Live at TFM Hall, Tokyo Japan, November 11th, 1992.
Made in Italy

The multi talented master of the Warr guitar and stick bass Trey Gunn has played with some of the most adventurous musicians on the planet. He has been extremely active since officially departing King Crimson in 2003, collaborating with KC drummer Pat Mastelotto in TU & KTU, as well as founding a multi-media group Quodia with Joe Mendelson, and working on scoring music for various film and television projects. His latest solo disc Music For Pictures is a compilation of said music recorded between 2003 & 2008, which has been tweaked and manipulated by the man himself with some very interesting and intriguing results.
What you get here are twenty nine songs (some of which are so short they feel like merely sound bytes) that explore a wide range of musical textures and themes. The listener armed with just a song title and an open mind is left to create their own imaginary visuals in their minds to accompany Gun’s free flowing and brief ambient excursions. There are so many musical layers to submerse yourself in, that Music For Pictures should end up offering something for everyone. Tough, muscular rhythms are delivered in tandem with either Mastelotto or fellow drummer Matt Chamberlain, while other tracks which incorporate elements of world beat and electronica, harkens back to his work with KC and the various offshoots of the ProjeKcts. This is cinema for your mind, and it’s also interesting to note that Gunn currently has various filmmakers from all over the globe hard at work contributing new images specifically for the music assembled here. Until then you’re on your own.
-Ryan Sparks

Trey Gunn played in enough rock bands in his formative '80s years to learn how to become a star in popular music -- and then did a 180 into the jazz/fusion thicket. Gunn graduated from keyboards to guitar, then bass to Chapman stick before discovering the customized Warr guitar (which he calls a "touch guitar" because of its tapping response). With progressive rock juggernaut King Crimson since 1994, Gunn's Live Encounter CD goes even further outside of standard rock than Crimson's excursions -- blending Eastern and other world music styles with jazz/fusion rhythms and an against-the-grain attitude. With Gunn playing the ten-string and Joe Mendelson the eight-string Warr guitar, plus Tony Geballe adding electric guitar unorthodoxy on the opening "Dziban," it's deliciously difficult to discern who's playing what over drummer Bob Muller's 7/4-timed groove. Most of the early material is from Gunn's outstanding 1996 studio CD, The Third Star, with a couple exceptions. "The Glove," from 2000's even-better The Joy of Molybdenum, literally showcases Muller's leftism -- the drummer plays mounted tabla drums to the side of his drum kit in the intro before providing a bottom-heavy beat for solos by Geballe and Gunn. Warr guitars are capable of everything from bass-like bottom and distorted power chords to the clean, Crimson-like intertwining lines on "Sirrah." Another piece from The Third Star, "Arrakis," features psychedelia by Geballe and Mendelson over Gunn's monolithian lower-register notes and Muller's clever, percussive arsenal. The tribal, snake-charming closer, "Rune Song: The Origin of Water," beats the odds for any genre by featuring no solos over eight minutes. Clearly, these are virtuoso players who could play traditional jazz but choose to play more outside and emphasize the whole over the singular parts. High artistic marks and Gunn's side job with Crimson allow the Trey Gunn band enough currency -- against all popular music odds -- for the occasional studio recording session and these live encounters.

Crazy, sick, heavy, electronic, loud and raw tunes and improvisations from King Crimson rhythm section of Trey Gunn & Pat Mastelotto, together again, improvising with drums, bass and more...rock meets ambient meets world meets electronica? 19 tracks including 5 enhanced tracks

'Stunning debut from the two quiet King Crimson players reveals a Square Pusher /Zeppelin bombast tempered with an ambient Eno textured calm juxtaposed with the fury of a Coltrane improvisation,' says one satisfied customer.

Art Direction, CGI Artist [Digital Paintings] – Ioannis (2)
Co-producer [Dangerous Music Sessions] – Bob Muller
Computer [Eventide Essentials] – Scott Gilfix
Design – Steven Jacaruso
Drums, Tabla, Bendir [Bandir], Percussion, Flute [Cluster Flutes] – Bob Muller (tracks: 1 to 4, 8 to10)
Guitar [8 And 12 String Warr Guitar] – Trey Gunn
Mastered By – David Mitson
Mixed By – David Bottrill
Mixed By [Assistant] – David Dvirnak, Zach Richards
Photography By – Richard Sylvarnes
Producer – Trey Gunn
Recorded By [Dangerous Music, Nyc] – Bob Muller
Recorded By [Pat's Garage, Tx] – Pat Mastelotto
Recorded By [Stonehenge Studios, Milan] – Pino Pinaxa Pischetola
Recorded By [Subtone Studios, Nm] – Trey Gunn
Recorded By [Ton Probe, Uk] – David Singleton
Written-By – Muller (tracks: 3, 8, 9), Bissi (tracks: 5), Mastellotto (tracks: 6, 7), Wilcox* (tracks: 2), Gunn
Recorded at Dangerous Music, NYC; SubTone Studios, NM; Stonehenge Studios, Milan; Ton Probe, UK; Pat's Garage, TX.
Mixed at Stepbridge Studios, NM
Mastered at Sony Music Studios
Released in 3-panel Digipak format. Credits are on 4 separate cards with phrases from William Blake, Vincent Van Gogh, Dante's Inferno and Thomas Hardy.
℗ and © 1996 Trey Gunn
Track times differ slightly on release
All pieces published by BMG Music and Fuji-Pacific Music (BMI) except "The Third Star" published by BMG Music, Fuji-Pacific Music and ARECIBO Music (BMI).
Alice appears courtesy of WEA ITALY.