Recordings
Notes
Taper notes: "Boys Noize was the support act operating his turntables on a small stage behind the mixing desk at the back of the arena. He was on for over an hour before Trent and Atticus were revealed on the B-Stage in the middle of the floor. For Act 2 the main stage had a transparent screen in front of it which allowed projections on to it from live cameras. Please do not sell this recording but share freely and enjoy it!"
Recording Details
- Length: 85 minutes
- Complete: Yes
- Rating:
- Taper(s): Friedmorals
- Microphone: SP-CMC-8s
- Lineage: SP-CMC-8 w/mods + Edirol R07
- Added: 2022-09-20
Notes
Taper's Notes, "After two years of attempting to hold this festival and feature this headlining performance, the time FINALLY came for Nine Inch Nails to take the stage and headline the inaugural edition of the Los Angeles version of the Primavera Sound festival. I think, though I could be wrong, as my memory is pretty hazy on this, that I bought tickets to this event back in 2020, and through numerous postponements, I decided to hang on to them and forgo any refund, and I'm sure glad I made that decision. Despite some bad press of the festival being a "shit show" and people enduring long will call lines and such, this festival has been pretty smooth and enjoyable for me. It probably helps that I'm older than 21, as most of the festival grounds with good viewing areas of the stages are in segregated "21+" areas. Meaning all the kids (and their parents/guardians I'm guessing) are stuck in these tiny slivers of gated lands to watch the bands, while the rest of us adults have large plots to casually stroll and spread out in, which has caused a lot of online uproar. But there's nothing I can do about that, except show my 21+ wristband and enjoy some really good views to see some really good bands on some stages that, in my opinion, have some really great (and loud) sounds. No complaints. I made it to the soundboard area for NIN, which was about 40 yards from the stage I'm guessing (a little further than I like). In between acts, I overheard a few neighbors of mine talking and heard the the words "audio" and "recording" spoken, which made my ears immediately perk up. Come to find out, fellow taper "zeegrizzle" (who's been following NIN on every stop on this current US tour) was right next to me, so I introduced myself and we shot the shit for a while telling taper stories, talking gear and what not. It's always good to meet fellow tapers at shows. I seem to be a magnet for running into them, or maybe we just all congregate at the same (and usually best) taping spot? Something like that... Back to the band. NIN sounded great tonight. It was my third time seeing them and second time taping (I recorded their 2017 FYF set too, which was the last time I had seen them) and it just never gets old. Sadly, this was a festival show, so the set time was shortened to only 75 minutes, but I'll take what I can get when it comes to live NIN. It's crazy to think they're packing all their gear and flying out and playing the Riot Fest in Chicago the very next day (maybe that's why they had to end earlier in the night?). Same goes for "zeegrizzle", who's also flying out and catching the Riot Fest show the very next day. That's a crazy schedule. I mean I love festivals and all, but the last thing I wanna do after a long festival day is hop on a 5am flight to the next city. All I could think of after the show was finding my bed. Highlights for me include "The Lovers", and "The Perfect Drug" (first time hearing both). Everything about this show was just intense. The sound, the lights, the vibe. I think the recording came out well too, I didn't have too many talkers around me except a couple of girls behind me near the beginning, both of whom wanted to continually chit chat, so myself and others kept turning back to give them the evil eye. I think they eventually caught on. All that said, I feel very blessed to be living in a city with so many festivals and opportunities to see such bands playing in beautiful parks beneath starry skies. Nothing beats it. Nothing."
Notes
Great recording from this show! I listened to it today and it is high energy from start to finish. One of the few times that 'The Big Come Down' was performed on this leg. I think this may be the only time, actually? There is a great 4K video recording from this show as well. I hope to have that for the archive too! Again, thanks to Ansem for taping and sharing! Great addition!
Recording Details
- Length: 84 minutes
- Complete: Yes
- Rating:
- Taper(s): Fried Morals
- Microphone: SP-CMC-8s
- Lineage: CMC-8 [with mods] + Sony PCM-M10
- Added: 2017-07-26
Notes
Fried_Morals makes some great tapes, and this is no exception. You can find this guy at pretty much every festival in California. Runs the website http://www.coachellarecordings.com, and it's pretty rad! Check it out! This tape is exceptional! Recorded from the rail in the VIP section, just listen to the sample. Great addition to the archive!
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None.
Downloads
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Thank you to pillowman for sending me samples of his two sources from the Berlin show! Very good recordings! Taped from the 2nd row, ~ 5m from the left stack. He can confirm that there were 2 other tapers at this show (one of them being Stefler). Since adding this to the archive, I have received the full recording from pillowman in 24/48, unedited. At this time, PM would rather trade for his recordings. These will be released some time down the road. For now, they are on the NIN Drive.
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The best source from this show. Recorded with SP mics and this has great sound. Very clear and almost no crowd banter on the tape. I suggest grabbing this one!
Recording Details
- Length: 73 minutes
- Complete: Yes
- Rating:
- Taper(s): Nono Kercyx Matrix
- Microphone: SP-CMC-8s
- Lineage: SP-CMC-8 + Edirol R09HR + Zoom Q3HD
- Added: 2014-04-11
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Good matrix that was done for the multi cam video of this festival date. This release was independent to that.
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Fantastic recording, one of the top 10 recordings from the 2009 tour so far. I am glad that the show with Gary Numan coming out has been well documented with a fabulous audio recording such as this.
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Fantastic recording. All of Solitude's recordings from this tour have been nothing but great.
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A fabulous recording. Its a very clear recording and the sound is very strong. The crowd is not very apparent in the recording and its a great recording from the Euro leg.
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PG's audio also circulates without about 4 mintues of pre-show music. This version includes it.
Recording Details
- Length: 105 minutes
- Complete: Yes
- Rating:
- Taper(s): Audiowhore
- Microphone: SP-CMC-8s
- Lineage: SP-CMC-8 + Denecke + Sony MZ-NH1
- Added: 2013-11-07
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Released November 2013. The last of the Australian shows to surface. A very clear audience recording, not much crowd noise and the sound is fantastic. Glad to see this finally surface.
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Got to the show late, NIN started early and stian missed up to With Teeth and started recording during Terrible Lie. A shame, because this is a fabulous tape!
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Very clear and clean recording! Complete recording source from the night!