Heavy ConstruKction


Heavy ConstruKction is a live three CD set by the band King Crimson, released by Discipline Global Mobile records on 1 December 2000. The album features recordings of the European tour of May to July 2000, from DATs made at the front-of-house mixing desk.
King Crimson's 2000 European tour was conducted to promote the studio album The Construkction of Light. The band members at the time of the tour were the "double duo" quartet of guitarists Robert Fripp and Adrian Belew, Warr guitarist Trey Gunn and drummer Pat Mastelotto. Longtime drummer Bill Bruford had left the group in 1997, and bassist Tony Levin was not included in this particular King Crimson lineup due to other musical commitments.
The third disc features improvisations from different shows, which are often spliced together to create, according to the liner notes, "a cohesive presentation out of a series of incoherent events".

Track listing

Disc 1

  1. "Into the Frying Pan" – 6:20
  2. :Recorded at: Circus Krone, Munich, Germany, 4 June 2000
  3. "The Construkction of Light" – 8:29
  4. :Recorded at: Museumsplatz, Bonn, Germany, 6 June 2000
  5. "Prozakc Blues" – 5:25
  6. :Recorded at: Olympia, Paris, France, 25 June 2000
  7. "München" – 8:35
  8. :Recorded at: Circus Krone, Munich, Germany, 4 June 2000
  9. "One Time" – 5:44
  10. :Recorded at: Roma, Warsaw, Poland, 11 June 2000
  11. "Dinosaur" – 5:24
  12. :Recorded at: Roma, Warsaw, Poland, 11 June 2000
  13. "VROOOM" – 4:44
  14. :Recorded at: Arena, Poznań, Poland, 9 June 2000
  15. "Frakctured" – 8:46
  16. :Recorded at:
  17. ::Amager Bio, Copenhagen, Denmark, 28 May 2000
  18. ::Museumsplatz, Bonn, Germany, 6 June 2000
  19. "The World's My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum" – 7:38
  20. :Recorded at: Museumsplatz, Bonn, Germany, 6 June 2000
  21. "Bonn" – 9:22
  22. :Recorded at: Museumsplatz, Bonn, Germany, 6 June 2000

Disc 2

;Audio
  1. "Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream" – 4:30
  2. :Recorded at: Zeleste, Barcelona, Spain, 27 June 2000
  3. "Offenbach" – 6:30
  4. :Recorded at Stadthalle, Offenbach, Germany, 7 June 2000
  5. "Cage" – 3:54
  6. :Recorded at: Stadthalle, Offenbach, Germany, 7 June 2000
  7. "Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part IV)" – 12:51
  8. :Recorded at: Olympia, Paris, France, 25 June 2000
  9. "Three of a Perfect Pair" – 3:42
  10. :Recorded at: L'Ampiteatro, Gardone Riviera, Italy, 21 June 2000
  11. "The Deception of the Thrush" – 8:26
  12. :Recorded at: Shepherds Bush Empire, London, UK, 3 July 2000
  13. "Bowie song)|Heroes]" – 6:11
  14. :Recorded at: Roma, Warsaw, Poland, 11 June 2000
;Video
Recorded at the Città della Musica, Rome, Italy, 23 June 2000
  1. "Rome"
  2. "Larks' Tongues in Aspic "
  3. "Cage"
  4. "The World's My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum"
  5. "Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream"
  6. "VROOOM"

Disc 3

  1. "Sapir" – 5:40
  2. :Recorded at:
  3. ::Olympia, Paris, France, 25 June 2000
  4. ::Shepherds Bush Empire, London, UK, 3 July 2000
  5. "Blastic Rhino" – 4:11
  6. :Recorded at:
  7. ::Museumsplatz, Bonn, Germany, 6 June 2000
  8. ::Archa Theatre, Prague, Czech Republic, 13 June 2000
  9. ::L'Ampiteatro, Gardone Riviera, Italy, 21 June 2000
  10. ::La Riviera, Madrid, Spain, 29 June 2000
  11. "Lights Please " – 0:58
  12. :Recorded at:
  13. ::Archa Theatre, Prague, Czech Republic, 13 June 2000
  14. "ccccSeizurecc" – 6:02
  15. :Recorded at:
  16. ::Stuttgart, Germany, 3 June 2000
  17. ::Circus Krone, Munich, Germany, 4 June 2000
  18. ::Arena, Poznań, Poland, 9 June 2000
  19. ::Piazza Cima, Conegliano Veneto, Italy, 20 June 2000
  20. ::Citta Della Musica, Rome, Italy, 23 June 2000
  21. ::Shepherds Bush Empire, London, UK, 3 July 2000
  22. "Off and Back" – 4:11
  23. :Recorded at:
  24. ::Stadthalle, Offenbach, Germany, 7 June 2000
  25. "More " – 3:14
  26. :Recorded at:
  27. ::Citta Della Musica, Rome, Italy, 23 June 2000
  28. ::Zeleste, Barcelona, Spain, 27 June 2000
  29. "Beautiful Rainbow" – 6:59
  30. :Recorded at:
  31. ::Kursaal Palace, San Sebastián, Spain, 28 June 2000
  32. "7 Teas" – 4:07
  33. :Recorded at:
  34. ::Amager Bio, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 2000
  35. ::Circus Krone, Munich, Germany, 4 June 2000
  36. "Tomorrow Never Knew Thela" – 4:49
  37. :including:
  38. :*"Tomorrow Never Knows"
  39. :Recorded at:
  40. ::Roma, Warsaw, Poland, 10 June 2000
  41. ::Archa Theatre, Prague, Czech Republic, 13 June 2000
  42. "Uböö" – 7:59
  43. :Recorded at:
  44. ::La Riviera, Madrid, Spain, 29 June 2000
  45. ::Shepherds Bush Empire, London, UK, 3 July 2000
  46. "The Deception of the Thrush" – 11:10
  47. :Recorded at:
  48. ::Columbia Halle, Berlin, Germany, 31 May 2000
  49. ::Citta Della Musica, Rome, Italy, 23 June 2000
  50. ::Olympia, Paris, France, 25 June 2000
  51. ::Teatro Kursaal, San Sebastián, Spain, 28 June 2000
  52. "Arena of Terror" – 3:24
  53. :Recorded at: Arena, Poznań, Poland, 9 June 2000
  54. "Lights Please " – 4:55
  55. :Recorded at:
  56. ::Archa Theatre, Prague, Czech Republic, 13 June 2000
  57. ::La Riviera, Madrid, Spain, 29 June 2000

Personnel

King Crimson
Production personnel
  • George Glossop – live mixing and recording engineer
  • Ken Latchney – recording engineer
  • Pat Mastelotto and Bill Munyon – mixing
  • David Singleton – mastering
  • P.J. Crook – cover artwork
  • Bootleg TV – filming, photography
  • Michael Wilson – photography
  • Trey Gunn – photography
  • Hugh O'Donnell – design