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s the grasp of the egoic mind holding on for survival the narrative resolution of the set comes in the penultimate piece the howling this revelrous throwdown serves as a celebration of a mission accomplished the earth has been saved and the howling has been averted the lyric the howling now it s starting to feel good reveals that the sci fi soldiers have affected a new reality in which humankind will live as one and the plague of thinking has been cured carrying a dance floor incinerating 2001 esque groove this track seems like it could serve as a staple in phish s live repertoire moving forward johnny dombrowski the set concludes in very phishy fashion with the almost a cappella song i am in miami as the futuristic band sings of their return to their home planet of new miami filled with clever wordplay and humor this piece provides a perfect landing point for the deep set long journey through the outer reaches of the galaxy unbeknownst to anyone the music of 2021 has been pointing to the halloween set since day one trey s new guitar tones page s synthesizers fishman s voice samples these were all stylistic building blocks of sci fi soldier s sound and phish simultaneously used these elements to reinvent its post pandemic sonic path the creation of the set and the preparation for its performance pushed the band outside of their conventions and served at a catalyst for phish s most adventurous and successful year in a long long time in fact this past fall tour is my personal favorite run of phish since the late 90 s but that s another conversation for another day when the lights came up after the halloween set i was in sheer disbelief my first thought was that was the greatest thing of all time now several weeks and many re listens later that thought has not changed one iota it was in fact the greatest thing of all time integrating every element of phish s artistic genius into a unified and fully realized conceptual package the sci fi soldier set marks a new creative high point for the ever evolving humanoid phenoms the band met the moment with comprehensive mastery flawlessly showcasing their multilayered production despite the countless variables within live music and performance art but beneath the amazing music persistent comedy and visual effects of sci fi soldier there exists beautiful and universal truth truth that both bands fictional and real hope we their audience will heed through an elaborate science fiction framework phish elegantly constructs a spiritual allegory breaking new conceptual ground with their halloween creation the result was truly something to behold an unparalleled performance that will go down in phish lore and be talked about until 4680 and beyond johnny dombrowski phish has made a career out of one upping themselves time and time over and with sci fi solidier they just did it again to close a mind bending fall tour the band performed their most ambitious multi faceted and outright brilliant halloween set of their lives sci fi soldier is a work of utter genius a profound piece of spiritual holy blankenstein spirituality in sci fi soldier read more a spirit family poseted in uncategorized on october 19 2021 by mr miner chase center 10 17 21 scott jones the ethos of phish music has always been connected to the divine trey has spoken at length throughout his career about attaining a musical proficiency in which the band can get out of the way and become invisible allowing the music to pass through them and speak for itself in a 1994 interview with steve silberman he explained this point of view the way i look at it is like being a filter the music exists in the universe and if you re lucky enough or strong enough to get your ego out of the way the music comes through you the audience that we have is open to that they understand that conversational transfer of energy their being open to it makes it easier for the energy to pass through this dynamic has provided phish and their fans countless spiritual experiences over the past 38 years it is this very magic that motivates us to go to so many shows the feeling of transcending ourselves and tapping into mysteries far bigger that any one of us these experiences provide the goosebumps when thinking back on those powerful moments that have colored our lives so vibrantly for so many years i could create an endless laundry list of these special instances but sunday night took things to an entirely different level though ritual is part and parcel of the phish experience the solemn rite they invoked in sunday s second set cut to the core of life and eternal existence what took place was profound beyond words but language is our medium of communication so i will attempt to use words to point to the truth that unfolded as everyone knows by now towards the end of sunday s first set a man jumped from the upper deck at chase center and fell over a 100 feet to his death some saw it happen some found out at setbreak and others not until after the show i found out at setbreak about ten minutes before the show was set to resume naturally it shook me up first i was startled then i was scared and then i was sad i wasn t sure what to make of such a tragedy amidst a place of pure joy but phish was about to step on the stage what was even going to happen what was supposed to happen i had no idea i felt confused but i decided that my only choice was to embrace the reality of what transpired let go and give myself over completely to the experience of what was to come as the lights dropped the band opened with evolve trey s pandemic scribed composition