Mono
Wednesday 28 November 2012
Concertzaal
Vooruit
Gent, Belgium


Lineage: CA-11 > CA-9100 Preamp > iRiver H320 + Rockbox > Audacity [switch channels] > Har-Bal v2.3 Revision 3 [EQ & extra dBs] > Wavelab 6.10 build 340 [plugins: Magneto 1.5, D82 Sonic Maximizer and Waves L3 Ultramaximizer] > CD Wave Editor v1.98 > Audacity [fade in/out] > Trader's Little Helper > Mp3Tag > Flac
Position: ~1 meter from stage (2nd row)
Mics: clamped to chest
Recorded by _tunic_ [last.fm/user/_tunic_]
Remastered by Grigio
Duration: 1h39m50s


Setlist:
01 Intro
02 Legend
03 Nostalgia
04 Dream Odyssey
05 Pure as Snow (Trails of the Winter Storm)
06 Follow the Map
07 Unseen Harbor
08 Ashes in the Snow
09 Everlasting Light 



Line-up:
Takaakira "Taka" Goto - lead guitar, effects
Hideki "Yoda" Suematsu - rhythm guitar
Tamaki Kunishi - bass, keyboards, glockenspiel
Yasunori Takada - drums, timpani, gong 


Links:
http://www.monoishere.com/
http://monoofjapan.bandcamp.com/
https://twitter.com/MONOofJAPAN
http://www.facebook.com/monoofjapan
http://vooruit.be/



Flickr pix:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151344571729343&set=a.92093684342.104780.12609779342&type=1&theater
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wannabes/sets/72157632130285148
http://www.cuttingedge.be/photoalbums/mono-vooruit-gent
http://www.musiczine.net/nl/fotos/mono-28-11-2012
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ottovelo/8228703351
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ottovelo/8228703029
http://wannabes.be/2012/11/28/mono


Reviews (in Dutch):
http://imctblog.blogspot.nl/2012/11/concertverslag-mono-vooruit.html
http://www.musiczine.net/nl/review-concerts/mono/mono-eentonigheid
http://www.rockblog.nl/live-recensies/22525/mono-vooruit-2811
http://www.darkentries.be/nl/concerten/?cid=263
http://www.nipponzasshi.be/archives/5380
http://skylinereviews.com/?p=10221


Youtubes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm6_eATEhkE&list=PLprEOP2O-xaezocIVebwh1J04jLz9o5uP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Tiz8xLPCQA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuvjMD49B4Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuJTolU4jfY


Notes:
This was the second time in 10 days I went to a concert at the Vooruit, even though I had never been to this venue before. But if one of your favourite bands only plays a much shorter set on a festival in your own country, that's what you've got to do. While Dirty Three played the small Balzaal a week earlier, Mono took the stage at the much larger Concertzaal, and almost sold it out as well. Which was a bit odd, because the next day they would be the second act in a line-up that also included Do Make Say Think and again Dirty Three.
When you check the first link of the youtube vids, you'll notice a guy with curly hair that just can't stop moving his head. Well, I was standing right next to him. Just felt like standing in front tonight, and I do not regret at all. But I do wonder how this recording would have sounded had I stood further back, or on the balcony. Because it is a bit unbalanced, the drums (especially the cymbals) are a tad too loud. And from where I was standing I could hardly hear what Yoda was playing. But the good part of standing in front is that there's hardly anyone in front of you that could harm the recording by making unnecessary noise. There's some very mild mobile phone interference at the start of Pure As Snow, but other than that the recording turned out fine.
Fortunately for you listeners, what's not included in this recording is the light show. Somebody should tell the light guy at the Vooruit that it's very annoying when you're not able to see a band because there's a million Watts of lights aiming directly in your eyes. I didn't even notice that Tamaki was wearing a see-through shirt! So this recording was for the largest part made with my eyes closed, and I suggest you do the same next time you catch them live.
Dirk Serries's Microphonics was the support act tonight, and was also recorded.




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