Sound Tribe Sector 9 Live PA :: 12.13.08 :: Club 6 :: San Francisco
source: http://www.jambase.com/Articles/16105/STS9-Live-PA-12.13.08-S.F.
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With a 2 a.m. start time and a crowd already glistening in sweat from the previous night's performances, members of Sound Tribe Sector 9 took to the stage for a Live PA set at ArtNowSF's monthly Veni Vidi Vici party and dropped a set of laptop-friendly tracks that showed the crowd where this quintet is headed.
This past summer marked the debut of STS9's latest album Peaceblaster (read the review here), and with it came a huge, co-headlining tour with Umphrey's McGee and a slew of new material ready to be road tested. But for STS9, sometimes the confines of a sold out venue filled with thousands of screaming masses isn't necessarily conducive to heavy exploration of newer material, which is where the Live PA sets serve a greater purpose.
As a full band, there is no way even a scaled down version of STS9 and all their gear could have fit into the sweaty, dank confines of the Club 6 basement, but by performing a Live PA set, meaning all the music is created and played through drum machines, laptops and midi synthesizers, STS9 is able to perform in places they normally could not. As well, the nonstop format of the music during the PA sets allows them to go in-depth on the ambient transitions that surfaced during their fall tour.
Saturday night's set featured only four STS9 members, with percussionist Jeffree Lerner sitting the event out, but that didn't stop David Phipps (keyboards), David Murphy (bass), Hunter Brown (guitar) and Zach Velmer (drums) from putting on a two-hour exploration of the band's latest material.
STS9 Live PA Tour Dates
01.25.09 - Aggie Theatre - Fort Collins, CO
01.26.09 - Bluebird Theater - Denver, CO
01.27.09 - Fox Theatre - Boulder, CO
01.29.09 - The Paradise - Boston, MA
01.30.09 - The Note - West Chester, PA
01.31.09 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
This past summer marked the debut of STS9's latest album Peaceblaster (read the review here), and with it came a huge, co-headlining tour with Umphrey's McGee and a slew of new material ready to be road tested. But for STS9, sometimes the confines of a sold out venue filled with thousands of screaming masses isn't necessarily conducive to heavy exploration of newer material, which is where the Live PA sets serve a greater purpose.
As a full band, there is no way even a scaled down version of STS9 and all their gear could have fit into the sweaty, dank confines of the Club 6 basement, but by performing a Live PA set, meaning all the music is created and played through drum machines, laptops and midi synthesizers, STS9 is able to perform in places they normally could not. As well, the nonstop format of the music during the PA sets allows them to go in-depth on the ambient transitions that surfaced during their fall tour.
Saturday night's set featured only four STS9 members, with percussionist Jeffree Lerner sitting the event out, but that didn't stop David Phipps (keyboards), David Murphy (bass), Hunter Brown (guitar) and Zach Velmer (drums) from putting on a two-hour exploration of the band's latest material.
STS9 Live PA Tour Dates
01.25.09 - Aggie Theatre - Fort Collins, CO
01.26.09 - Bluebird Theater - Denver, CO
01.27.09 - Fox Theatre - Boulder, CO
01.29.09 - The Paradise - Boston, MA
01.30.09 - The Note - West Chester, PA
01.31.09 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
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