Editing Adrian Belew (section)

==Biography==
===Early life (1949–1977)===
Robert Steven Belew was born into a middle-class family in [[Covington, Kentucky]], on December 23, 1949. Initially known to friends and classmates as "Steve", he played drums in his adolescence, playing with the [[Ludlow, Kentucky|Ludlow]] High School marching band and later with the high school [[cover band]] the Denems. Inspired by [[Jimi Hendrix]], he took up guitar while bedridden with [[Infectious mononucleosis|mononucleosis]].<ref>{{cite news
  | last = Locey
  | first = Bill
  | title = Ventura County Weekend; King Crimson Reigns in Times of Change; Led by Robert Fripp and Adrian Belew, the band brings its modern, muscular sound to Ventura Theatre
  | page = 16
  | publisher = [[Los Angeles Times]] (Ventury County)
  | date = July 25, 1996
  }}</ref> At the age of 17, he was further inspired after witnessing a live performance by [[Lonnie Mack]], who later became a close friend.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Munro|first=Scott|date=2016-04-29|title=Ex King Crimson man Belew pays tribute to Lonnie Mack|url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/ex-king-crimson-man-belew-pays-tribute-to-lonnie-mack|access-date=2023-02-21|website=louder|language=en|archive-date=July 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717172627/https://www.loudersound.com/news/ex-king-crimson-man-belew-pays-tribute-to-lonnie-mack|url-status=live}}</ref>

Not inclined to formal music study, Belew primarily taught himself guitar by listening to records. He was not aware of the studio sound manipulation used to create particular guitar lines, and so found ways of replicating them himself manually using unusual playing techniques and [[Effects unit|effects pedals]]. While maturing as a player and mastering various playing styles, Belew became increasingly preoccupied with ways to avoid "sounding like everybody else". He eventually found his own sound and style by learning how to make his guitar mimic sound effects such as car horns, animal noises, or industrial sounds.

In the mid-1970s,<!-- (and having now formally changed his first name to "Adrian", a name he had always liked and wanted to use),{{cn|date=October 2021}}--> Belew began using the first name "Adrian" and moved to [[Nashville]] to pursue a full-time career as a professional musician. By 1977, he was playing with the regionally popular cover band Sweetheart, but wondered whether he had missed his chance to make a living with original music.

===Work with Frank Zappa (1977–1978)===
In 1977, while playing with Sweetheart at Fanny's Bar in Nashville, Belew was discovered by [[Frank Zappa]], who had been tipped off regarding the band's talents by his chauffeur. Zappa approached Belew and discussed auditioning him for an upcoming tour, although Belew did not receive an official invitation to audition for the better part of a year. During this time Sweetheart split up. Once the formal invitation came, Belew flew out to Los Angeles and found himself auditioning alongside more formally trained musicians. Believing that he had performed poorly, Belew persuaded Zappa to give him a second audition, a more intimate experience which took place in Zappa's living room. Zappa was impressed enough to hire Belew as a guitarist and vocalist for a year.<ref name=guitarhoo>{{cite web|title=Adrian Belew Interview|url=http://www.guitarhoo.com/interviews/adrian-belew-68|work=Guitarhoo!|publisher=Guitarhoo.com|date=December 5, 2003|access-date=March 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029212630/http://www.guitarhoo.com/interviews/adrian-belew-68|archive-date=October 29, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Belew toured with Zappa in 1977 and 1978, and appeared on Zappa's 1979 album ''[[Sheik Yerbouti]]'' and [[concert film]] ''[[Baby Snakes]]''. While with Zappa, Belew was mostly credited as a rhythm guitarist, although he also played lead, melody, or noise lines, and sang lead vocals on the songs "Jones Crusher" and "City of Tiny Lites". According to Belew, "Frank either played or sang, never both at the same time, so ultimately my role became covering his parts. When he sang I played his guitar part. When he played I sang his vocal part." He also took on the role of band clown, performing impressions (such as the [[Bob Dylan]] impersonation on the song "Flakes"), wearing unusual clothing, and performing visual stunts. ("Need someone to wear a flashing helmet and bounce around like a robot? How about Adrian? Need someone to wear a dress onstage? There's always Adrian.")<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-02-20|title=The story behind Adrian Belew, part 1: 1976-1980 (Zappa, Bowie, Talking Heads)|url=https://musicaficionado.blog/2020/02/20/adrian-belew-part-1-1976-1980/|access-date=2022-05-12|website=The Music Aficionado|language=en-US|archive-date=May 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515222411/https://musicaficionado.blog/2020/02/20/adrian-belew-part-1-1976-1980/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Belew has described his year in Zappa's band as a "crash course" in [[music theory]], due to Zappa's rigorous rehearsals and often technically demanding music; he has stated that he "went to the Frank Zappa School of Rock."<ref>{{cite web
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  | title = An Interview with Adrian Belew, Part 2
  | publisher = about Creativity
  | date = December 28, 2007
  | url = http://about-creativity.com/2007/12/an-interview-with-adrian-belew-part-2.php
  | access-date = April 22, 2009
  | archive-date = July 7, 2011
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  | url-status = dead
  }}</ref>

