PJ Harvey - Bizarre Festival, Cologne, Germany - 21.08.1998 (ProShot DVD)

Some more Polly for you.



 Setlist:

01. I Think I'm a Mother
02. Joy
03. Joe
04. Civil War Correspondent
05. Taut
06. Electric Light
07. A Perfect Day Elise
08. Missed
09. Dress
10.Snake

http://textsnip.com/cd763e

Meat Beat Manifesto - Peel Session - 13.12.1992 (Flac)

Excellent session.




01. Fire Number 9
02. Soul Driver
03. Drop
04. Radio Babylon

Meat

Killing Joke - Trix, Antwerp, Belgium - 18.03.2013 (Flac)

Hugee Thanks to ianmcd for sharing his recording on Dime. Excelent sound.

RECORDING:

Type: Audience master, recorded 5 metres back from the suspended left-hand
      side PA stack.

Source: Factory-matched pair of Schoeps CCM 41V microphones (DINa mounted) ->
    Marantz PMD661 recorder with Oade Concert Mod
    (-18 dB gain/44.1 kHz/24 bit WAV)

Lineage: Audacity 2.0.3
       * Applied variable amplification across recording for consistent
         listening experience.
       * Added fades.
       * Split tracks.
       * Converted to 16 bit.
     -> FLAC (compression level 8) [libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917]

Taper: ianmacd

Original NOTES:

A four date European tour? OK, it's five dates if you include the low key gig
in Corby that kicked things off, but still.

Not that I'm complaining, mind you. With so few European dates scheduled, you
have to be pretty lucky to find yourself living close to one of the chosen
locations. And whilst Antwerp is not exactly around the corner for me, it's a
doable 150km drive that doesn't require an overnight stay.

In spite of that, I nearly miss the gig altogether, due to an oversight on my
part. Whilst I hadn't forgotten that I had a Killing Joke gig coming up
some time soon, I had forgotten to add it to my gigging calendar, so there was
nothing to remind me of when it was.

Were it not for having seen the recent postings of the first three nights of
this short tour to DIME, I would not have felt the urge to check the date of
my own upcoming gig. When I did look into it Sunday afternoon, I discovered
that the gig would be happening the very next day. If the uploader of those
three gigs had been a day later with his recordings or I had not been looking
at my DIME RSS feed that afternoon, I would almost certainly have missed a gig
by one of my all-time favourite bands. That's what I call serendipity.

Anyway, I leave the house in time to run into rush-hour traffic at a couple of
black spots along the route, but still make it to the venue in time for the
doors to open.

A large part of the journey time to and from Belgian gigs always seems to be
accounted for by the awkwardness of getting into and out of the host city.
Brussels is particularly bad, a fact I was reminded of last month, when I
drove to the Forest National to see Sigur Rós.

Tonight is a different story, however. The venue, a new one to me by the name
of Trix, is located just off the Antwerp ring-road. Two right turns and a
kilometre along the Noordersingel bring you right to its front door. Not only
that, but you can park right there on the street for free. Well done, you
Flemish.

I collect my gear from the boot of the car and exchange my paper ticket for a
wristband at the box-office. That leaves just enough time for dinner, which is
a rather grand word for the 'braadworst' I pick up from the lady in the snack
van outside the venue.

And there you immediately have the downside of being at a venue located just
off the motorway: there's nowhere normal to eat; just this van selling
sausages and hamburgers. To be fair, though, it's a good sausage and I enjoy
it. Anything would do, though, really. I just don't want to have to go hungry
all evening.

The doors open and we file inside. I head straight for the main hall to survey
the evening's working environment. I've never been here before and know
nothing about the place, so I need to get a quick look at the PA and its
height above the ground in order to be able to accurately aim my microphones.

With that given the once-over, I head downstairs to the toilets and find that
I'm in one of those establishments that charge you not just to take on fluids
at the bar, but also to discard what remains of them again afterwards. I pay
the ferryman, grab a wine gum from her bowl (with traces of piss from at least
half a dozen punters, I shouldn't wonder) and head into a cubicle to set up.

With doors at 19:30, the venue hasn't allowed itself much time to get people
inside for the first band, the Essex-based Hounds, who come on stage at 19:45
sharp. I've only been in position by the PA for a few minutes when the lights
go down for them.

After half an hour of animated guitar thrashing from Hounds and a short break,
it's the turn of Jayce Lewis.

