Brian Eno, Karl Hyde, Jon Hopkins, Leo Abrahams & The Necks

PURE SCENIUS - LUMINOUS FINALE
Sydney, Opera House, Concert Hall
14 June 2009

final concert 3 (of 3)

Concert:

(1: 5pm - 6.30pm)
(2: 7.30pm - 9pm)
-->3: 9.45pm - 11.15pm)

This is concert no. 2 (of 3)

Sydney Opera House - Concert Hall
(looking from the land side, located in the left wing)

Brian Eno - electronics, treatments, vocals
Peter Chilvers - Brian Eno's assistant
Jon Hopkins - electronics
Karl Hyde - vocals
Leo Abrahams - guitars
Plus "The Necks": ( http://www.thenecks.com/default.htm )
Chris Abrahams - piano
Lloyd Swanton - bass
Tony Buck - drums

recording equipment: Churchaudio Cardioid Microphone System > Edirol R09-HR


This wonderful recording was handed over to me by a friendly soul (who wants to be anonymous). I am `only` the uploader.
All thanks and thumbs up to *you*. I am happy and grateful for this recording (and all the other ones that are already uploaded or will be) since I couldn`t be there. What an Eno fest that was!!!!!






Tapers Notes:



Sorry for the delay, this recording required some work and I did not have a
lot of time, but here it is finally:

By far the strongest memory of this concert was the section in which Brian
Eno took to the microphone for an extended contribution, not just reciting
texts but actually singing. I remember it gave me goose bumps and I found it
to be very beautiful.

I won't give any further clues, listen and find out for yourself. The "Pink
Moon" song makes a re-appearance and I think the final encore was a very
different version of the "Ikebana Noise Club". It is obvious that Brian is
very relaxed and cracks a couple of nice jokes.

3 pictures from the show speak for themselves, one of them turned out almost
miraclously sharp for a compact camera in very limited light. The other 2
are shot after the concert, in the final 2 minutes before Brian Eno's
luminous light installation for the Opera House was switched off for good,
at midnight. One image shows, that the Opera House was actually illuminated
from both sides. The light cannon illuminating one side of the Restaurant
sails (the small structure on the left), can be seen on top of the platform
at the right.

The other projectors were a long way away from the Opera House, projecting
light from the opposite sides of the bays to the left and the right of the
Opera House. This picture taken from the rear of the Opera House clearly
shows the foyer of the Concert Hall on the left, still illuminated from the
"Pure Scenius" event. The sails on the right side belong to the slightly
smaller structure of the actual Opera Theatre.

The final picture shows the rays of light illuminating one side, moments
before it was switched off. The projectors illuminating the other side had
just been switched off.



I'm asking a favour from you downloaders for the forum of this torrent:

Make a difference, don't just express how nice it is this recording is now
available. Actually listen to the recording, then come back and write down
an impression or 2, this would be the nicest thank you for my efforts.

My thanks for past and future efforts to create artwork for these concerts
and for any other tapers sharing their recordings of this event, and last
but not least for the efforts of arnold113 for torrenting these shows and
for compiling further useful information.