2023-04-18 Berkeley, CA

 4 18 23 Berkeley

Immediately, the energy is through the roof from the grt go. You can tell this wont be the narcoleptic first set from 4 17!

A super rare Olivia's Fool opens and kills.
Killer!!!

Up next is an A+ Seven Below! Maybe the best performance of it in a while! Super fresh feeling coming so early. Awesome Type 1.5 sttle jam that threatens to go super deep. Must hear!

Maze is KILLER! Best modern version since god knows when! It was super tight and felt extra stretched out as well. Trey killed. Page killed. Maze killed. Must hear!

Then a rare Mountains in the Mist to cool us off. MUST HEAR! GORGEOUS GORGEOUS GORGEOUS! SEA OF STARS STYLE AMBIENT BLISS EXTRAORDINAIRRE!!!!!!! HOLY CRAP IVE GOT GOOSEBUMPS!

Yo this set is putting set 1 of 4 17 to SHAME!

AND THEN A 23 MINUTE GIN?! IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIRST SET?!?!
Gin is killer. It does its Type 1 rager thing until the 14 min mark. Instead of killing it, they dive into a dark zone for a while before building back up to an explosive peak finale. Awesome Gin. Well worth your money. A definite less is more kinda version.

The greatest 555 Ive ever heard in my life follows. If they played it like this every time, Carini would have serious competition! Basically going dark space type 2 for a few minutes, this one is a dark and menacing MONSTER of a jam! WHERE THE HECK DID THIS COME FROM?!?!?

Set 1 closes with a raging Possum

BEST OVERALL SET SINCE MEXICO! TOP TO BOTTOM HEATER! INSPIRED PLAYING AND X FACTOR ENERGY!!!

Set 2 opens with a strange, MUST HEAR Dont Doubt Me!!! 12 minutes, super deep and lengthy Carni style type 2 robot madness. 555 on steroids. MAGICAL! 1999 whammy pedal fx and all!

Then the fun keeps going with a 13 minute KDF!!! A genuine Type 2 bliss rager! It goes into the stratosphere. Gets creepy dark in the last few minutes. Lots of patience in this jam. Must hear. WOW!! WE ARE GETTING SUCKED INTO THE WORMHOLE!!!! Then straight ripcorded into...

A 21 minute Fuego!!!!????!!! Slop city reading of the sonf itself, but holy crap Jon Fishman is a friggin CANNON!! Fuego goes heavy metal tonight!!! Slightly jarring move into the jam, but its all good. This sucker gets WEIRD! All 1999-style, noodle loops and ambience. Then they slowly begin a cery rhythmic and tribal groove that lasts a few minutes and sees them bring it t a conclusion. Legitimate contender for GOAT Fuego. X FACTOR MAGIC.

The following Light is OUT OF THIS FRIGGIN WORLD! A++++++++++ Jazzy jamming, type 1 of the highest order. SO MUCH EXTRA GROOVE AND SPUNK!!!!! MAGICAL LIGHT! DONT FORGET THIS ITS AN ALL TIMER!!!!!

Lonely Trip cools us off. The Howling gets us dancing, then Farmhouse chills is again. Farmhouse is a wonderful version.

After the previous three songs, Number Line does the set no favors, but thankfully it builds a great head of steam and closes the set excellently!!!

C Zero to close.


All in all, this show was set to be an all timer, then it kinda fell off the proverbial cliff in the back half.

Super strong gig, id say it's the equivalent of probably Seattle 1. A strong 4.0-4.2 leve show imo!!!! Totally blew away night 1 as an OVERALL show!

Fuego, Gin, KDF and Light are all mandatory listening!

They didnt just burn down the Greek tonight, they friggin RAZED it!