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Isis   11/16/2007

Hawthorne Theatre, Portland, OR
Source Giant Squid custom mics -> BRO (@167Hz) -> Sony TCD-D8 DAT -> Tascam DA20mkII -> Soundblaster X-Fi Elite Pro -> Cool Edit Pro -> CDWav -> FLAC (level-8)
Media Flac CDR   1 disc
Tech Notes "NOTES:
Isis' "10-year Anniversary Tour", one of a handful of shows on the two coasts. Very cool setlist ...with Maria joining on two songs - a beautiful artist, perfectly in her place amongst titans in Weight, & the brief cameo in Carry.

Your humble narrator was an idiot and didn't think there was enough tape to capture all three bands, only taped Isis & the middle act, Wolves In The Throne Room (pure melodic black metal). Isis was about 80min, Wolves ~45, ...yeah, there would've been enough and it was a big loss to not tape '27'; hindsight is a real pain in the ass.

Wolves is a black metal trio, don't know shit about them beyond that. The drummer missed one beat the entire set, that I noticed - aim was off, missed the stage-left cymbal by about an inch. That was the only flaw I noticed in their set. The last series of song(s) seemed to have gone on forever with spacy sound breaks in between. Not sure I like black metal (or whatever that was), but they kicked serious ass. Track breaks are a shot in the dark.. Mic level adjustments during the first few seconds of their set.

'27' baffled the crowd at first with a couple "light" songs, very heavy set to close. First I had heard them, not going to be the last.. A couple quotes from the crowd:
"...um, is Isis really here tonight? What is this pop shit?" - some guy, early
"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! YOU FUCKING ROCK!" - same guy, about 10min later

Isis show available in both 16/44.1 for CD & 16/48 for DVD-Audio, my preference. CD-audio version is EQ'd slightly: sound in the theatre was very bass heavy (especially up in the balcony), simple EQ applied to boost highs and soften lows. Normally I am a fanatical purist, but an exception for my own?--I suppose.. 48kHz version is presented unaltered.

Any live tapes of '27' from this or any tour would be greatly rewarded..
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Trades Allowed Yes
Ratings Show: A/+    Sound: A--
Owned by Andrew · Last Updated May 23, 2023