March 21, 2008

Magnet Club · Berlin

11 songs8 segues3 sets

Set 1Caves of the East > Orch Theme★ > Digital Buddha > The Great Abyss

Set 2Jam★* > Shem-Rah Boo★ > Spaga > Cyclone > Morph Dusseldorf

Encore 1Morph Dusseldorf > Digital Buddha

Footnotes

Jam - Segueing in from the Microstar set, you can hear Jon come in with minimal guitar a little after the 8 minute mark. One by one, Aron, Allen and Marc join the fray as they play along with the psy-trance track. By about 12 minutes tdb are playing by themselves, the vibe of the Microstar’s set remaining extremely prevalent. Around 14:20, Jon adds a graceful melody on top of the edrum-heavy groove, but it's somewhat brief, as they quickly refocus on the dancey minimalism being crafted. At the 18 minute mark, Barber brings another new melodic idea to the table and the rest of the band latches on. Moving together as one unit, Marc tips their hand, but only slightly, with his slap bass line at 22 minutes. As their final destination starts to come into focus, the descending melody becomes more recognizable, but they’re still not ready to show their hand. Pushing this set-opening jam to its limits, the band dances around the melody of Shem-Rah Boo with dexterity and patience, before finally dropping into the song over 25 minutes after the jam began.

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