Label:Discipline Global Mobile
Producer:David Bottrill, King Crimson
Prev Title:The Great Deceiver
Prev Year:1992
Next Title:THRAK
Next Year:1995

Vrooom (stylised as VROOOM) is an EP by the band King Crimson, classified as a mini-album due to its length. It was released in 1994 as a companion to the subsequent full length album THRAK (1995). It is the first King Crimson release to feature the “double trio” of guitarists Robert Fripp and Adrian Belew, bassists Trey Gunn and Tony Levin, and drummers Bill Bruford and Pat Mastelotto.

All of the tracks on VROOOM (with the exception of "Cage" and "When I Say Stop, Continue") were re-recorded for use on the Thrak album the following year.

A series of instrumental improvisations recorded during the studio rehearsals for this album, were released five years later as The Vrooom Sessions.

Track listing

All songs written by Adrian Belew, Bill Bruford, Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn, Tony Levin and Pat Mastelotto

  1. "VROOOM" – 7:34 (includes Coda: Marine 475, and a 0:17 unlisted 'Intro' piece on original releases)
  2. "Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream" – 4:42
  3. "Cage" – 1:36
  4. "THRAK" – 7:19
  5. "When I Say Stop, Continue" – 5:20
  6. "One Time" – 4:25

Personnel

King Crimson

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fripp . Robert . 17 August 2022 . Robert Fripp on didgeridoos & rabbits... · Robert Fripp & David Singleton’s Talking Tour 2022 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240124192540/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAZ4SK4-SAc . 24 January 2024 . 24 January 2024 . YouTube.