https://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2010/12/22/have-a-merry-frippertronic-christmas/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 11:06:04 -0400<![CDATA[If the Krell from Forbidden Planet, or the civilization just offscreen that built the monoliths in 2001 celebrate Christmas, this has to be one of their more festive numbers. It&#8217;s &#8220;Silent Night&#8221; performed by Robert Fripp of King Crimson, using his &#8220;Frippertronics&#8221; technique of tape loops, and a Les Paul Custom run through a fuzz box with all of the treble rolled off the guitar, for a sine wave-style analog synthesizer sound. (No wonder he and Adrian Belew loved their Roland guitar synthesizers in the early 1980s incarnation of King Crimson &#8212; Fripp was playing with a similar sound several years before Roland bundled it as a preset.)]]>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:45:06 -0500<![CDATA[Ed Driscoll]]>https://pjmedia.com/ed-driscoll/2010/12/22/have-a-merry-frippertronic-christmas-n253060