October 06, 2000

The Sanctuary - Las Vegas, NV
3.727
(11)
Soundcheck: Hope, Grass Is Green, Story Of The World (parts), Bad Moon Rising (parts), The Unspoken Rhyme
1 FTP (tDB original) (1st debuted by the Maui Project on 4/8)
2 1st time inverted

Reviews

V

VaTroutBum

Aug 16, 2023

It's a tour opener kinda show. take it as you will.

BUT this M.E.M.P.H.I.S. is pretty awesome. moves all over the place. Pirate dub, trance, and a fiery DnB & Jungle outro jam.

Set 2 palindrome isn't the best. but 2nd half gets stronger.

A: M.E.M.P.H.I.S. B: Story>RLH

3/5

Show Highlights

Track Notes

  • S1
    M.E.M.P.H.I.S.

    A rare type two M.E.M.P.H.I.S. jam begins unassumingly as standard groove rock. After a Barber-dominated passage, he and Magner sync up for a full-band theme, which gives way to a four on the floor trance beat from Sammy. After minor hiccups, the rest of the band builds on a fantastic and sinister trance theme, that explores shades of dnb before a return to the M.E.M.P.H.I.S. peak. If the main jam dips its toes in dnb, the outro dives in headfirst. A remarkably mature and fleshed out jungle theme gives way, after several minutes, to a spacey Bazaar intro.

  • S1
    The Very Moon

    The second very exploratory Very Moon first jam in a row, and this version is demonstrably stronger. Nearly nine minutes long, the jam makes a deep dive into sinister trance territory, sounding at moments like the best B&C jams of 1999, until about the nine minute mark when it begins to build to a profoundly weird crescendo that slowly transforms into Very Moon territory.

  • S2
    Svenghali

    Quickly departs Sven dnb in favor of more of a rock groove. After a breakdown reminiscent of a Story or M.E.M.P.H.I.S. intro, the jam begins to build up to a Run Like Hell intro.