[iPhone4 photo by acidjack]
I can’t stop talking about ArpLine. Since I first saw the band back in January, they have played seemingly everywhere in town, and each time, they have made converts like me. As musicians, they are insanely consistent, able to blow the doors off of even the most difficult rooms with their layered, Krautrock-influenced songs. This was in full evidence at both the NYCTaper Unofficial CMJ Day Party at Cake Shop, and the band’s recent performance at Glasslands. Both shows featured their biggest crowd pleasers like “Parts Unknown” and “Fold Up Like A Piece of Paper”, but they also played a new number that I do not know the name of. But I think the most exciting moment for me at these shows came when the band busted out a live version of their new cover of Sade’s “No Ordinary Love,” turning the cheesy date night slow jam into a menacing industrial number. You can download the song from the band’s website, along with a number of excellent remixes by them of other bands, here. Also on the recorded front, ArpLine’s record, Travel Book, will finally see physical release soon, and it doesn’t have a weak number on it.
ArpLine plays Glasslands again on December 4, when they open for another of our CMJ Day Party acts, Diamond Rings. Get there early and don’t miss their set!
These recordings are far and away the finest recordings of ArpLine that we have featured on the site – both recorded with the DPA microphones from optimal positions in the venue with a soundboard feed to reinforce the vocals and keys. Some of our favorite songs from both shows are featured as samples below. Enjoy!
Stream “No Ordinary Love” from Glasslands:
[audio:https://www.nyctaper.com/A6030Arp2101/ArpLine-NoOrdinaryLove2010-11-17.mp3]
Stream “Make It Rain” from Cake Shop:
[audio:https://www.nyctaper.com/A6030Arp2101/ArpLine-MakeItRain.mp3]
Stream “Weekend In the Colonies” from Glasslands:
[audio:https://www.nyctaper.com/A6030Arp2101/ArpLine-WeekendInTheColonies.mp3]
Direct download of Glasslands MP3s [HERE]
Direct download of Cake Shop MP3s [HERE]
Download the Complete show in FLAC: [Glasslands] / [Cake Shop]
ArpLine
2010-11-17
Glasslands
Brooklyn, NY USA
An acidjack master recording
Recorded and produced by acidjack for nyctaper.com
Equipment: DPA 4021+soundboard>Edirol R-44 (oade concert mod) (24/48)
Position: Balcony, ROC
Mastering: 2x24bit/48kHz WAV>Audacity (set fades, tracking, mixdown, light EQ, downsample to 16bit/44.1)>FLAC ( level 8 )
Tracks
01 [new song]
02 Make It Rain
03 Parts Unknown
04 No Ordinary Love [Sade]
05 Fold Up Like A Piece of Paper
06 Rope
07 Weekend In the Colonies
ArpLine
2010-10-21
NYCTaper CMJ Day Party
Cake Shop
New York, NY USA
An acidjack master recording
Recorded and produced by acidjack for nyctaper.com
Equipment: DPA 4021+soundboard>Edirol R-44 (oade concert mod) (24/44.1)
Position: Mount on ceiling directly in front of band, ORTF
Mastering: 2x24bit/44.1kHz WAV>Audacity (set fades, tracking, mixdown, light EQ, downsample to 16bit)>FLAC ( level 8 )
Tracks
01 [new song]
02 Fold Up Like A Piece of Paper
03 Make It Rain
04 Parts Unknown
05 [outro]
If you download these recordings from NYCTaper, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT ArpLine, visit their website, go to their shows, and purchase Travel Book when it is released.
Recent Comments