re: Post Some Heady Disco Biscuits Jamz

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Everything in the first set is played very well, and the jam in Overture is actually very good. The first set is all "classical" songs, commonly referred to as the "Classical Set." This is a perfect set all-around. Magellan Reprise - Set 2 begins with an absolutely beautiful version of Magellan Reprise, despite the band's best efforts to ruin it with moaning. Spacebird > 3 Wishes > Big Happy > IRW > Ladies > Spacebird > Humu > Reactor - Whoa. SBMC actually has a good jam in it! Surprise, surprise! And it's very enjoyable. This sequence would have been so much better if it was Some cool triplet stuff from Sammy during the Spacebird peak which melds into 3 Wishes. It's worth noting here how cool these segues are. The end of 3 Wishes has some of Big Happy in it, which then seamlessly melds in IRW. The end of IRW has some Ladies intro stuff in it which melds into Ladies. I actually don't mind 3 Wishes or IRW, but I'd rather they just cut out the non-jammed out songs for this set (and probably, all sets). The jam out of Ladies gets into a sick trance groove from the get-go and never falls out of it. Very good Ladies peak which drops right into the final portion of Spacebird. In the background of the final portion of Spacebird, they're playing bits of Humu, and the song melds into Humu. The Humu jam starts out happy and light and within a couple minutes turns into a dance party in a minor key. Magner remains on the vibraphone patch for the first few minutes of the jam, and Barber/Brownstein are just locked into sick grooves. This leads into a great Reactor ending to end the 2nd set. Near-perfect set overall. Crickets - Mauricio plays with the band on Crickets here, and adds some really cool effects to the song. The first jam is perfect. Layered drums and rhythmic effects from Mauricio and Sammy, great soundscaping from Magner with his pads, and Barber is choosing his notes wonderfully. Cool version of the peak at almost half the speed it's normally played. Sick electro 2nd jam. This whole Crickets is very, very good. Dribble > Triumph > Pilin > Triumph > DotSF > Morph > Basis > RLH - 1st jam in Dribble is a nice dub jam with some interesting textural effects by Magner. There's not really a jam into Triumph so much as they just segue out of the Terrible Triplets from Dribble and just slowly place the Triumph beginning on top of them. The Triumph jam is rather directionless, but Magner plays some very psychedelic effects throughout a good portion of the jam. Pilin > Triumph is absolutely beautiful. Pure blissco all the way, and they build this one so perfectly. The end of Triumph has some MEMPHIS lyrics right before they drop into Dance of the Sugarplum Fairies, which is a great cover. There are so many creative things about this show, and the setlist is done so well. The drop out of Dance and into the Morph jam is really unique and perfectly executed. The Morph jam is pretty generic in general. And then: huge Basis intro. They start pretty focused from the gate, and the Sammy-Brownstein connection here is just awesome. This jam really showcases the band's communication well. They get into a fantastic jam and really do a great job building it. This turns into a devilish dance party before the Basis drop comes. This show just gets better and better. There's no middle jam in this Basis, and the composition ends at 17:28. Given that there's about 30 seconds of composition, and 2-3 minutes after they hit the Basis ending progression, this means that we're about to hit 20+ minutes of jam. The Basis 2nd jam is multi-thematic, pushes forward, pulls back, and has it all. Really, really well done jam, good peak, and then rather than the 2nd ending, they drop into a jam back into RLH. The jam back into RLH starts out slower than you'd imagine, and there's this airy feel to it until they begin building back up to head towards the ending. This jam is also very well done. Frog Legs - Standard, but after a show like this, who really cares what they play for an encore and whether it has a jam or not? This show is as good as 2003 Biscuits get, and is among their all-time best shows, in my opinion (assuming of course you count the 1st set as a part of the show). The 1st set is perfect except for a minor flub here and there from Barber (the only one I know for sure is in Sabre Dance). 2nd set is damn near perfect and it's really creative how they pull off the segues. In the 3rd set, the jam out of Triumph is a little too directionless for my tastes and Morph is pretty generic, but the rest of the set is absolutely fantastic, especially the Pilin > Triumph, and the enormous Basis. Get this show right now and listen to it over and over. If I could rate this show 6 stars, I would.

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