October 06, 2000
Reviews
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
All-Timers
Track Notes
- S1M.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.
- S1The 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.
- S2Svenghali
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.