===Work with David Bowie (1978–1979)===

On the recommendation of [[Brian Eno]], [[David Bowie]] approached Belew after a Zappa concert in [[Berlin]] with an offer to hire him as a member of his touring band. Belew accepted the offer, as Zappa intended to spend the next four months editing ''Baby Snakes''.<ref name="guitarhoo" /> Belew served as lead guitarist and backing vocalist on Bowie's [[Isolar II – The 1978 World Tour|Isolar II]] world tour in 1978, as documented on the live album ''[[Stage (David Bowie album)|Stage]]'', and also contributed to Bowie's 1979 studio album ''[[Lodger (album)|Lodger]]''. Twelve years later, he returned to working with Bowie, acting as musical director on his 1990 [[Sound+Vision Tour]].

===Talking Heads, GaGa and the Tom Tom Club (1979–1982)===

In 1980, Belew formed a new band, GaGa, for which he served as the singer, guitarist, drummer, and primary songwriter. By now a frequent visitor to New York City, Belew had also befriended the New York-based [[New wave music|new wave]] band [[Talking Heads]]. After being invited to join the band onstage for a performance of "[[Psycho Killer]]", he became an occasional guest performer at their concerts. Around this time, Belew also met [[King Crimson]] guitarist [[Robert Fripp]] at a [[Steve Reich]] concert. In July of that year, GaGa was invited to open several New York City-area concerts for Fripp's band [[League of Gentlemen (band)|the League of Gentlemen]].<ref>Janssen, Bill (October 31, 1977). [http://www.illinoistimes.com/Springfield/article-4540-no-regrets.html "No regrets – the enduring spirit of Springfield's Tonguesnatcher Revue"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226191335/http://www.illinoistimes.com/Springfield/article-4540-no-regrets.html |date=February 26, 2012 }}. ''[[Illinois Times]]''. Retrieved June 12, 2013.</ref>

Talking Heads and Brian Eno subsequently hired Belew to add guitar solos to several tracks on their 1980 album ''[[Remain in Light]]''. He then joined an expanded nine-piece Talking Heads live band which toured in 1980 and 1981. These concerts were documented on the second disc of the band's 1982 live double album ''[[The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads]]''. Belew also played on Talking Heads member [[Jerry Harrison]]'s solo album ''[[The Red and the Black (album)|The Red and the Black]]'' and frontman [[David Byrne (musician)|David Byrne]]'s ''[[The Catherine Wheel (album)|The Catherine Wheel]]''.