Mr. Lewis hails, as the astute amongst you might suspect from his surname,
from Wales. The other thing I notice about him is that he likes to say 'fuck'
a lot, as in "Belgium, make some fucking noise!"

The exhortation alone is quite funny, for reasons I can't quite put into
words, but I'm doubly amused when the collective noise that Belgium manages to
muster in response to this clichéd rock baiting turns out to be more of a
half-hearted whimper than a growled affirmation.

It's unabashed fish-and-chips metal with all of the trappings, such as song
titles like 'Wrath'. I wouldn't be surprised if were some songs in there about
concepts such as sacrilege and sacrifice, too, but discerning the lyrics is
impossible, should you even feel inclined to make the effort.

Although neither support is going to have me rushing to their web site to find
out when they're next playing, they each sounded good here tonight. That bodes
well for Killing Joke's sound, which, in my lengthy experience, isn't
something that can be taken for granted.

The chaps come on at 21:30 and start things off slowly with 'Requiem'.

This has been advertised as a singles tour, but I'm surprised to find how
familiar the set-list feels. It's been a long while since I've heard 'Money Is
Not Our God' and 'The Beautiful Dead' performed live, but everything else
sounds so familiar.

The band are obviously in good spirits and having fun up there, which makes it
all the more surprising how disappointingly short their set tonight turns out
to be.

A few supporting facts for the train-spotting trivia fans amongst us:

On the first night of the tour, at the small Zombie Hut in Corby, the band
played for 100 minutes. The next night, at the Hammerfest festival in Wales,
they do 76 minutes. On to London, the third night of the tour, where they play
for 95 minutes.

That brings us to tonight, the fourth gig of five, where Killing Joke play a
measly and frankly inexcusable 78 minutes; and I'm being generous by including
the encore break in their total.

What the fuck? It's a repeat of the experience at the Melkweg in April of last
year, about which I wrote:

  "After just 80 minutes, they leave the stage. It's all slightly odd."

I have no complaint with the quality of what was performed, but I'm left
feeling distinctly shortchanged by the quantity. I'll take quality over
quantity any time, yes, but it would be so nice to experience the magic
combination of both from a band that I know can deliver on a good night; and
this was shaping up to be a good night.

So Corby and London both received two songs more than we get tonight. For us,
no 'Tension'; no 'Follow The Leaders'; no 'The Great Cull'.

I know there's drinking to be done backstage, but 78 minutes? For a band
who've been together 34 years and with a back catalogue as long as your arm,
this seems just a little bit complacent. Some might be so bold as to suggest
that they're taking the piss.

Still, let's focus on the positives. The band sound good. It's not the best
sound mix I've ever heard from them, but they sound damn good, nonetheless.

Geordie is still the embodiment of cool and certainly the coolest guitar
player this side of death.

Jaz is surprisingly dressed down for the occasion, sporting a T-shirt and none
of the usual military surplus gear or warpaint. His hair's much longer, too.

Youth sports his now familiar visor, like a bank clerk from some period drama
set in nineteenth century America.

And Big Paul? What can you say about him? He looks the same as ever and
reliably pounds the living hell out of the skins.

The recording is excellent. I'm very happy with how it has turned out. Trix is
a nice venue with a decent PA and I'll be happy to return, should the occasion
warrant it.

The venue wasn't sold out and there wasn't a lot of audience noise where I was
standing, so the recording is very clean. I wish the set had been longer, but
what I did capture sounds terrific.

Samples are included to help you decide whether this recording justifies your
time, effort and share ratio depletion.


SET LIST:

01. [03:09] [intro]
02. [03:30] Requiem
03. [03:20] Turn To Red
04. [03:39] Wardance
05. [04:43] European Super State
06. [05:57] Love Like Blood
07. [06:06] The Beautiful Dead
08. [02:57] Empire Song
09. [04:53] Chop-Chop
10. [04:35] Sun Goes Down
11. [02:55] Eighties
12. [04:22] Money Is Not Our God
13. [03:28] Whiteout
14. [03:03] Asteroid
15. [04:06] The Wait
16. [03:46] Corporate Elect
17. [05:26] Pandemonium
18. [01:46] [encore break]
19. [04:17] Change
20. [05:42] Pssyche

Total running time: 81:40

TRIX

Lou Reed, Nico and John Cale - POP2 TV Specials - 1972-1973 (ProShot DVD)

