This Absolute Time:
Jean-Luc Ponty- violin
Chris Rines- keyboards
Martin Antongana- guitar
Mustafa Cice- percussion
Guy Insonge- bass
David Fahl- drums
Inter Media Arts Center ("IMAC")
Huntington, N.Y. U.S.A.
September 25, 1993
Performance quality: B+ (or better)
recording quality: B+ (it's a S.M.P.)
source: 1st generation audience tape
lineage: master tape (recorded w/ Naka. 300 mikes and Sony DAT) >
my copy (Maxell XLII-S no dolby, hi bias/EQ) >
soundforge 4.5 (to WAV) > FLAC 6 > torrent. This is a
four-step torrent from me to you, and a 3 step for you.
I've done all the ICPVR (individual clap peak volume
reduction) so you don't have to hear very loud clapping,
or a sudden drop in volume at the end of each song.
setlist: (what I know of it and that's not much.)
disc 1 51:56
1: infinite persuit
2: rhythms of hope
3: mirage
4: no absolute time
5: ?
6: muna boa
7: forever together
8: cameroon
disc 2 50:02
9: band introductions
10-15: ?
comments:
This is yet another great recording from the Doctor (of Stud Muffin
Productions fame) from my 1st generation copy of it. It's from the
"No Absolute Time" tour and it's a fine New York performance. I'm not
exactly sure where Huntington is, not too far from the big city I
suspect. This is a complete recording as far as I can tell, no cuts at
all. This doctor knows how to cure ills that aren't taught in medical
journals, especially when he really likes a band, and he loves Ponty,
maybe even more than I do. Can't blame him in the least. I saw a bunch
of his shows in the late 70's up to 1980 and haven't seen him since.
This show proves it's not because Ponty's music got boring. I think
it's because I can't afford to see nearly as many shows as I used to
(who can?) and I loved his 1st 3 solo tours, liked Civilized Evil in
1980, wished I'd seen Cosmic Messenger, but haven't liked most of his
more recent material quite as much. I suspect anyone whose 1st Ponty
concert was within the last 20 years may have plenty of reason to
disagree. I would say in the list of artists in concert consistency of
their live concert performances over the 30 years I've been seeing shows
(also including some shows and bands I've heard but never seen live),
Jean-Luc Ponty's standing would be in a very high position. He seems
to like playing in concert, and he's been very good at it for a very
long time, as he is in this concert. This may be my favorite Ponty
tour since the Africa Project (1991). Some good songs in this one
that I've never seen him do live in concert. Some of the Africa
Project people apparently still with him here, and/or maybe a couple of
Africans not in that tour, and a 21 year old French drummer join Ponty
in this band, and they sound good. This recording can be broken up many
different ways (several silent pauses between tracks), and I have not
edited out anything or applied any fadeins or fadeouts except for
fading in the beginning and fading out the end of the concert.
Do not sell this recording.
Trade freely and losslessly.