August 8, 2001

The Boom Boom Room · San Francisco, CA

14 songs5 segues3 sets

Set 17-11* > Little Shimmy in a Conga Line* > Spacebirdmatingcall*, Spy, Floodlights > 7-11

Set 2Svenghali*, Astronaut, Basis for a Day > Confrontation* > Basis for a Day, The Tunnel

Footnotes

7-11 - The main jam covers all sorts of territory across multiple themes. The first theme—breakneck trance with infectious Magner work—yields to a more subdued, dubby/breakbeat passage with shades of Sister Judy’s. Even when the jam returns to trance, it doesn’t reveal it’s ultimate destination for several minutes.

Little Shimmy in a Conga Line - A tense mind-melter treads water for a bit before building to a thrilling major-key conclusion.

Spacebirdmatingcall - An arguable contender for the first of the “golden age” Spacebirds. The band settles into a trance theme with Magner crafting a bliss theme that turns tense before the return to type one.

Svenghali - Though it starts kind of slow, the band locks into a great theme for several minutes, and the crescendo features dominant usage of the fall 00 style distortion.

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