Very good collection of french TV specials from the 70's. For some reason I can't explain, VLC won't play this DVD, but it works fine with my DVD player at home



POP2 22.01.1972
01. Janitor Of Lunacy
02. Interview
03. You Forgot To Answer

POP2 29.04.1972
04. I'm Waiting For The Man

POP2 10.06.1972
05. Berlin
06. I'm Waiting For The Man
07. Heroin
08. Ghost Story
09. Femme Fatale

POP2 04.11.1972
10. I'm Waiting For The Man

POP2 22.09.1973
11. Walk On The Wild Side
12. Heroin
13. White Light / White Heat


Pop2

The The - Marquis Club, London, UK - 10.10.1982 (Flac)

Good Audience recording + 2 tracks radio source. Thanks to sam1 for sending me this recording to share here, and to the original uploader.

Original Info File:

Unknown line up, see gigography at
http://www.thethe.com/sections/library/gigography/gigography.html

Received this on cassette trade thru the mail before high speed internet was
everywhere. Lineage:
Cassette Audience recording -> 2nd (or later) generation cassette copy (from
Dave H) -> cassette to CDWAV by friend before I had computer, unknown cassette
player -> CDR -> EAC -> FLAC 8 using Traders Lil Helper

Original cassette had "This Is The Day" and "I've Been Waiting" after track 04.
Since they sound like other source (probably radio), old friend who transferred
cassette put the two tracks at the end. Also a few "fades" were done at begin
of track 08 and between 13-14.

I would re-transfer from cassette if I had a cassette player anymore... Doubt I
could get better quality transfer though. It is listenable and audience noise
is clear stereo, but sounds like recorded on boom box or similar in the back of
venue with "automatic record levels." The Audience noise is clear and loud
during breaks, but cannot hear once the music volume increases.


01 Another Boy Drowning
02 Perfect
03 The Nature of Virtue
04 Instrumental
05 The Twilight Hour
06 Controversial Subject
07 Song without an Ending
08 Hit Me Where It Really Hurts
09 Uncertain Smile
10 Red Cinders in the Sand
11 Icing up
12 Time Again for the Golden Sunset
13 Delirious

The cassette also includes what sound like radio recordings of live tracks,
probably BBC stuff, so might help with dates???

14 This is the Day
15 I've Been Waiting for Tomorrow (all of my life)

Marquis

Five Knives - The Rising EP (Free Download)

Very good new electronic act. Free download of five tracks EP, avaiable for a limited time at:

http://www.fiveknivesmusic.com/

Dead Can Dance - Coachella Festival, Indio - 14.04.2013 (ProShot DVD)

Very nice proshot. The image on this DVD is 4:3 letterbox, so you'll have to zoom or crop if you seee it on a 16:9 screen with a DVD player or VLC.


Setlist:

01. Children of the Sun
02. Agape (False Start)
03. Agape
04. Amnesia
05. Nierika
06. Kiko
07. Black Sun
08. Sanvean
09. The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove


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How to Destroy Angels - Coachella Festival, Indio, USA - 12.04.2013 (ProShot DVD)

This is nothing short of visually brilliant. You have to go see them live if you're able. Huge Thanks to Š†©kmªÑ for authoring this DVD!

DVD Concept  : Circle
DVD Authoring: Š†©kmªÑ


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Setlist:
 

01. The Wake-Up
02. Keep It Together
03. Parasite
04. And the Sky Began to Scream
05. Ice Age
06. The Believers
07. How Long?
08. Welcome Oblivion
09. BBB
10. The Space in Between (Sonoio Remix)
11. Fur-Lined
12. The Loop Closes
13. A Drowning

 

 Visually Astonishing

The Sisters of Mercy introducing themselves to a surprised audience in 1990

A Contribution from Wolf :)

How To Destroy Angels - The Fox Theater, Pomona, CA - 10.04.2013 (Flac)

2013 is already Trent Reznor's year. Not only HDTA debuted live, but he's going to resurrect NIN for the summer festival. Only good news then :)

Taped and shared on DIME by mixter_. A Huge THANK YOU!

Original Info File:

"hello..."


VG-

All thanks and consideration go to my taper friend coolerluzi who took the night off from taping but was willing to block for me in spite of having a full day on his feet. After carefull consideration we agreed that he should hangout behind instead.


