May 11, 2006

Wet is standard. Highwire has a short jam that is pretty clearly Highwire throughout. IRW is standard, though Barber at least teases Spacebird here, which is neat. Sven begins with a short intro jam? Weird. The first several minutes of Sven are very nice, featuring a focused and deliberate Barber. As they get closer to the (inverted) Camera B, he just gets less and less interested and the jam sort of falls apart. This is probably one of the best Camera B’s of all-time, for the simple fact that they jam this out. Turns into a decent DNB jam, which is a highlight purely for that reason. Spy is standard.

Bullets is standard. The Ladies/Abyss sandwich is not bad, but nothing here made me sit up and take notice, either. The first AC2B jam turns into an uptempo dance jam that develops a solid groove. Brownstein here settles into a great little pocket that Barber just dances around. Nice. Second jam doesn’t do much for me, though Barber destroys the peak. Lai jam is fine.

Highlights: Sven, Camera B, AC2B (1)