September 1, 2001
Wetlands Preserve · New York, NY
15 songs8 segues3 sets
Set 1Story of the World★*, Triumph* > Haleakala Crater, Kamaole Sands, Home Again
Set 2Once the Fiddler Paid★*, Mindless Dribble★* > Above the Waves★* > Mindless Dribble > Floes★* > House Dog Party Favor★
Encore 1Pygmy Twylyte★ > Run Like Hell > Pygmy Twylyte > Run Like Hell
Footnotes
Story of the World - After an extensive melancholy passage and a tense buildup (which feature the debut of the synth effect that Magner would use, more famously, in the Strobelights and Martinis jam later in the show), Barber delivers an absolutely stunning ending. Arguably the greatest standalone Story ever.
Triumph - The first reworked Triumph sees a little confusion in the composition, but the jam settles into enjoyable grooves almost immediately. The real highlight, however, is in the famous “peter down to nothing” section, which is stunning.
Once the Fiddler Paid - The second jam breaks down and departs Fiddler territory for a very “jambandy” breakdown. The payoff is immense.
Mindless Dribble - The legendary “Strobelights and Martinis” jam that later spawned a song of that name. The jam has four parts: an extended Strobelights intro, Strobelights composition, a jammed out breakdown, and a Strobelights middle section that gradually builds to a massive Waves peak.
Above the Waves - The jam emerges as minimal trance, but gradually takes on breakbeat qualities. Before long, the jam is a full-blown dnb vehicle. The jam sounds as if it could easily head for inverted Ape, but after a crescendo and breakdown Sammy reintroduces the Dribble hits and the jam shifts on a dime back into Dribble.
Floes - Simply stunning. The percussive theme settles into simple and blissful trance. It builds steadily to one of the greatest uncomposed peaks of all time, and drops into House Dog.
Setlist data from the Biscuits Internet Project (discobiscuits.net).