November 17, 2000
Toad's Place · New Haven, CT
13 songs6 segues2 sets
Set 1The Very Moon > Bernstein and Chasnoff, Voices Insane > Humuhumunukunukuapua'a > Voices Insane, Wet, Nughuffer★*
Set 2Helicopters > Bernstein and Chasnoff > Hope★*, Shem-Rah Boo*, Spaga* > Helicopters
Footnotes
Nughuffer - The jam gets off to a very mellow start, with restrained synth work and rhythmic guitar riffs over a delicate trance beat. It develops into a strangely blissful theme before gradually making its way back toward more sinister territory, culminating in an explosive and thrilling ending.
Hope - A dubby jam with more energy. Barber finds a great groove and Magner delivers a thick and vaguely sinister trance riff. Towards the middle, Sammy begins to incorporate breakbeat flourishes and the jam gradually shifts to a triumphant dnb influenced theme. The return to the ending of Hope is excellent.
Shem-Rah Boo - fantastic and eminently patient. Barber plays a series of sexy riffs over a mellow rhythm, underscored by Magner’s trance synths. The theme breaks down into a tense Magner-led passage that gradually rebuilds into Shem territory.
Spaga - Haunting and ethereal Magner synths characterize the first part, while Sammy holds a light breakbeat rhythm and Barber plays some mournful notes. Magner introduces the flute patch after a few minutes, and the jam becomes more chaotic as Brownstein latches onto an evil rhythm. The jam builds to a furious crescendo culminating in a fantastic Spaga ending.
The outro jam is a sinister droning trance vehicle that breaks down into controlled chaos before building back up to a triumphant Helicopters ending.
Setlist data from the Biscuits Internet Project (discobiscuits.net).