Andrew's Collection
The Mars Volta 01/30/2008
Bren Events Center, Irvine, CA
| Source | FM> Harman Kardon AVR30 > Analog Out > Sony RCD-W500C >Audio CDR.WAV > Pioneer DVR-RW DVD-108 > EAC > CD WAVE(Tracking-Flac.8) > (remaster) WAV via DB PowerAmp->SoundForge 9->CD Wave Editor->FLAC Frontend level 8, sectors |
| Media | Flac CDR 2 discs |
| Tech Notes | "original nibbler notes: This is the very first time TMV has let a radio station broadcast a complete concert. As such I guess it's one of those "first of's" so sharing it seems like a good idea, even if there are a few flaws - First off, the radio station had two major audio drop outs. Completely losing the signal from the on-going concert - THAT SUCKED! Anyone who's ever tried to tape this band live knows just how hard it is to capture the moment. These fellows are Fast and Furious.. Often leaving me in the dust as the listener. I Am A Huge Fan Of "De-loused In The Comatorium" and most of "Frances The Mute" but the stuff since then hasn't sunk in like the other two aforementioned recordings. Most really complex music often does take a bit more time to absorb. Even if I've dropped out of TMV's super fanatic followers, I'll always find this band's music extremely challenging and certainly as progressive as anything else on the horizon. emperor nobody notes: This was upped by nibbler in a kind of raw form, largely untracked and in need of a little massaging in the audiological dep't, so my roommate DW and I took turns with the headphones whilst we tweaked around with the graphic EQ in SoundForge until we found just the slight sweetening the bass and vocal presences needed. Having never in my life heard this band I did my best with the track breaks, and having the timings from the mp3 rip someone had put onto the PB tracker surely helped me get it together. The natural CD break just happened to be when the station lost the feed for the 1st time (it happens twice). The 2nd one I faded out and back up fairly inobtrusively, as these things go. There's lots of station IDs and promos to use whatever wretched gizmo they are peddling to view the Mars Volta website, but I left these in because the band are still going behind the announcer during them. To the guy's credit, he really did try to do it between songs... I've heard way worse. Nearly all of the talking from during the 2 dropouts fluttered tastefully to the cutting room floor that dwells somewhere deep inside my computer. "But what of the music?!?" I hear you cry... well, I'm a total newbie to these cats but they sound to me like Rush might if they bought/snorted a mountain of speed and became possessed by The Devil. That and the drummer is a madman, oh my goodness I don't think I can move my arms that fast, no less PLAY like that. Special thanks to The Mars Volta for finally letting a radio station broadcast a concert, to nibbler for getting his CD writer going just in the nick of time, to DW for his ears, and of course to the million-and-six people who have insisted over the last several years that I check out this band. enjoy/groove/share, e. nobody oakland, ca, usa" |
| Trades Allowed | Yes |
| Ratings | Show: A Sound: A/+ |
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· Last Updated May 23, 2023
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