The Chemical Brothers: Friday, April 15 · 10:00pm - 11:30pm

[Brochella]

Confession: "Swoon" is my least favorite track off of Further.


The vocals are great. That nasally synth sounds a little too much like a catfight's about to go down for my liking. I'm really surprised it's as popular as it is.

Yeah I feel like it's one of the weaker tracks as well. I'd rate the tracks off Further accordingly:

1) Escape Velocity
2) K+D+B
3) Dissolve
4) Another World
5) Horsepower
6) Swoon
7) Wonders of the Deep
8) Snow

It's funny with live shows though, because Swoon and HP are stronger in a live setting than K+D+B and Another World, which are better headphone listens.

Still wish they had found a way to work Dissolve in their 2011 setlist somehow.

[Bons222000]

Swoon is one of my favorite tracks on Further. My least favorite is Horse Power...too silly for me.

One of my biggest disappointments from Coachella 2011 was not getting to hear Escape Velocity.

[Brochella]

One of my biggest disappointments from Coachella 2011 was not getting to hear Escape Velocity.

Yeah man, preaching to the choir. I was standing there for a solid 5 minutes after they ended their set just disappointed as all fuck.

[Aurgasm]

You've seen the videos...


now see THE video (Feather, wait till the very end!!!)





Video credits: Ravefiki

[joppy-slow]

1) Escape Velocity
2) K+D+B
3) Dissolve
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I feel the same way about Further.. but I would replace Dissolve being my favorite at the moment... but that list is spot on.. I almost prefer the Don Diablo remix of Swoon, over the original.

Maybe they will try and book the brothers for 2012, with the late start fiasco. I wouldn't even mind another dJ set.. they played some great new tracks back in 09'.. We got to hear Escape Velocity, Don't Think. just bring the lasers (showing during tigas (popov mix) in 09 and i will be happy

[LooseAtTheZoo]

[LooseAtTheZoo]

And this! The "Temptation" opening would make me crazy:

[LooseAtTheZoo]

Is Fuji Rock broadcast? Wonder if there's a full set floating around with that high-quality video

[djoz187]

I don't post as much as I'd like but I read a lot and one of my faves is Gloruption! Which is why this is the first thing I thought of when I saw today's WOOT deal!

Stock up for Coachella 2012?!

http://www.woot.com/

[seitron]

NICE!! I got 3 of 'em.

[shotglass75]

For nearly two decades, the Chemical Brothers “mind-bending” audiovisual live show has played to packed houses and festivals across the globe. But it has never been documented on film. Until now. In 2011, at the iconic Fuji Rock Festival in Japan, The Chemical Brothers played a headline set in front of 50,000 fans which was captured on 21 cameras. Immersing us in the thick of a frenetic crowd, ‘Don’t Think’ captures the synaesthetic barrage of sound, film and light and the transforming effect it has on its audience. Directed by Adam Smith, one of the show’s visual creators, we are taken on a magical realist psychedelic journey where we feel the show rather than merely watch it. On 26th January, 20 cinemas across 20 cities worldwide will host an exclusive screening offering lucky fans the first chance to see this very special film. For those that miss out, the film will have a wider theatrical release on Friday 3rd February.

"Unlike any other concert film, ‘Don’t Think’ will take cinema-goers on a hypnotic journey through the bands greatest hits, transporting the viewer in to the middle of the festival crowd then dropping them on stage with Tom & Ed as they deliver their signature breaks and uplifting soundtrack."

http://www.dontthinkmovie.com/

[frizzlefry]

[Aurgasm]

All the good DVDs are filmed in Japan because fans there are so damn awesome.

Jealous Jealous Jealous

[Mugwog]

Cannot wait for this be on DVD, its been a while since a good concert DVD has been released

[frizzlefry]

All the good DVDs are filmed in Japan because fans there are so damn awesome.

Jealous Jealous Jealous

This. Plus the fact that they have the common sense to give the Chems the headlining spot and their proper time slot. Fuck Kings of Leon.

[ods..]

Fucking awesome.