At this time, the internal relationships in Talking Heads were becoming strained. The band's rhythm section, [[Tina Weymouth]] and [[Chris Frantz]], allegedly approached Belew with the suggestion that he should replace Byrne as the band's frontman, an offer which Belew immediately but politely turned down.<ref name="Century' 2002">''Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa: The Adventures of Talking Heads in the 20th Century'' by David Bowman ([[Bloomsbury Publishing plc]], August 19, 2002)</ref> (In his book ''Remain in Love'', Frantz denied that this offer was ever made.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}) Belew did, however, go on to work with Weymouth and Frantz in [[Tom Tom Club]]. Joining them for recordings at [[Compass Point Studios]] in [[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]], Bahamas, Belew played guitar on the sessions for the band's [[Tom Tom Club (album)|self-titled debut album]], including the hit single "[[Genius of Love]]". However, recording engineer [[Steven Stanley]] erased the majority of Belew's solos during the mixing sessions, and Weymouth stopped talking to Belew after he asked to receive songwriting credits on the album. Belew did not play live with Tom Tom Club or contribute to any further recordings, and instead focused on other projects.<ref name="Century' 2002" />

===Beginning of solo career (1981)===

Belew's rising profile gained him a solo record contract with [[Island Records]]. During the recording of the debut Tom Tom Club album, members of GaGa joined Belew at Compass Point and backed him on a set of parallel sessions which would result in Belew's first solo album, ''[[Lone Rhino]]'' (1982). The album provided a home for GaGa material and blended various elements of Belew's work over the past decade. It also included an instrumental duet between Belew and his four-year-old daughter Audie on piano.

===King Crimson (1981–2013)===

Adrian Belew was the frontman, second guitarist, and occasional drummer for [[King Crimson]] from 1981 to 2009, one of the longest tenures in King Crimson by any member other than founder, bandleader, and sole constant member [[Robert Fripp]]. He maintained this position despite several splits or hiatuses in group activity, notwithstanding a brief period in the early 1990s when Fripp unsuccessfully asked singer [[David Sylvian]] of [[Japan (band)|Japan]] to front a new version of the band.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.elephant-talk.com/faq/et-faq.txt |title=King Crimson FAQ|access-date=2007-08-29|publisher=Elephant Talk (archived page from elephant-talk.com) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050828134638/http://www.elephant-talk.com/faq/et-faq.txt |archive-date=2005-08-28}}</ref>

Belew's involvement with King Crimson began while he was still involved with Talking Heads. Having been impressed by Belew's work with GaGa and David Bowie, Fripp asked him to join a new four-piece band, at that time called Discipline. While Belew was busy with Talking Heads and associated side projects at the time, he chose to leave and join Fripp's band due to the deteriorating relationships within Talking Heads. One of his conditions for joining the new band was that he would be allowed to continue his solo career, to which Fripp agreed.<ref>Smith, Sid (2001). ''In the Court of King Crimson'', Helter Skelter Publishing, {{ISBN|1-900924-26-9}}, pp. 215–216.</ref>

Former King Crimson and [[Yes (band)|Yes]] drummer [[Bill Bruford]] and New York session bassist and [[Chapman Stick]] player [[Tony Levin]] completed the Discipline lineup. During initial touring, the members of the band discussed the possibility of renaming themselves King Crimson, which they ultimately agreed to. This made Belew the first guitarist to formally play alongside Fripp within King Crimson on an equal footing (although [[Ian McDonald (musician)|Ian McDonald]] and [[John Wetton]] had occasionally contributed extra guitar to previous King Crimson recordings).{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}} He was also the first King Crimson singer to write most of his own lyrics.

The renamed band released and toured the album ''[[Discipline (King Crimson album)|Discipline]]'' later in 1981. The follow-up, 1982's ''[[Beat (King Crimson album)|Beat]]'', proved harder to record. Finding himself responsible for the bulk of the band's songwriting and dealing with the extra pressures of being the frontman in a high-level group, Belew argued with Fripp over the group's approach and sound. Disagreements were mostly resolved and the band continued to find success as a live act. However, writing and recording 1984's ''[[Three of a Perfect Pair]]'' proved yet more difficult, and Fripp opted to split the band following the conclusion of the ''Three of a Perfect Pair'' tour later that year.

Despite these tensions, the members of this King Crimson incarnation maintained enough camaraderie and mutual respect to reunite in 1994, forming a sextet with the addition of drummer [[Pat Mastelotto]] and [[Warr Guitar|Warr guitar]]ist [[Trey Gunn]]. This lineup toured successfully until 1997, releasing the 1995 album ''[[Thrak]]'' and several live recordings. From 1997 onward, Belew participated in several of the [[ProjeKcts]], a series of King Crimson [[side project]]s active during the band's hiatuses, in which he predominantly played [[electronic drum]]s.

