umm ok just got home .. man it went off !!!!! i have no more to give ,

they took it all :) someone who has a better memory can give better details but FUCK it was good. the beats the lights the lasers the screens aaahhhhhhh.



Rest of the world enjoy the tour :)

Man, i really hope someone tapes at least a couple of these shows, would be nice to hear what they have changed around since chile.

according to different topics, they don't seem to change many things in their set........... unfortunalty.... very disapointed, hopefully they played their last summer set for Australian people and will come in Europe with a new and fresh mind blowin set!!!!!! really hope it, i just want to believe........... in it :D



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Can anyone tell me what the support was like? When i read it was Mark DYnamix i was a little confused... surely infusion or nubreed or another live act would have made a SENSATIONAL live show.... what sort of a set did he play? Im so curious.... :?

Man last night was the 6th time i've seen these brilliant boys and heard plenty of variations to previous sets. Hell, it was a few tracks different to the night before at the big day out!

They never fail to satisfy me.



Their BDO set was recorded and filmed so, it will be played in full on Triple J (radio) and on Channel V in australia. You can get Triple J on the web so just keep an ear or two open.

OK everybody, this is the full review of the last nights show



PLACE: Hordern Pavilion, Sydney



DATE: 27/01/05



AUDIENCE: around 5000



Wow, it was almost 3 years since I saw Chems for the first time in this place during their 'Come with us' tour. They didn't dissapoint me then, and I knew they wouldn't dissapoint me tonight.



I got there early so I could get myself right in the first row, right next all of their equipment. The support was Mark Dinamix, a local dj. He started playing around 8 o'clock, and as things usualy go, most of the crowd was chillin, without paying much interest to dj set. In his defence, he played a few cool tracks, such as a nice remix of Depeche's Mode 'Enjoy the Silence'.



The crowd was getting restless, and as 9 o'clock approached the dj had played his last track for the night. The technicians quickly picked up his equipment, and the place went dark. The amount of anticipation was unbelievable, 'cause we all knew what was next.



Suddenly, the white beams broke the darkness, and the unmistakable sounds of 'Tomorrow Never Knows' started to float. Soon Tom and Ed entered the stage and the crowd went nuts. They started fidiling with the sequencers, and the buzzing noise turned into the all familiar scrachin synth sound, and than a kick drum- "HEY GIRL, BIG BOYS !!!" -the crowd just exploded, and I jumped so high I thought I busted my knee.



The next song was 'Get yourself high" and the crowd was loving it. The visual set up was similar to the ones they always do. There were 4 small screens on the floor and one huge behind them, but they havent used the big one yet for the first two songs. Three green lasers and a huge number of strobe lights were also doing their thing. .



The third song they played was a bit of a surprise. They played 'The Big Jump' of 'PTB' and this song got a massive response from the crowd, especialy during that funky breakdown (BTW, does the voice say "malayasia"?). At this moment the big screen was on as well, and there were a black and white images of protestors fightin the police all over the world.



'The Big Jump' was followed by 'Galvanize'. They kept the exactly same song and melody as you would hear on the album, except they 'cut out' the lyrics, leaving only "the time has come to....push the button". The images on the screen were of tanks and airplanes going to war, with the 'famous' PTB head shooting airplanes out of its mouth. I must admit i had doubts about this song being played live, but now that I've heard it, it sounded awsome.



The next was 'Music Response', and those black & white images of men jumping, running and shooting themselfs, always puts a smile on my face.

'Block Rockin' Beats' followed, and what can i say, if there ever was a dance concert that looked like a rock mosh pit, this was it. Tom and Ed looked liked they enoyed themselfs, with Ed constatly walking around the stage and dancing, and Tom looking at the crowd and waving his hands, as if to say- "come on, you can scream better than that".



The middle part of the concert was similar to the Chile set they played last year. There was that mish mash of a funky drum beat, 'Song to Siren' and 'Leave Home', followed by 'Come Inside' (loved the psychedelic breakdown in the middle), 'Under the influence' and 'Doesn't matter' (I'm not the biggest fan of these two songs, but I still enjoyed the images of the dancing toy robots).



'Out of Control' totaly rocked the house, and those green lasers were used to their full potential( I dont know why, but this reminded me of one of the 'OC' episodes from last year,...oh never mind). The crowd were so getting into the song that they even seng those voice samples - "Sometimes I feel AHHHHHH".

Temtation/Star guitar was next and this is just a grat track, sooo uplifting that by the end, you feel like you're going to explode.



'Surface to Air' was another track from 'PTB' that everybody enoyed. They started this track the same as it starts on the album- with the broken up robotic voice. A nice cruisey track that by the end 'melted' into 'Hoops'.



'Acid Children' was also one of the highlits of the night, with that unforgetable clown. During the drum breakdown, they would fire all the strobe lights and lasers to the point where you think that the time had slowed down. 'Golden Path' was next, and the only word to describe it is 'beautiful'. Everybody was singing the chorus "Please forgive me...".



