Last night in Chicago, Matmos concluded their tour in support of the new CD Supreme Balloon. Last week, the tour came through NYC for two shows at Le Poisson Rouge, the first night of which we were fortunate to experience. If the virtual pioneers of modern electronic music can be said to have “departed” from their art, then their new CD composed entirely with synthesizers would be Matmos‘ new direction. In the live setting however, our wizards were back together with their gadgetry, as the opening two numbers were “experiments” with a theremin and with a computer-created “psychic”. If there is anything predictable about a Matmos performance — and last Friday was no exception — its that the audience will leave the venue entertained and amazed by the experience.
We recorded this outing at LPR from the floor area below the soundboard. We were centrally located among the many PA speakers strategically placed around the superb sounding venue, and as a result captured a fine full spectrum recording. The only flaw is the noise from the bar and its patrons during quiet moments. Enjoy!
Many thanks to Matmos for permission to record and for the setlist.
Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)
Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].
Matmos
2008-07-18
Le Poisson Rouge
New York NY USA
Digital Master Recording
Recorded from In Front of Soundboard Booth
Dead Center on Floor
Neumann KM-150s (AK-50 Hypercardiod Capsules) > Apogee Minime > digital coaxial > M-Audio Microtrack > 24bit 48kHz wav files > Soundforge 8.0 (set fades, slight level boost, resample 16/44) > CD Wave 1.95 > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac
Recorded and Produced
nyctaper
2008-07-29
Setlist
[total time 1:04:49]
01 Theremin Experiment
02 Psychic Experiment
03 Rainbow Flag
04 Public Sex for Boyd McDonald
05 Sun on 5/ The West/ Bo Diddleyesque
06 Supreme Balloon
07 [encore break]
08 Improvisation [with Leprechaun Catering]
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