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The XX 02/16/2010

SHOWID 549465

Set I

Intro
Crystalised
Islands
Heart Skipped A Beat
Fantasy
Shelter
Vcr
Do You Mind?
Basic Space
Night Time
Infinity
-- Encore Break --
Stars

Set II

 

Set III

 

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Notes: The XX live at Amsterdam Paradiso, The Netherlands, 16th February 2010 (2010-02-16). RECORDING: Type: Audience (master), recorded front of house, 5 metres back from the left speaker stack. Source: 2 x DPA 4060 mics -> DPA MMA6000 amplifier (100 Hz low-cut filter) -> Edirol R-09HR recorder (44.1 Khz/16 bit WAV) Lineage: Audacity 1.3.11-beta (track splitting + fading) -> FLAC (compression level 8) [libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917] SET LIST: 01. Intro 02. Crystalised 03. Islands 04. Heart Skipped A Beat 05. Fantasy 06. Shelter 07. VCR 08. Do You Mind? 09. Basic Space 10. Night Time 11. Infinity 12. -- encore break -- 13. Stars Running time: 55m 50s MD5 CHECKSUMS: fe449a03e38ac702d321f85dadb5bd20 flac/01_intro.flac 1e766d6262822083d5fce5f37f49978f flac/02_crystalised.flac 1b152cb4427311a77d14010d3ab69482 flac/03_islands.flac abc2d28499a58ba08fa0564db639ba3b flac/04_heart_skipped_a_beat.flac 1048a469c85e350d7be352a5a41eb56c flac/05_fantasy.flac bf5ecda0f1b26292051b7343b899673d flac/06_shelter.flac 107e4474dd9fca52c1169feee6a31ca4 flac/07_vcr.flac d3242eae5100a6a84bdcfc223aa004bf flac/08_do_you_mind.flac 0e1a84b628f1b23fb88f853b7a114a43 flac/09_basic_space.flac 9b7171ae245f66acd443af10e75255eb flac/10_night_time.flac 07886420e212d46334665f13855390b6 flac/11_infinity.flac 9630c70c98076c35dbf7638f1e86e38b flac/12__encore_break_.flac a3c8c528f60396d9eee65f34d7c4445f flac/13_stars.flac 1b9fb326c708dd6aec7a9e008db09f54 flac/checksums.ffp NOTES: I had first wanted to see The XX on 10th October 2009 in the Paradiso's Kleine Zaal, but it was sold out. The funny thing is, I was already in the building, because Hugh Cornwell had also played in the Kleine Zaal earlier that evening. I had hoped to hang around and slip quietly in to see The XX, but the staff had ushered everyone out of the Kleine Zaal after Hugh Cornwell and were judiciously checking the tickets of everyone who tried to get in afterwards to see The XX. No amount of pleading and offering to pay the cover price cut any ice with the staff, and so it came to pass that The XX became the first gig in 25 years to which I have failed to gain entrance by showing enough determination. This time, tenacity wasn't enough. I wasn't the only one, either. There were quite a few disappointed fans that evening. Oh well. Tonight was my chance to make up for that, albeit in the Paradiso's main hall. I prefer the intimacy and acoustics of the Kleine Zaal, but beggars can't be choosers, as they say. This gig had also sold out and I arrived after the support band (These New Puritans) had played, so people had already taken up position and were packed like sardines into the stuffy venue. I wormed my way to the front and found a vacant spot four or five metres from the left speaker stack, a little closer than I would ideally choose for recording, but not enough to make a big difference. There was so little floor space that I was lucky to find even that spot. Anyway, The XX took to the stage just after 21:00 and proceeded to play through the entirety of their eponymous debut album. The only surprise was a cover of Kyla's 'Do You Mind?' a few songs in, which I hadn't heard before. The crowd lapped it up and the band were obviously impressed with the numbers that had turned up to see them. They commented on this a few times. The band played until they had no material left, which meant just one single song encore. It wasn't enough, but what can you do? All too soon, the lights came up and it was all over in less than an hour. No mastering has been performed on the recording, so you're hearing it the way I did. As you've hopefully come to expect from me, the sound quality is very high and captures the atmosphere and ample reverb used by the band. Enjoy!