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EleKtriK
Rock · 2003 · 12 tracks

EleKtriK

King Crimson

A high-voltage live document of the band's industrial metal phase. Jagged polyrhythms meet cold electronic textures and crushing, mechanical riffs.

December 15, 2003 · Discipline Global Mobile

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EleKtriK represents the final evolutionary form of the King Crimson Double Duo, a period where the band traded symphonic grandeur for industrial grit and mathematical precision. It sounds like a supercomputer trying to express human anxiety through distorted metal riffs and electronic glitching. This is not the pastoral Crimson of the 1970s; it is a cold, neon-lit exploration of what happens when progressive rock is stripped of its blues roots and rebuilt with titanium and silicon.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks
01
Introductory Soundscape
5:05
02
The Power to Believe I: A Cappella
0:42
03
Level Five
7:23
04
ProzaKc Blues
6:01
05
EleKtriK
8:02
06
Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With
4:15
07
One Time
6:01
08
Facts of Life
5:30
09
The Power to Believe II: Power Circle
8:45
10
Dangerous Curves
6:03
11
Larks’ Tongues in Aspic, Part IV
10:34
12
The World’s My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum
6:31
Moments Worth Listening For
The crushing, mechanical weight of the opening riff in Level Five that feels like a factory coming to life.
The transition from chaotic industrial noise into the delicate, haunting melody of The Deception of the Thrush.
The moment in Elektrik where the two guitars lock into a dizzying, clockwork-like polyrhythm.
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How does EleKtriK sound next to the rest of King Crimson's catalogue?

Instrumental Only+1.7σ

The vocals lean notably further into instrumental only than the rest of the catalogue.

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