[rays8957]

Chems just posted this on their twitter, not sure if it's the same as the videos already posted or not(damn iPhone).

http://www.ifc.com/news/2011/12/chem...nk-trailer.php

[shotglass75]

Can't play it. Not getting anything but HTML code

[LooseAtTheZoo]

It's the full trailer. This is going to be incredible!

[shotglass75]

FUCK ME!

[Mugwog]

God damn make this a 3d bluray experience

[shotglass75]

Site has a bunch of information about screenings and what not now.

You blink awake and find yourself halfway up the side of a Japanese mountain. It's night time, right at the sticky middle point of summer. You're in an opening in a darkened wood surrounded by - say - 50,000 other revelers, each of them frenzied; delirious from an all-encompassing psychedelia that seems to be emanating from a stage somewhere in the near distance. Above you, lights swoop and strafe across armies of marching toy robots and galloping deconstructed horses; paint balls explode in front of borderline psychotic clowns. You're in the thick of it, consumed by the spectacle, absorbed into the crowd, surrendering to the noise and the visuals. Stunned by the jaw-dropping intensity of what you're witnessing, just one thought flashes through your febrile mind.
Don't think. Let it flow.

http://www.dontthinkmovie.com/

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[brando4n82]

Just picked up a pair of tickets for the ArcLight Screening. Stoked!

[grannock]

Ill be at the nyc show!

[nathanfairchild]

weak

[Wheres the beef?]

weak

Skrillex thread is that way --->

[grannock]

weak

Many have never met either of the chemicals, let alone married them together.

[nathanfairchild]

Skrillex thread is that way --->

i meant because there isn't a screening that'll be near me.

[shotglass75]

During the film, Smith takes advantage of one of the most unique festival settings in the world when he follows selected audience members away from the stage and out into the natural environment. Then, by adding avant-garde magic realist moments where trippy visuals leave the screens and invade the open spaces of the festival, Don’t Think undergoes a transformation from concert film to fully immersive document of one of the most mind-bendingly psychedelic live shows ever seen. With an extensive global cinema run, the film offers audiences a powerful alternative to the reduced circumstances of watching gig footage on You Tube clips and mobile phone screens.

Shot on location on Sunday July 31st 2011, Don’t Think is the first concert film to feature glorious Dolby 7:1, surround sound, mixed for the big screen by the band themselves. It is due to be shown on more than 500 screens in over 20 territories from February 1st, 2012 (February 3rd U.K). The film has been produced by Marcus Lyall and Lee Groombridge for Ridley Scott’s production company RSA Films in association with ML Studio.

Quotes from the Director and The Chemical Brothers:
Adam Smith: “After 18 years of working on The Chemical Brothers live show we have finally captured it on film; you could almost say it’s 18 years in the making The aim was to create a different type of concert film for a different type of show. I wanted to capture what it is like to experience the show from right in the middle of the crowd as well as showing and combining the visuals featured in the show with the footage we captured on this one night; to see how the music and visuals emotionally affect and connect with the audience. By using small unobtrusive cameras – and with thanks to the kindness of the amazing Japanese crowd – we were given privileged insights into the private moments of joy, fear and ecstatic escapism from reality that this show induces. Included in that are flights of fantasy around the festival that are going on inside an audience member’s head. We also allowed some of the images from the show to head off the screens and invade the festival. Over the course of the film, we are taken on a journey through the psychedelic trip that is the Chemical Brothers live experience.”

Tom Rowlands: “In the recording of a single show – a single night on a Japanese mountainside – Adam Smith, our long time collaborator, has managed to capture the atmosphere of a very special festival appearance. Come see how it feels to feel, be overwhelmed, intoxicated, swoonerated… Surrender to the void”

Ed Simons: “This film is the closest I will ever get to being at a Chemical Brothers show… and yeah, it’s a beautiful experience.”

https://extramusicnew.wordpress.com/...g-jan-26-2012/

[bemerritt]

Can't wait until it's in a bay area theater. Or released on Blue Ray for that matter.