[photo courtesy of David Wells]
J. Tillman was interviewed by Jarrod Dicker for nyctaper (see above), so we will defer to Jarrod’s excellent interview for the biographical data regarding the artist. On this November Monday night at Bell House, Josh was backed by a band of Pacific Northwestern “best friends”, including brother Zach. The setlist drew almost exclusively from his two 2009 albums Vacilando Territory Blues and Year In The Kingdom. While the quieter numbers focused on Josh’s authentic and almost mystical rich vocal skills, the band numbers highlighted the tight structure of a country-folk unit well versed in the genre and with each other.
We recorded this set with a four channel feed from the audience and soundboard. The sound quality is quite excellent during the band numbers, but almost too quiet during the solo songs. A large enhancement of volume during the solo numbers did bring out some ambient noise from the room, which does not significantly detract from the listening experience. Enjoy!
Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)
Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].
J. Tillman
2009-11-16
Bell House
Brooklyn, NY USA
Digital Master Recording
Soundboard + Audience Matrix
Soundboard + Neumann KM-150s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2 x 16bit 44.1kHz wav files > Soundforge (level adjustments, mixdown, set fades) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac
Recorded and Produced by nyctaper
2009-12-10
Setlist:
[Total Time 1:35:59]
01 All You See
02 When I Light Your Darkened Door
03 No Occasion
04 Firstborn
05 With Wolves
06 Vacilando Territory
07 [banter – tech problem]
08 Vessels
09 Howling Light
10 Crosswinds
11 Though I Have Wronged You
12 Barter Blues
13 Master’s House
14 [banter]
15 There Is No Good In Me
16 New Imperial Grand Blues
17 [encore break]
18 James Blues
19 The Last Black Sea
20 Year in the Kingdom
If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT J. Tillman, visit his MySpace page, and purchase his official releases from the Bella Union Records website [HERE] and the Yer Bird Records website [HERE].
Incredible session! Thanks for recording and sharing – top notch stuff.
Just a note that the track #19 is indicated as “The Last Black Sea” is actually “Wild Honey Never Stolen” the new 7″ he released.
Sman.