01. United Snakes
02. Teardrop
03. Girl I Love You
04. Splitting The Atom
05. Babel

28:21

Taper / Engineer: mixter_

Lineage / Equipment:

Location: 6' - 8' near center rail -> 6.5' h (sunglass mounted) -> slave sound ultra stealth omni's -> custom bb with no bass roll-off -> edirol r09 (44.1/16) -> sandisk 16gb ultraII 15mb/s -> reader -> audition 3.0 -> moderate level adjust + fades (no normalization) -> slight eq (bass attenuate, treble boost, peak recovery) -> har-bal 2.3 (expansion, reduce resonance) -> cd wave editor (atom split) -> tlh (flac level 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.

Notes:

Great set from the Bristol duo. Apparently this was heir US broadcast debut after 20+ years. Robert's vocals during "United Snakes" was very diminished in the mix (almost indiscernable in the broadcast version). Here they appear to be a bit more prominent. Martina and Horace's vocal contributions sound fantastic during their performances.

Recording:

I had rather good positioning on this one. Although I had some kid next to me tripping (literally) on ecstacy that made it rather distracting to the rest of the audience. He is the one with the uncanny ability to shout out the wrong song before each number. The rest of the audience was pretty cool and sedate. Reports have surfaced from this tour so far don't shed a very positive light on MA fans. Oh well. The "tape hiss" you hear during Teardrop and the other quieter moments was actually caused by the smoke/fog machines not my equipment. Being that the venue was outdoors made mastering this one rather easy. Any phasing on this one was caused by the twink in front of me flailing his arms in front of my mic capsules. Just a bit of bass to attenuate on this one, though.

Enjoy.

Peace,

mixter_