This week's #ThisDealInHistory is the second cut taken from our Nov 18, 2004 concert in Ithaca, NY.
This 22-minute piece starts with a downtempo dub-influenced groove featuring Dan playing two notes simultaneously that are a fifth apart ("in fifths" as we say in the business). Pretty sonorous stuff...
Sounds like a Moog lead with some Rhodes chords providing support, complemented by some interesting bongo work from Darren (being played while he also kept time on the kit) and a Solina-like string note held on the Juno. This is a nice combination of sounds for this type of feel. We had been working out these arrangement ideas over the past number of years in order to try and expand our sonic palette and paint more colourful musical scenes. It appears that grooves like these (partic from 2:27 - 3:45) were bearing the fruits of our labours.
We change gears at 3:47 and move into something a lot more reminiscent of EARLY ('99) tND. This was one of our fundamental styles back in the early days and we reference it before we continue on into something faster and more intense. We start slowly changing it up, and at 5:52 i play the trigger cue for "Ray Parker Suite" - first on the Korg organ, then on the Juno at 6:05.
After the trigger we quickly shift into the "Ray Parker" tempo and feel but actually don't get to the track for another six minutes, preferring to jam our way into it.
This section (6:05 - 12:53) features some pretty far-out moments. I won't bore you with the details - it's best to listen and enjoy! I will say that I love the spaciness experimentation from 10:00 onwards (with the bass in the background still givin' it).
Eventually we do drop in to "The Ray Parker Suite" at 12:52, speeding up into a drum+bass jam at 14:55 (with accompanying key change) - this was a track we were experimenting with at the time, but we never recorded it. I do like the delay effects i'm throwing on the Moog lead starting at 18:09.
Around 19:30 we start moving into "Back Off" to end the set - Darren must have called it because i don't hear a trigger cue.
-Jamie
