2013-03-25 Brighton, UK (Karl Hyde) [Archive]

TheBang

03-25-2013, 07:21 PM

Professor

03-25-2013, 08:36 PM

Let the man speak...

:)

Raz

03-25-2013, 08:44 PM

I was there, it was brilliant.

The support act (Farao) did 6 songs, all very lovely and I'll get her upcoming releases. Wasn't long before Karl and the band were on stage, playing their hearts out for about 1hr 40m. Loads of energy and electricity on the stage, they should be proud as punch. The first hour or so was dedicated to tracks from the new album, was great to finally hear the stuff that hasn't been released yet. The remainder was covers of "that other band", reworked to fit the setup.

Jumbo
Bird 1
Between Stars
Dirty Epic

Pause for encore

Unnamed/unreleased track by Karl
8 Ball

I can now die a happy man but I have to get to the London gig first.

DIRTY.

BrotherLovesDub

03-25-2013, 08:50 PM

Thanks for the recap Raz. Very excited you got to see it. What were the highlights of the set for you? Any of the new songs stand out? Which of the 'covers' came across the best? OMG 8 Ball.

TheBang

03-25-2013, 09:08 PM

8 Ball
LIES!!!!!!

Raz

03-25-2013, 09:35 PM

The biggest highlight of the set was getting to hear most of the album for the first time. It's tough to pick out favourite new songs though when you don't know the names to make that association. I've got fragments of lyrics and beats and basslines going around like a washing machine. There's a great variety in the songs though, and tangible beauty. Can't wait to listen to the album in full.

For the reworks, Jumbo felt the most different yet like home. Dirty Epic lived up to its name, first time I've heard it live, then 8 Ball happened.

MAKES ME FEEL
FEEL
HAPPY

TheBang

03-25-2013, 10:35 PM

How about the support band? How many people? How much live playing? Did they have projected visuals? Was Pricey on stage? Did the Underworld songs sound the same as album or live versions, or were they re-instrumented?

jose m

03-26-2013, 03:59 AM

was a great night.
new album material sounds ace...loads of influences on show,loads of live playing...reminded me of peter gabriel in places.
underworld stuff sounded great...different yet still familiar enough.
set up was two keyboard players with tech,karl on guitar which he plays loads and a bass player.
must check out another show asap

Raz

03-26-2013, 04:51 AM

You can check out the support artist here:

http://www.farao.co.uk/

https://soundcloud.com/faraomusic/forces

There were approx 400 people at the gig based on the capacity and what I saw. No projected visuals except for a little shadow play with shapes, some very bright lights with mellow and intense sections and lovely colours, plus 1 mental strobe session. No nicey Pricey with the yardbeeeeats. The UW songs were stripped down and built up again using Karl's voice, some of the original elements nicked out of Rick's cupboard plus new sounds and twists. The band brings its own unique sound to them.

jose m

03-26-2013, 06:39 AM

was like an electronica re-union with orbital,the grid and future sound of london in the house :)

BrotherLovesDub

03-26-2013, 07:12 AM

...reminded me of peter gabriel in places.

I'm guessing the Gabriel sound may have come from Peter Chilvers.

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Peter+Chilvers

BrotherLovesDub

03-26-2013, 07:14 AM

was like an electronica re-union with orbital,the grid and future sound of london in the house :)

Ooh! Time and Space Machine remixes of the new stuff would be lovely.

Professor

03-26-2013, 07:19 AM

wow. holy crap. and wow again.

TheBang

03-26-2013, 07:23 AM

Thanks for the reports, guys. It sounds like 8 Ball is perfect for this show format. Brilliant choice there.

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I'm surprised more YouTubes haven't shown up. Were they being super-strict about cameras and cell phones or something?

Professor

03-26-2013, 10:25 AM

Todd, check your email

potatobroth

03-26-2013, 11:28 AM

ah! sounds great! id love to hear what 8Ball sounded like!

Andrea

03-26-2013, 02:45 PM

Oh it´s beautiful!! Even though Rick´s "Here it comes" will be a bigger hit.
Is there more recordings? Please, please post it.
I´m looking forward to hear the studio recorded album.

TheBang

03-26-2013, 09:01 PM

8 Ball, courtesy of one of our forum members (I'll let him/her identify him/herself if they want):

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Troy McClure

03-26-2013, 09:48 PM

That's as beautiful as I could ever have hoped for it to be. Big cheers to the recorder.

