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===Work with G3, Porcupine Tree, Slow Music, Theo Travis, the Humans and others=== In 2004, Fripp toured with [[Joe Satriani]] and [[Steve Vai]] as part of their [[G3 (tour)#2004|G3]] series. He also worked at [[Microsoft]]'s studios to record the startup sound for [[Windows Vista]]. Fripp designed the soundscape and composed the melody, while [[Tucker Martine]] created the rhythm and Microsoft's Steve Ball added the harmonies and created the final arrangement.<ref name="vista">{{cite web |url=http://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx?postid=151853 |title=Robert Fripp-Behind the scenes at Windows Vista recording session |date=12 January 2006 |access-date=29 April 2006 |work=Channel 9 |publisher=Microsoft |archive-date=6 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506193340/http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=151853 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="vista2">{{cite web |url=http://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx?postid=287615 |title=Making Windows Vista sing: Robert Fripp and the Vista melody |date=2 March 2007 |work=Channel 9 |publisher=Microsoft |access-date=3 March 2007 |archive-date=13 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213063227/http://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx?postid=287615 |url-status=dead }}</ref> {{quote box|width=33%|quote=this interesting factoid: in addition to 200 million Vista users with the 4 note splash, an extract from the Soundscapes' Vista sessions is estimated to strike up 91% of 32 trillion times on the new MS Mail programme this year. So, one of the planet's least popular music forms will also be the planet's most sounded in 2008. This has to be some kind of a record.|source=Fripp's online diary at dgmlive.com<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dgmlive.com/diaries.htm?artist=&show=&member=3&entry=12444|title=Saturday, 8th November 2008|department=Robert Fripp's Diary|publisher=Discipline Global Mobile|place=[[Redmond, Washington|Redmond]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109061120/http://www.dgmlive.com/diaries.htm?artist=&show=&member=3&entry=12444|archive-date=9 January 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>}} In late 2005 and early 2006, Fripp joined [[R.E.M.]]/[[Nine Inch Nails]] drummer [[Bill Rieflin]]'s improvisational Slow Music project, along with R.E.M. guitarist [[Peter Buck]], bassist [[Fred Chalenor]], session drummer [[Matt Chamberlain]] and [[Hector Zazou]] on electronics. This collective of musicians toured the west coast of America in May 2006. In 2006 Fripp contributed his composition "At The End Of Time" to the Artists for Charity album ''[[Guitarists 4 the Kids]]'', produced by Slang Productions, to assist [[World Vision International|World Vision Canada]] in helping underprivileged children.<ref name=AFCGFTK>{{cite web|title=Slang Productions - Guitarists 4 the Kids|url=http://slangproductions.com/artists-for-charity-guitarists-4-the-kids.html|publisher=Slang Productions|access-date=30 March 2014|date=11 September 2006}}</ref> Throughout 2006, Fripp performed many solo concerts of soundscapes in intimate settings in churches around England and Estonia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dgmlive.com/diaries/Robert%20Fripp/dgm-hq-a-grey-day-12-210916 |title=Robert Fripp's Diary: DGM HQ. |first=Robert |last=Fripp |date=30 March 2007 |website=dgmlive.com}}</ref> In October 2006, ProjeKct Six (Fripp and Adrian Belew) played at select venues on the east coast of the U.S.,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dgmlive.com/<!-- /diaries.htm?entry=13491 --> |title=News |publisher=Dgmlive.com |access-date=19 February 2012}}</ref> opening for Porcupine Tree. In the same year, Fripp contributed to two songs from [[Porcupine Tree]]'s ''[[Fear of a Blank Planet]]'' ("[[Way Out of Here]]" and "[[Nil Recurring]]"). Fripp also sporadically performed as an opening act for Porcupine Tree on various tours from 2006 through 2009. [[File:Robert_Fripp.jpg|alt=Robert Fripp|thumb|Fripp in 2007]] In 2008, Fripp collaborated with [[Theo Travis]] on an album of guitar and flute-or-saxophone duets called 'Thread', and the duo played a brief English tour in 2009 (repeating the collaboration with the ''Follow'' album in 2012). Also in 2009, Fripp played a concert with the band [[The Humans (British band)|the Humans]] (which consists of his wife [[Toyah Willcox]], [[Bill Rieflin]] and Chris Wong), appeared on [[Judy Dyble]]'s ''[[Talking With Strangers]]'' (along with Pat Mastelotto and others) and played on two tracks on [[Jakko Jakszyk]]'s album ''The Bruised Romantic Glee Club''. In 2010, Fripp contributed a guitar solo to an extended version of the song '[[Heathen Child]]' by [[Grinderman]], released as a B-side on the 'Super Heathen Child' single. In 2021, the ambient/electronica album Leviathan was released. Fripp produced it and played guitar, in collaboration with British [[electronic dance music|EDM]] Duo [[The Grid]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}
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