Lineage / Equipment:

15' from rail / dead center / fob  -> 6.5' h -> slavesound omni's -> custom bb - no bass roll-off ->
edirol r09 (48/24) -> sandisk 16gb class 4 sd -> reader -> audition 3.0 - slight level boost (no normalization) (+5dB l / +3dB r) -> har-bal 2.3 slight eq (bass attenuate, treble boost, de-clap) -> audition 3.0 - dither to 16/44.1 ->cd wave editor (track split) -> tlh (flac 8, etc...) -> DIME -> you -> sense of enjoyment -> sharing is caring -> support the artist (yes) -XX convert to mp3 (no!!!).

K.I.L.L. = Keep It LossLess. Convert to mp3 or shortwave radio for personal use only.
Please do no sell or attempt to profit from this recording. I do ask that any reposts, links
or artwork credit me as the original taper.

HTDA are...

Mariqueen Mandiig Reznor - Vocals, Keyboards, Tambourine
Trent Reznor - Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards
Atticus Ross - Programming, Analogue Console Operation, Background Vocals
Rob Sheridan - Visual Elements Presentation, Audio Effects

With...

Alessandro Cortini - Bass Guitar, Synthesizer, Backing Vocals


The Performance and Recording:

Trent Reznor makes his return to live performance after a nearly 4 year hiatus as a member of the ambient electronic collective "How To Destroy Angels". This is clearly a project that includes unique contributions from all its members. I'm not quite sure that the inner workings of the group would constitute a democratic process. After all Trent's trademark NIN "sound" can be heard
throughout. Still, it's Mariqueen's vocals that are the centerpiece for most songs. Atticus' arangements can be heard throughout  the performance as well. Fans of "Ghosts", "The Social Network" and "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" will really appreciate the live performance. It goes without saying that what Rob has created with the visual elements is simple, effective and stunning.
It shares elements of the WT and LITS tours on a more intimate and immersive scale. I really don't want to give too much away.
If you are attending one of the select performances, do yourself a favour and avoid any YouTube or Coachella broadcast spoilers until you see the show for yourself live. Finally, NIN knob twiddler extraordinaire and synthesizer maker Alessandro Cortini rounds out the sound with some excellent bass playing. Songs are pretty faithful recreations of the album versions. One notable exception is that the banjo riff on "ice age" has been supplanted by a muted dulcimer sound.

The Recording / Theater:

After attendining Duran Duran's Coachella sideshow performance in this venue 2 years prior, I knew that I faced myriad challenges with this venue. The Art Deco theater originally built during Hollywood's Golden Age was fully renovated and restored in 2007 after several decades of decay. Goldenvoice handles all concert promotions at the venue which employs no staff since it remains vacant for the
majority of each month. Like it's cousin The Wiltern it has a magnificent balcony and high ornate ceilings. It employs an array of ceiling stack speakers that are situated some 30+ feet apart. Needless to say taping with omnis here can be quite challenging. The crowd on the floor didn't make matters any easier. There are those in the audience that are compelled to: 1. Chat incessantly. 2. Holler when
things have been too quiet and mommy hasn't heard their voice in a while. 3. Have inappropriate and profane tourette outbursts. 4. Profess their undying adulation for Trent, Q, whoever. 5. Binge drink. Pretty fun for a Wednesday in the I.E. I'd like to say much of this is off-mic but it isn't entirely and their is enough to take you out of the performance during many quieter moments. The audience for the
most part settles down and settles in for the second half of the show. Levels were all over the map. I will say that the recording has it's share of dynamic range. I did resist the urge to normalize the volume levels of all the tracks. I applied a pretty modest +3dB bump for the quiter portions. I took out a fair amount of boom through Har-Bal, but the sound remains pretty open and spacious which complements the material for the most part. I know that there will be at least one other source out there so you may want to wait. This isn't my best work but hardly my worst pull either. IMHO it remains an excellent document to this act's debut performance and is still very enjoyable.

Note to The Collector:

Arrive as early as possible, limited autographed lithographs are available for $55. Only 40 will be available for each performance.

Please support the band by buying their excellent album "welcome oblivion" on Columbia Records...

Enjoy,

mixter_


Setlist:

01. the wake up
02. keep it together
03. parasite
04. and the sky began to scream
05. ice age
06. the believers
07. how long?
08. welcome oblivion
09. bbb
10. the space in between (remix)
11. fur-lined
12. the loop closes
13. a drowning
14. encore break
15. on the wing
16. strings and attractors
17. we fade away


1:20:00

First Time Ever Live