Dirty Radio playing an Underworld live set right now - what is it?

[jetpig]

Originally Posted by Druty

Thank you kindly! I think it's the former (run-time of 2:45:00ish)

The Now Playing hasn't been working today.. nothing coming through on the SHOUTcast Stream History, incidentally.

The Ally Pally one is great too, but I think this 2007/8 sound is just about the pinnacle in terms of putting a new spin on tracks and seemingly jamming in a way they don't do now.

I may be alone in this, but it feels like the SSL-based setup now means we pretty much know where everything is going to be and it's really just about mutes & limited level control rather than all the playful vibes of this live recording. It actually feels like Rick had more control.

Any info on what gear they used to achieve that would be very welcome.

Thanks for the info - and for playing it!

The heart of the OG setup was a pair of Midas mixing consoles, a 48 channel and a 36 channel.


I would be VERY VERY surprised if the SSL was incapable of doing the same things and much more than the old Midas consoles. Its more likely that the current style is a choice rather than a gear restriction.


For that matter the old style was also just mutes and defeats, but just executed in a more loose style. It's also my understanding that rick used to keep a lot more pieces available to himself on stage than he does now, allowing more variety between shows, but I'm sure requiring more homework and prep to make sure the pieces fit.

[skyscraper101]

Originally Posted by jetpig

The heart of the OG setup was a pair of Midas mixing consoles, a 48 channel and a 36 channel.


I would be VERY VERY surprised if the SSL was incapable of doing the same things and much more than the old Midas consoles. Its more likely that the current style is a choice rather than a gear restriction.


For that matter the old style was also just mutes and defeats, but just executed in a more loose style. It's also my understanding that rick used to keep a lot more pieces available to himself on stage than he does now, allowing more variety between shows, but I'm sure requiring more homework and prep to make sure the pieces fit.

The fact that the live shows are pretty much a mimic of the recorded version of the tracks these days is a real shame. Everything I loved about UW's old shows is gone, the random changes in setlists, the extended/alternate versions of tracks, the muting of channels on the fly, the filtering and general other sonic manipulations of the tracks. All gone.

[jetpig]

Originally Posted by skyscraper101

The fact that the live shows are pretty much a mimic of the recorded version of the tracks these days is a real shame. Everything I loved about UW's old shows is gone, the random changes in setlists, the extended/alternate versions of tracks, the muting of channels on the fly, the filtering and general other sonic manipulations of the tracks. All gone.

Are they drastically changing things up every show? No, but they aren't just live recitals either.

Second half of this is rez, and is definitely got extra rick-ishness on it:


And what's that? the vocoder's back for cowgirl?


The upcoming warehouse gig will really confirm this, but I think they're running a cut-down static setlist for the festival sets and then expanding unexpectedly for their own shows (rijksmuseum for example). It's a lot harder to go afield when you've got 7 albums of material to cover in 90 minutes than just 2 or 3.

Sure I'd like to see more mixing between songs, but they aren't just hitting play either.