It seems this August we are on a DCD/Brendan Perry frenzy... So this time a recent audio only, before we post some more DVDs. Thanks to mixter_ for recording and sharing.
Original Info File:
Ark Tour
"The Man Who Sold His Spirit"
VG-
Lineage / Equipment:
6' - 8' from rail / dead center / fob -> 6.5' h -> slavesound omni's -> custom bb - no bass roll-off -> edirol r09 (44.1/16) -> sandisk 8gb ultraII 15mb/s -> reader -> audition 3.0 - slight level boost (no normalization) -> har-bal 2.3 slight eq (bass attenuate, treble boost) -> 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
Setlist:
01. Tree Of Life
02. In Power We Trust The Love Advocated*
03. Love On The Vine
04. The Carnival Is Over*
05. Golden Rule
06. Eros And Psyche
07. A Passage In Time*
08. Icarus
09. Song To The Siren+
10. This Boy
11. Wintersun
12. Utopia
13. Encore Break
14. Severance*
15. Spirit*
*Dead Can Dance song
+Tim Buckley song
Performed by...
Brendan Perry - Vocals, Guitar
Astrid Williamson - Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Laurence O'Keefe - Bass
Dan Gresson - Drums
Peter Sheridan- Guitar, Keyboards, Tambourine
Robin Guthrie - Bass VI on +
The performance:
Brendan Perry's voice literally consumes all the air in the room, reverberates off the walls and resonates though your body. He never strains to find the notes, rather the vocals are conveyed effortlessly almost like a conversation, yet with commanding force. The instrumentation almost fades into the background serving as a metronome to his tone poems. Brendan begins appreciative and humbled by the audiences ethusiastic reception at Los Angeles' lesser known Art Deco historic monument "The El Rey" (featured prominently in "Night Of The Comet" and "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"). However, as the audience's respect and reverence begins to wane, so does Brendan's patience. As several drunken audience members shout DCD song titles (he did in fact play
five such songs) Brendan stops and admonishes the audience telling them that "This isn't Karaoke Night". In utter frustration and to drive the point home he decides to "auction off" "Spirit" as a final encore. Highlight of the show was Robin Guthrie appearing to perform This Mortal Coil's Tim Buckley cover, "A Song To The Siren", something Robin apparently skipped his dinner for in order to perform each night. Thank-you kind sir! In spite of the crappy audience, the performance was quite incredible and completely memorable. Of note: apparently Lisa Gerrard was in attendance but chose not to make an appearance.
The recording...
Audiences are much like family. In other words, "You don't get to choose them. Rather you go through life or a concert, tolerating their bad behavior, putting up with their shortcomings, all the while trying to still enjoy yourself while waiting to leave." Wow that got dark all of a sudden! Anyway, this is one of those situations. Crazy "Yuh-Yuh" dude showed up uninvited and I had this hobbit to my right screaming his head of while rockin his intoxicated ass off! Good for you, dude. You're about two months early for The Stooges! Alas, this is the recording that could have been. With a more respectful, albiet quieter audience this would easily have been an EX/EX-. Because of the douchebags in attendance I'll stamp this a VG-. Unfortunately, not much could be done to control the howler monkey. On the plus side, most of the screaming is done between numbers.
Oh and if you enjoy the stylings of...
Dead Can Dance, Lisa Gerrard, Cocteau Twins, Robin Guthrie, David Sylvian, Peter Murphy, Bauhaus, Brian Eno, Iggy Pop and of course, Gordon Lightfoot.
Please support the artist by buying his latest album "Ark" on The End Records out now!
http://www.brendan-perry.com/An Appeal: Feel free to post on Brendan's website or your personal blog. Please preserve these files in their original FLAC format. There are many tools available for those to convert to mp3 or AAC for personal use. A modicum of effort may be required to do so.
Enjoy,
mixter_
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