Wire - The Scottish Play : 2004
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Artist: WireEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Dual Disc
Picture Format: 1.33:1
CD Release Date: 2005-05-17
Music Label: PINK FLAG
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- 99.9
- Germ Ship
- Mr. Marx's Table
- 1st Fast
- Read & Burn
- Agfers of Kodack
- Comet
- In the Art of Stopping
- Spent
- I Don't Understand
- Strange
- 106 Beats That
- Surgeon's Girl
- Pink Flag
- [DVD]
Music reviews of The Scottish Play : 2004
Music Review: A concert worth every penny to listen to.
Rating: 5 Stars
The CD contains the full performance of their Triptych 2004 concert, while the DVD contains said show plus a few tracks from their 2003 Burning show.
Aside from the first track, 99.9, electronic elements are used very sparingly, relying heavily on the resource of three incredibly talented guitarists and an awesome drummer. With that said, the sparse electronics and tweaking heard on Send and the first 2 R&B's aren't apparent in the performance, giving it an overall more aggressive outfit, which doesn't disappoint a bit. For a live performance, the vocals are actually pretty good, and Lewis' deep-voiced involvement in that department really adds substance to the tracks, (his solo vocals on 'Agfers' is particularly interesting). The guitar work is simply awesome; Lewis takes care of the more rhythmic necessities, Newman as the lead guitarist, and Gilbert playing some really odd additional noises and melodies. Gotobed's drumming is great too; while most Wire work doesn't really focus on percussion all too often, he really brings the push behind the force.
The footage of the two concerts are excellent; both are taken into very unique directions, that help move along the surreality of the Send material.
This release is especially good for fans who can't get their hands on the first two R&B's, as you get to hear three of the five tracks that didn't reappear on the album. You also get to hear a few tracks from Pink Flag, which, with their reliance on guitars, work well with the rest of the concert.
One very overlooked piece of any release is the packaging. Wire don't like to show off, and tend to keep pretty minimalist. This gatefold digipack contains no booklet, just the info you need, and the CD's come in a uniform black with blue logo, very attractive design overall.
Now, all Wire fans need is a release of their 2nd phase. I guess you could count IBTABA, but that's really more of a studio album. It makes sense to see a concert from their mid 80's to 90's period on account of it being their biggest. But oh well.
Description of The Scottish Play : 2004
Honed to a fine performance edge from their live European forays early in 2004, Wire present their fierce, high-velocity set based around their successful album Send, their first album in over a decade, which marked a return to their trademark gimlet, shivved, short sharp shocked writing style. Filmed by visual artist Tom Gidley in forensic detail, this document shows the band s complete visceral set at The Triptych Festival in Glasgow, April 30, 2004. The footage deliberately excludes the usual rock music celebration of place and time and instead concentrates on contact with a band often misrepresented as enigmatic, cold and distant. Also included only on the DVD is a bonus selection of four pieces (captured by Observation Camera #1) of the second half of Wire s April 2003 Flag:Burning performance/installation at the Only Connect Festival at The Barbican, London. The set by avant stage designer Es Devlin was specifically commissioned by WIRE for this one-off performance. Based on the same body of work as the performance at Triptych, this is Wire seen from the other end of the telescope, willingly surrendering their personal performance to the service of the machinery of a unique, complex theatrical spectacle in a manner rarely allowed in the rock world.Musicals & Performing Arts DVD Video
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