Dunwho

03-27-2013, 03:02 AM

Been away for awhile, hello everyone.

There are some things that one has to come back and acknowledge though... and a performance of 8 Ball is one of them. Sounds amazingly well performed. Sounds like he had been planning that for a while.

Love it!

Andrea

03-27-2013, 03:07 PM

Big cheers to the recorder.
Yeah, and "Body trashed like a hang-over" - as Karl said the day after.
Thank you for the courtesy link!

big screen satellite

03-27-2013, 03:50 PM

No reports yet? Not even from the member formerly known as numberonesuperfan?

I hear Dirty Epic was played.

https://twitter.com/gig_tree/status/316334000392261632/photo/1
https://twitter.com/JackyMisson/status/316322703395143681/photo/1
https://twitter.com/JackyMisson/status/316323602003808257/photo/1
https://twitter.com/mrs_shortie/status/316317915517444096/photo/1

god i so wish i could have gone- sounded great - i had a couple of conflicts of interest, and am super poor at the moment, both of which conspired to make me miss this awesome gig (by the sounds of it) now maybe i'll try and scrape together to get to see the man at Union Chapel instead... feel bummed i missed it (being unemployed at mo is not great... :( )

(although do have a job coming in a couple of weeks....) (so things are up)

joethelion

03-27-2013, 04:08 PM

sounds like a very interesting show...

I'm REALLY surprised that they played 8 Ball!!!

also a bit curious about 'dirty epic' as I can't really imagine that working well with a 'full band'
(or Jumbo for that matter either)

Dirty0900

03-27-2013, 05:22 PM

UW mentioned an ambient set tour, looks the closest to it

TheBang

03-27-2013, 08:11 PM

Some more Youtubes have shown up, all UW songs:

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TheBang

03-27-2013, 09:48 PM

OK, I was waiting to see if anyone else pointed it out, but does it bug anyone else that the bass line on 8 Ball is played differently live than it is on the studio version? Throughout the whole song, and it's bugging me!

crank

03-28-2013, 01:10 PM

Let it go Todd- it's perfect. :D

Andrea

03-28-2013, 01:41 PM

Not an expert, but isn´t too much treble on these Youtube recordings? And I think Karl´s strong voice drowns out that fine music sometimes.
But the whole concert seems awesome in general. Would be nice to see it live some day.
8 Ball sounds like a bad copy though compared to my favorite, Between Stars. What a beautiful version! 10 times better than the original.
The only thing I miss is Kral´s soft spoken words at the end "...feel the world go round".
I may be old fashioned :)

TheBang

03-28-2013, 03:32 PM

Not an expert, but isn´t too much treble on these Youtube recordings?
I'm sure that's more a function of the iPhone microphone rather than the actual sound

leutin

03-29-2013, 03:57 AM

I was there and it was awesome!:p

potatobroth

03-29-2013, 06:40 AM

that was without a doubt, fucking awesome

Andrea

03-30-2013, 06:26 AM

Maybe its only me but there is a difference between these two both through my iPhone and my Mac.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aYsz7wDxSM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfo7UuN4gbg&feature=player_embedded

Anyway, I understand that the live experience was better than any yotube recordings. I happy for you who had time to be there.
By the way, pity that Karl chose to dance instead of playing on guitar during 8 Ball. What a tease :)

holden

03-30-2013, 07:17 AM

Amazing versions of the tracks - new melodic elements and familiar grooves.
I did find myself wondering if the bass player was getting bored during Bird 1, or 8 Ball for that matter, playing the same 1 or 3 notes over and over for 6 or 7 minutes!

ultradave

04-01-2013, 05:08 PM

YouTube to the rescue as usual. Big thanks for sharing. I highly doubt Mr. Hyde will be making his solo tour across to the US - so I'll be content with just a glimmer. :rolleyes:

potatobroth

04-01-2013, 05:35 PM

Dirty Epic
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Dirty0900

04-04-2013, 04:27 PM

Hmm, don't think Dirty Epic worked that well, but love the raw vocal.

negative1

04-04-2013, 10:34 PM

interesting renditions of the underworld songs.
pretty mellow though.

later
-1

janaka

04-10-2013, 03:06 AM

If anyone's interested I have a couple of spare tickets for the London show on April 25, as I can no longer make it :( Face value (£58 inc booking fee) of course.