King Crimson was then reduced to a quartet with the departures of Bruford and Levin, subsequently releasing the albums ''[[The Construkction of Light|The ConstruKction of Light]]'' (2000) and ''[[The Power to Believe]]'' (2003). After a further four-year hiatus, the band returned to active work in 2008 as a five-piece, with Levin returning to replace Gunn and [[Porcupine Tree]] drummer [[Gavin Harrison]] joining. From 2000 through 2008, King Crimson used Belew's home studio in [[Mount Juliet, Tennessee]], as a rehearsal space and studio.

In September 2013, Fripp announced the formation of a new King Crimson lineup which did not include Belew.

===Solo career, part two (1983–1986)===

Following the release of his first solo album ''Lone Rhino'' in 1982, Belew recorded a 1983 follow-up called ''[[Twang Bar King]]'', which once again featured GaGa as backing band (now augmented by former [[Elvis Presley]] drummer [[Larrie Londin]]).

His next solo album was recorded in 1986, and was an experimental all-instrumental album of processed guitar, guitar synthesizer, and percussion called ''[[Desire Caught by the Tail (album)|Desire Caught By the Tail]]''. According to Belew, this album cost him his contract with Island Records due to its highly experimental nature.

From 1986 to 1989, Belew's solo career was on hold while he concentrated on [[The Bears (band)|the Bears]].

===The Bears (1985–1989, 1997–present)===

Following King Crimson's breakup/entry into hiatus in 1984, Belew formed the Bears with fellow guitarist and singer [[Rob Fetters]], drummer Chris Arduser, and bass guitarist Bob Nyswonger. All three were close friends of Belew whom he had met during his Sweetheart days in the mid-1970s, and were also ex-members of the Raisins, a [[Cincinnati]]-based band that had some local success in the early 1980s and had an album produced by Belew.

As a band, the Bears was a conscious attempt to create a more unified and collective group, with Belew and Fetters sharing lead vocal duties. Although Belew's guitar skills were still in evidence, they took second place to the band's commitment to songs. Signing to the I.R.S. Records subsidiary Primitive Man Recording Company, the Bears recorded and released two albums, 1987's ''The Bears'', and 1988's ''Rise and Shine''. After three years of constant recording, promotion, and touring, the band broke up in 1989 following the collapse of PMRC.{{anchor|Oh_Daddy}} The success of Belew's solo hit single "Oh Daddy" led to him touring with David Bowie. The remaining three Bears regrouped as '''psychodots'''.

All four musicians remained friends, stayed in contact with each other, and continued to help each other. Arduser drummed on Belew's 1992 solo album, ''Inner Revolution'' (with Fetters joining the 1992 touring band). On the tour supporting Belew's ''Here'' album in 1994, psychodots played as both the opening act and as Belew's backing band. Belew would also co-write two songs on Rob Fetters' ''Lefty Loose – Righty Tight'' album in 1998.

Starting in 1997, the Bears regularly reunited in the studio for intermittent recording sessions. This resulted in two further albums, 2001's ''Car Caught Fire'', and 2007's ''Eureka''. The band performed short tours to promote these releases, and continued to work together around its members varied schedules.  Drummer Chris Arduser died on September 27, 2023.<ref>Instagram post by Adrian Belew, https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxs4RsBMsr2/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105220926/https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxs4RsBMsr2/ |date=January 5, 2024 }}, September 27, 2023.</ref>

===Solo career, part three (1989–present)===

Belew revived his solo career with 1989's ''[[Mr. Music Head]]'', on which he played virtually all the instruments (with the exception of double bass). The album was split between relatively straightforward pop and more experimental songs, with a strong emphasis on Belew's signature electric tones, plus plenty of percussion and an unusual approach to acoustic production. ''Mr. Music Head'' also generated a hit single (No. 5 on the US Modern Rock chart) in the shape of "Oh Daddy", on which Belew duetted with his 11-year-old daughter Audie.

