On to Mondegreen #3!
Dont worry, im gonna sit and do a proper writeup of the secret set. Definitely cant truck review that!
8/17/24 Dover
Set 1
Excellent opening to the show with a classic Mike's Groove. Mikes has
extra groove sauce all over it - this one is thick and meaty for sure!
The following Hydro and Groove are great as well. None of them are
essential, but its a great opening for sure.
The following Theme is a powerhouse with a pretty impressive finale
section. Stronger versions this year for sure but still downright
excellent.
Blaze On is FANTASTIC! Loaded with excessive wah and keyboard abuse. X Factor all over. MUST HEAR!!!
And they immediately blow that right out of the water with a 13 minute, type 2, X Factor Jiboo!!! When is the last time Jibboo ACTUALLY went full blown type 2?!?!?! This
version is insane - the regular jamming gives way to a slow descent
into a dark and angry kind of menacingly angsty zone for several
glorious minutes. This morphs into space bliss before Trey returns to
the song. But then, he decides for a reprisal dip into the jam waters
and you get a "bonus" jam just when you think its all coming to a
close!!!! AMAZING!!! MUST HEAR!!!! GET THIS NOW!!!!
AND 46 DAYS IS EVEN BETTER!!!!! 46 Days is EXTREMELY dark
and swampy tonight - robo bullfrog in full effect, this version
sounding like one of those JFAT versions from 2021!!! If you love robo
and crazy FX, cat samples, bass craziness...THIS IS THE VERSION FROM
YOU!!! Holy crap this is amazing!!!!
The set concludes with solid versions of Evolve, Meatstick and Bowie
All in all, this was easily the least impressive set of the festival so far - by a wide margin. Its all good, but you only NEED Blaze On, Jibboo and 46 Days. And you VERY MUCH need those essential pieces of music!
Set 2
Excellent opening to set 2 with a strong 2001 into an excellently jammed
Oblivion. Borderline must hear, Oblivion just rips tonight. Good stuff.
And into a 19 minute Disease we go! AND HOLY MOTHER OF X FACTOR MAGIC THIS DISEASE IS EFFING INCREDIBLE!!!! After
an appropriate amount of type 1, they shift quickly into a speedy,
pulsing delay jam. From here they proceed to explore multiple different
sections and rhythms culminating in one of the most headbanging,
mindblowing peaks of the year. 19 minutes of MAGIC. Now THAT is what a 19 minute Disease is supposed to sound like! ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL!!! HOLY SMOKES!!!!
And from there its a 19 minute Tweezer! Tweezer is just as great as
Disease, starting early with filthy mcnasty and crowd participation
jamming, going into an inspired "tropical bliss" section and EXPLODING
to an epic finale just like Disease. A+ all around. MUST HEAR!!! ALL
HAIL X FACTOR MAGIC!!!
And now we get a 16 minute Scents?! Scents is utterly ridiculous,
playing out like a 2004 oxy jam or something. The ENTIRE jam is spent
slowly crafting a darkly robotic kind of hazy soundscape full of FX and
whatnot. Very "avant garde" for lack of a better term. X FACTOR MAGIC THREEPEAT!!! CRAZY!!!
After a hot Boogie On we get a smoking Carini! Yet another definite must hear, this one is nuclear bomb hose city. Essential!!!
Number Line isnt anything amazing tonight but thankfully the YEM is.
Rough compositionally, the jam rages hard. Maybe not must hear, but its
standard excellent.
Tweeprize and we are out.
All in all, another incredible show. Id say the 4.5 rating on .NET is too high - this felt more like a 4.1 or 4.2 or something. Jibboo, 46 Day, Blaze On, Disease, Tweezer, Scents and Carini are all MUST HEAR.
The rest of the show varies from "standard excellent" to "average but
good". There is nothing bad at all but the highlights stuck out to me. Easily the "least" of the 3 shows so far but STILL probably in the top 10 or 13 of the year!!! Hot damn!
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