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.