In 1990, Belew produced a similar follow-up with ''[[Young Lions (album)|Young Lions]]''. This featured a number of cover versions, plus two guest appearances by his past and current employer David Bowie, who'd hired Belew as musical director for his then-current [[Sound+Vision Tour]]. The album generated another US Modern rock chart hit (No. 2) with the Belew-and-Bowie duet "Pretty Pink Rose", and a minor hit on the same chart with the subsequent single, "Men In Helicopters" (No. 17).

The following year, Belew released ''[[Desire of the Rhino King]]'', a compilation of digitally remastered material from his first three (now out-of-print) albums.

The next phase in Belew's career saw him pursuing a more traditional singing and songwriting style (albeit with his trademark unusual guitar tones), which owed a lot to his old heroes the Beatles. 1992's ''[[Inner Revolution]]'', and 1994's ''[[Here (Adrian Belew album)|Here]]'' (as well as 1993's self-explanatory and back-catalogue-revisiting ''[[The Acoustic Adrian Belew]]'') were all heavily song-oriented and accessible, but sold less than Belew expected. 1996's ''[[Op Zop Too Wah]]'' blended Belew's songwriting approach with more avant-garde instrumental parts.

In parallel to Belew's work with a revived [[King Crimson]], he released the first in a proposed Experimental Guitar Series, ''[[The Guitar as Orchestra: Experimental Guitar Series, Vol. 1]]'', in 1997. This was an album of [[Atonality|atonal]] contemporary classical music entirely realized on [[MIDI]] guitar using digital models of orchestral instruments. Belew has mentioned plans for releasing more records in the Experimental Guitar series, including one called ''The Animal Kingdom'', but no more yet have been released.

[[File:Adrian_Belew_Bowie_2022.jpg|240px|thumb|Belew in 2022, performing with [[Todd Rundgren]] on the "Celebrating David Bowie" tour]]
Belew's subsequent releases were two more acoustic albums, 1998's ''[[Belew Prints: The Acoustic Adrian Belew, Vol. 2]]'', and the 1999 ''[[Salad Days (Adrian Belew album)|Salad Days]]'' compilation, as well as the ''[[Coming Attractions (album)|Coming Attractions]]'' album of works-in-progress. In 2004, he collaborated on a spoken-word-and-instrumentation album with [[Kevin Max]], called ''[[Raven Songs 101]]''. Between 2005 and 2007, Belew released the ''Side'' series of albums:  2005's ''[[Side One]]'' and ''[[Side Two]]'', 2006's ''[[Side Three]]'', and 2007's ''[[Side Four]]'', with a variety of guest performers, including Tool's [[Danny Carey]] and [[Primus (band)|Primus]]' [[Les Claypool]].

In April and May 2006, Adrian toured Australia with local musicians [[John Prior (musician)|John Prior]] from [[Matt Finish]] playing drums, and Al Slavik playing bass guitar and [[Chapman Stick|Stick]] (as well as singing backing vocals). In August 2006, he performed in [[Atlanta]], Georgia, on The Acoustic Planet Tour with [[Bela Fleck & the Flecktones]] and [[Umphrey's McGee]].

Later in 2006, Belew formed a new long-term trio, which his fans rapidly christened the Adrian Belew Power Trio,{{citation needed|date=June 2024}} featuring former [[The Paul Green School of Rock Music|Paul Green School of Rock]] students [[Eric Slick]] on drums and [[Julie Slick]] on bass. This band featured on the 2007 live recording ''[[Side Four]]'' and the 2009 download-only ''Live Overseas''.

In 2008, Belew played at the Adelaide Guitar Festival.<ref name="adelaide">{{cite web
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 |work=Adelaide Now 
 |date=November 27, 2008 
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}}</ref> In June 2009, the Adrian Belew Power Trio released an all-new studio record titled simply ''e.'', featuring a five-part long-form Belew instrumental composition. During the same month, Belew released ''A Cup of Coffee and a Slice of Time'', an album credited to "Clay & Belew". This was an album of improvised classical-based interpretations of Belew songs (both solo and from King Crimson) mostly performed by pianist Michael Clay, with additional guitar, cello, and [[music concrete]] contributions from Belew.

