Robert Fripp, David Sylvian: Double Edge
Nick Coleman, Time Out, 30 June 1993
Guitar hero meets cool synth dude on The First Day, a new album by Robert Fripp and David Sylvian. They should go together like a horse and haddock. Yet, somehow, the combination works. Nick Coleman attends an unlikely meeting of minds.
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