***AND NOW - THE ULTIMATE SURPRISE OF THE NIGHT***



By now, 'Golden Path' was coming to an end and there were hints of the next song in the form of strong, looping bass, but nobody could put a finger on what song it was. And then out of nowhere the line comes:



"DO YOU BELIEEEEEEEEVE ISAABEL" - yep, they played 'Believe' live, and it was massive. Everybody was jumping around with the only bit of energy they had left. On the screens there were architectual images of churches, and the sound of the bass was just enormous. It was great.



There was a short break after this and when they came back, they played a longer version 'Got Glint' and than finished with their epic closer - TPPR.



It was around 10:40 and the concert had ended. Tom and Ed gave their last wave to the audience before dissapearing in the back of the stage.



A night to remember (my knees still hurt, and I have a buzzing sound in my ears :D ). Thanx Tom and Ed.

Malay.... SIA!! .... Malay...lay...SIA!!



I can see how you got that mixed up with



"The Big.... JUMP!.... The big... big... JUMP!"



Heh heh heh - cute. X-D ;-)

Tidy work Alchemist and yep, what a night.



Think you had the setlist down pat, although did I pick out some other grooves in your mid-set "mish mash"? Thought I heard strains of "Get Up On It Like This" and their "Voodoo People" remix amongst "Leave Home" and "Song to the Siren".



And was there some "Chemical Beats" later, cut into "Come Inside"?



Overall I'm a trifle disappointed that the set is more of an evolutionary one, rather than revolutionary. Perhaps the likes of "Hey Boy" need to be rotated out of the mix for a while or overhauled. But damn, they still rocked it.



I'm back home to Perth now for the Big Day Out, what a stinker it's going to be in that tin-shed Boiler Room. They deserve better.

oh my god Alchemist thanks for that review i have tears in my eyes after reading it.

No problems robot. I tried to remember every detail, but it is hard when everything looked like a one and half hour beautiful dream.

Great Review Alchemist!!!!!!!!!!!

So happy to hear that they played Believe!!!!!!! Oh Yes, Can t wait Paris Show in about one month.......... I need to believe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

great review alchemist can't wait the march

Brilliant review Alchemist. I knew thet would play belive live. The use of Galvanise and Big Jump between GYH and MR was something i didnt expect. Looks like they have cut setting sun as sneaker said it wud be.

they have been playing setting sun in every set they did since 96 it think it was time to give it a rest

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OK everybody, this is the full review of the last nights show



A night to remember (my knees still hurt, and I have a buzzing sound in my ears :D ). Thanx Tom and Ed.

dude youve given me goosebumps and shivers reminding me of the night with your review , spot on man.



"you are all my children now" }:-) }:-) }:-)

awesome, now were cookin!!!

Nice review! Took me back!



Although i saw them two nights in a row, my memory is not that detailed. Maybe this is due to not being used to going out sober(!) and not to mention the overwhelming sonic manipulation barely gave me time enough to think!



But what did stand out is how much was squeezed in the time. Most tracks were abbreviated (block rockin beats being the most obvious), but at the same time, many tracks had elements of other tracks. eg. During "Hey Boy, Hey Girl", very subtley, in the background, "Sunshine Undergound" was hidden!

I was fearing the culling of many of my favourates in order to play new stuff but that didn't happen at all. And I thought the BDO 2000 was going to be the last time i would hear "It Doesn't Matter" live. It was missed at "Come with Us" tour. I fuckin LOVE that track! So much it inspired me...





I absolutely LOVED the "Under the influence"/"It doesn't matter" mix. They were simultaneously played (in perfect sync) for quite a while flipping back and forth. During which the clever visuals has 2d b&w robots marching for UTI but 3d colourful dancing robots for IDM!



"Surface to Air" with diving slow mo silouette visual and "The Golden Light" were the most beautiful tracks I've ever seen them play. Really moving you know?



And "Star Guitar", while being the same as in the CWU tour, is still stunning and the brothers know it cuz they played that track longer than all the others.



The packed crowd did not stop going off for the entire 90+ mins and i'm sure everyone's ears were slightly damaged by the pumped volumn on the Private Psych Reels finale noise.



Even though I've now seen the brothers on 6 seperate occasions, each set (to me) still far outshines every other night out of any genre or style. The 2 nights this week have absolutely satisfied me and will continue to satisfy until they eventually come way over here again. Just like the memories from the CWU tour kept me smiling for the last 3 years.

Interesting there's no edit button ^



anyway, i just wanted to add how much I LOVE the visuals during "Music Response", which was part of every tour I've seen. The silouettes are funky, clever, and humorous while fitting perfectly to the excellent track.



oh and the clown in slo-mo was defintely freaky. The thin makeup, the many wrinkles, the squinted eyes and the open mouth smile in which the toungue is visible is really effective. Moreso when it occasionally went backwards (i think).



lastly the visuals for the entire set were exceptionally (and unbelievably) synced with each beat! The lasers were damn powerful and I also enjoyed the spot lights made up of many small spots which beam in different colours making a beautiful pastel rainbow effect.