April 7, 2001

The Majestic · Detroit, MI

12 songs5 segues3 sets

Set 1Spaga★* > Shem-Rah Boo★* > News from Nowhere, Spacebirdmatingcall, Floodlights

Set 2Nughuffer★*, Munchkin Invasion★* > Vassillios* > Above the Waves* > Munchkin Invasion, Home Again*

Footnotes

Spaga - A definitive version to open a legendary show. Magner leads the jam for the first half with a haunting synth line, and Barber comes in in the second half. Sammy signals the ending before Barber can properly level the building, but this is still an all-timer. The outro jam is brooding and sinister, and builds on an absolutely evil theme going into Shem-Rah Boo.

Shem-Rah Boo - Another contender for best version in a show full of them. Magner drives the whole jam with a menacing digital theme.

Nughuffer - Evil minimalist trance. Utter Magner domination. All-time Nughuffer jam.

Munchkin Invasion - Two distinct themes, and both top-tier, kick off one of the best segments of the year. The first is pure bliss that builds to a gorgeous, uncomposed, Barber-led crescendo. The second is a pretty typical Vassilios intro theme, but Magner’s work in the last 5 minutes of the track are enough to kick it up a notch.

Vassillios - A tense, creeping trance theme that builds to probably the greatest Waves peak ever. https://youtu.be/hx9v_N5jjRY

Above the Waves - An extra-frosty, fall 2000 style dub jam (replete with Waves peak teases) emerges out of Waves. It gradually builds to a magnificent Munchkin peak.

Home Again - For a short, set-closing standalone, the Home Alone manages to cover some interesting territory. It dips into a tense, minor-mode theme that goes beyond typical Home Again territory, and remains there up to the peak section.

Setlist data from the Biscuits Internet Project (discobiscuits.net).