Belew has been a frequent collaborator of [[Nine Inch Nails]], appearing on the albums ''[[The Downward Spiral]]'', ''[[The Fragile]]'', ''[[Ghosts I–IV]]'', and ''[[Hesitation Marks]]''. Bandleader [[Trent Reznor]] briefly named Belew as the group's touring guitarist in 2013, but he ultimately left the group before playing any live dates.<ref name="pitchfork.com">{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/51069-adrian-belew-quits-nine-inch-nails-it-didnt-work/ |title=Adrian Belew Quits Nine Inch Nails: "It Didn't Work" |date=June 7, 2013 |publisher=Pitchfork |access-date=2022-12-11 |archive-date=September 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908084045/http://pitchfork.com/news/51069-adrian-belew-quits-nine-inch-nails-it-didnt-work/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

On January 16, 2019, Belew announced an expansion of his "Power Trio" to a quartet with the addition of Saul Zonana and a 2019 tour.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicnewsnet.com/2019/01/guitar-legend-adrian-belew-back-on-tour-with-with-a-new-quartet.html|title=Guitar Legend Adrian Belew Back on Tour With A New Quartet!|website=Music News Net|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116202507/https://www.musicnewsnet.com/2019/01/guitar-legend-adrian-belew-back-on-tour-with-with-a-new-quartet.html|archive-date=January 16, 2019}}</ref>

In 2022, Belew participated in the "Celebrating David Bowie" tour, featuring [[Angelo Moore]], [[Todd Rundgren]], and others.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://consequence.net/2022/08/celebrating-david-bowie-2022-tribute-tour/ | title=Celebrating David Bowie 2022 tribute tour to feature Todd Rundgren, King Crimson's Adrian Belew, and more | date=August 16, 2022 | access-date=October 10, 2022 | archive-date=October 10, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010220916/https://consequence.net/2022/08/celebrating-david-bowie-2022-tribute-tour/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2023, Belew joined [[Jerry Harrison]] of Talking Heads on the Remain In Light tour, which featured music from the Talking Heads album ''[[Remain in Light]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.remaininlight.net/|title=Remain in Light Tour Site|access-date=June 25, 2023|archive-date=May 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524222604/https://www.remaininlight.net/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2024, Belew began a tour with Tony Levin, [[Steve Vai]], and [[Tool (band)|Tool]] drummer [[Danny Carey]] as Beat, performing music by the 1980s incarnation of King Crimson.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://beat-tour.com/|title=BEAT Tour Site|access-date=July 17, 2024|archive-date=June 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628115423/https://beat-tour.com/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Rolling Stone Article for 'BEAT' Tour |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=April 2024 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/steve-vai-tool-danny-carey-king-crimson-beat-tour-1234996077/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515123646/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/steve-vai-tool-danny-carey-king-crimson-beat-tour-1234996077/ |archive-date=May 15, 2024 |access-date=April 1, 2024}}</ref>

===FLUX apps===

Most recently, Belew has moved into working with [[mobile app]] platforms via his self-designed [[iOS]] apps ''FLUX:FX – the professional audio multi-effects app'' and ''FLUX by belew'', which contain over three hundred audio tracks and pieces of artwork that he describes as "never playing the same twice".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fluxbybelew.com/ |title=FLUX by belew |publisher=Adrian Belew |access-date=2015-04-16 |archive-date=April 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417025050/http://www.fluxbybelew.com/ |url-status=usurped }}</ref> ''FLUX:FX'' is a real-time audio manipulation app for the [[iPad]] that he said "lets me make sounds that I can't get with any other gear."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://flux.noii.se/ |title=FLUX:FX – the iPad effects app from Adrian Belew |publisher=NOIISE |access-date=2015-04-16 |archive-date=April 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414083328/http://flux.noii.se/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Both apps have gathered significant industry recognition, including being honored twice in the 2015 [[Webby Award]]s and receiving a 'best of the best'  at the 2015 [[Red Dot]] Design Awards.