Massive Attack
The Paramount Theatre
Seattle, WA
2006-04-26
Taper: Brian Connolly (brian@iamserio.us & http://trades.iamserio.us)
Location: DFC, ~20' from stage lip. Mics attached to glasses
Source: SP-CMC-8 (AT943) > SP-SPSB-6 (@ 107hz) > Microtrack
Lineage: Hitachi 6GB Microdrive > USB > Audition (cropping, fades, boost +5db, hard limit @ -2db) > CD Wave (tracking, compression) > FLAC(5)
Setlist:
01. False Flags (fade in)
02. Risingson
03. Black Milk
04. Man Next Door
05. Future Proof
06. Karmacoma
07. Hymn Of The Big Wheel
08. Teardrop
09. Butterfly Caught
10. Angel
11. Safe From Harm
12. encore break (fade out)
Encore:
13. Inertia Creeps (fade in)
14. Unfinished Sympathy
15. Group Four (fade out)
Notes:
This was my second time recording at The Paramount (the first being last night for Yeah Yeah Yeahs). Instead of the balcony, though, this time I had a main floor ticket and it was a different experience. The sound is definitely better down there but you have to stand up which sucks compared to the comfort of the chairs in the balcony. Also, you have to make sure that you stay out from under the balcony overhang lest you get stuck in a shitty echo spot and pull a crappy tape.
This was my first time seeing Massive Attack since they tour the United States once every fifty years or so. I honestly wouldn't have gone if a friend of mine hadn't coerced me to go and tape it for him, but I'm glad I did. It was good. They perform their album cuts in a live setting impressively, incorporating two drum kits, electric guitar, bass guitar, and keyboards. Audience can be loud at times, but this recording has very nice sound.