[zbaylin]

“Discipline” is one of those albums that totally changed the way I thought about music.

When I was a kid I was really into classic prog rock (i.e. Yes, Genesis, ELP, etc.) and was mesmerized by Bill Bruford’s playing and technique on “Close to the Edge”, which led me to this incarnation of King Crimson.

One song in particular that really stuck out to me was “Thela Hun Ginjeet”, which includes a recording of Adrian Belew recounting an experience being heckled on the street, but until I read the Wikipedia page for the album I had no idea it was secretly recorded by Fripp and wasn’t scripted (including the maniacal laugh at the end). It blew my mind that they were able to create this soundscape that turned a recording of a totally sane Belew into what I thought was a paranoid schizophrenic.

Each song on the album stands on its own, and it’s probably my favorite in King Crimson’s discography.

[laumars]

A live performance of Thela Hun Ginjeet plus a description of how it came about is included in this submitted article.