I just have the audio, but it's totally blowing my mind - reminds me a lot of Daft Punk's Alive 2007; with tons of inter-song mixing, and "tracks" that consist of 3 different tunes segued into each other, etc. Just non-stop good vibes, wall-to-wall highlights, can't stop moving no matter which part of the album I'm listening to. Right away I'm feeling this is on the top-tier of live electronic albums, maybe even next to Underworld's Everything, Everything. Anyone else got it??
― Estimate the percent chance that a whale has ever been to the moon? (frogbs), Thursday, 29 March 2012 13:34 (thirteen years ago)
That would be, like, unlegal or something. We don't do that.
― StanM, Friday, 30 March 2012 05:18 (thirteen years ago)
saw it in theaters. got the bluray in the mail, yesterday.
and yeah, it's pretty great. my favorite moment is when the camera zooms out during "saturate" and you get to see just how huge the audience is.
― BringTheAuBonPain, Friday, 30 March 2012 05:37 (thirteen years ago)
I apologise for my first reply, I thought it wasn't officially out for weeks yet.
Have heard the album twice now (didn't have time to stick around my friend's house to watch the whole video but it looked ok I guess).
I'm not immediately convinced. The hits were great, but because they're great songs, not because they were great live versions like Daft Punk had on Alive 2007 (you brought em up, I wish you hadn't). Bored by the stuff I didn't know that sounded like mediocre ideas stretched for minutes on end ("is this another intro?" "No, it's Swoon!" "Oh. Ok.")
Maybe it's not fair to bring up Daft Punk or Underworld - those two were relentlessly awesome from start to end, all hits, no filler, greatly mixed and remixed, this, well, the Brothers don't do best of sets I guess.
I've seen live shows by them I liked - was kinda looking forward to that "you are all my children now" track (what was it, Electronic Battle Weapon 6 or 7 or something? - but it isn't on here.
Meh. Sorry. Maybe it'll grow on me.
― StanM, Saturday, 31 March 2012 17:17 (thirteen years ago)
three weeks pass...
I'm on my 8th listen to this (give or take). I agree that Alive 2007 is more amazing because of what it does to the source material, but IMO that's because Daft Punk tracks generally don't have very much going on and leave room for that kind of stuff. The Chems do a lot that's similar on here - the way Don't Think morphs into Out of Control, splicing in the guitar and vocals from Setting Sun is a good example...plus the Leave Home/Galvanize matchup. The only tracks that didn't change up much were the ones from Further.
― you can expect punches, kicks and even worse (frogbs), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:36 (thirteen years ago)