Explosions In the Sky
2010-09-04 
ATP Festival New York
Kutsher's
Monticello, NY  USA

An acidjack master recording

Equipment: Audix 1280c>Church Audio active cables>SPSB-10>Sony PCM-M10 (24/44.1)
Position: Stealth, FOB, slightly LOC
Mastering: 24bit/44.1kHz WAV>Audacity (set fades, tracking, light EQ, amplify and balance channels, smooth peaks)>FLAC (level 8)

It would scarcely be exaggerating to say that ATP is the only music festival in the United States worth going to.  Expertly curated, efficiently produced, and attended by serious fans, it is the opposite of most of the crassly commercial outdoor shitshows that try to pass for festivals in this country.  Hosted in the dilapidated and somewhat freakish Kutsher's resort, ATP is an indie fan's paradise, with sets that start on time, a sound system that blows away even most good club systems, and bands that are the true masters of their craft.

Explosions in the Sky have garnered a huge following somewhat unusual for an instrumental rock band, partly on the strength of their relentlessly positive outlook as people, and in no small part due to the movie and TV series, "Friday Night Lights."  As bands with some level of mainstream acclaim go, one could do a lot worse than these guys, whose live show doesn't pander to the FNL latecomers a whit.  Instead, these guys do it the old-fashioned way, with expert musicianship, a commitment to fans, and a style that 

Please help with the setlist. I'm trying to get this stuff up quickly, and doing setlists takes up a lot of extra time.  If I have mis-tracked anything, please let me know, as I would like to fix it before I put this on the archive.  Thanks.

Tracks [Total Time 55:15]
01 memorial
02 the birth and death of the day
03 unknown - new
04 catastrophe and the cure
05 greet death
06 greet death (cont) 
07 the only moment we were alone
08 the only moment we were alone (cont)

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