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Park West Chicago, Illinois |
 The Return Of The 40 Years Beast March 28, 2009
Written by Slipstream
The beast is finally back, and is as powerful and brutal as ever. With the addition of Porcupine Tree’s Gavin Harrison to the band, and the return of Tony Levin, the band’s in full flight again, and also, breaking new ground once more. There are new arrangements for Level Five, Sleepless and Neurotica, but also, the good and old arrangements for The Talking Drum, Larks’ II, Red and Vrooom. The tour-de-force begins with the Fripp’s "calm before the storm" sound sculpture, which is quickly joined by Mastelotto and Harrison on a burning drum duet, leading to The ConstruKction Of Light, where Levin does Gunn’s job very well on the Chapman Stick and Belew’s voice is sounding better than ever. For the pleasure of the old-time fans, Red is alive, well and ready for the war, and, almost like a paradox, the band offers a reflective Frame By Frame as a gift for this supportive audience. Fortunately, there’s not even time for the people to find a new comfortable position at their chair, and they receive a punch in the nose by a fearsome Neurotica, followed by Three Of A Perfect Pair. In a glorious return after two tours absent, The Talking Drum and Larks’ Tongues In Aspic - Part II are as ferocious as they used to be (if not more). Other highlights include Vrooom and a pseudo-end of the show given by it’s Coda, also, there’s a second drum duet, Thela, Elephant Talk and an unusual and demented version of Indiscipline concluding the set. It was another hot night at Park West.
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