that details the beginning of time and the creation of the universe told from the perspective of the divine creator the lyrical couplet that concludes the song details the entrance of human beings into the cosmos and their struggle with earthly entanglements that are ultimately insignificant in the face of the eternal truth then came the people with problems and hope that don t mean a thing if they just knew the scope interesting upon the conclusion of the song trey started up set your soul free a song about the spiritual unity of all beings and the liberation of the soul from the body as this jam progressed it moved from an upbeat space to a dark heavy and abstract sonic realm in my silent and thoughtless meditative state an understanding emerged from within this music represented the transitional intermediary state that souls navigate between this dimension of life and the next dimension of existence after death all faiths describe this liminal stage in different ways buddhists speak of the bardo islam calls it barzakh christianity espouses purgatory this complex and amorphous musical path narrated the transmigration of sunday s departed soul as it passed through the realm between worlds moving towards the hereafter the band came out of this incredibly deep musical passage into wingsuit a metaphor for the soul s elevation out of the bardo and into eternity nothing lasts nothing stays what s old is gone and gliding away you fly where you choose there s nothing to say and nothing to lose these words describe the ephemeral nature of life on earth and the truth of the beyond there is nothing to lose we are infinite beings whose consciousness exits in human form for only a brief blip of time and upon transitioning re merges with the one energy from which we all came this staggeringly powerful rendition of wingsuit musically ushered the departed soul from this realm into the next encompassed in awe at the sacrament at hand i was brought to the brink of tears by the moment s undeniable consecration as phish transformed tragedy into ceremony upon the soul s elevation into eternity the band broke into chalk dust torture a song in which the lyrical refrain of can t i live while i m young celebrates the very essence of life itself and where the band took this jam provided the final step on the soul s transitional arc the music built into an extended celebratory and uplifting excursion that depicted the arrival of the departed soul into the never ending bliss of infinite existence or in western terms heaven the heaviness of this set long metaphysical journey arrived in deliverance a liberation into the dimension of purity and truth our eternal home steeped in serenity and wonder the mystic communion that transpired during sunday night s set was on an entirely different level than anything that has ever happened at a phish show this was so much more than music this was about divine light that lives within us all this light is what the essence of phish has always been about but never had it come so face to face with an actual event in which a soul moved through the stages of existence in the presence of and to the knowledge of the band and so many in attendance with their performance phish musically communed with the departed soul present in the room shepherding it on its inter dimensional journey into infinity death is a sad occurrence on the earthly plane because no longer can people enjoy that particular soul in human form but death is also the most beautiful part of life a soul s transition into everlasting bliss phish s willingness to embrace a tragedy and take part in this transcendental process was the most awe inspiring event i have witnessed and it brought my esteem for the band and their role as conduits between us and the divine into a whole new domain of reverence the ethos of phish music has always been connected to the divine trey has spoken at length throughout his career about attaining a musical proficiency in which the band can get out of the way and become invisible allowing the music to pass through them and speak for itself in a 1994 interview with steve a spirit family read more dancing in a dream poseted in uncategorized on august 17 2021 by mr miner atlantic city jake silco via phish that was a complete fucking blowout phish dropped the gauntlet on sunday night in ac staging a two set musical showcase that put a indelible exclamation point on their first tour since fall 2019 carrying serious momentum from note one and strewn with improv from start to finish sunday night s show was truly a night to remember played with purpose with two beautifully flowing sets of music the tour closer on the beach illustrated what can happen when all the elements of a show fall into place this night brought a crescendo to the weekend in in the beach as phish appears to be in a superb place as they look towards a brief leg two of summer and a longer fall tour down the road the centerpiece of sunday s show was the exquisitely flowing fifty minute suite that kicked off the second set carini set your soul free beneath a sea of stars piper carini the improv within these jams naturally moved from one to another covering a vast amount of diverse musical ground carini s jam ignited this run with a soaring trajectory quickly modulating into an uplifting and celebratory plane the interplay of trey s clean sky scraping melodies and page s triumphant grand piano work led phish through this promised land following its peak trey smoothly switched guitar tones and the rest of the band seamlessly followed him into a more modern section of music characterized by their summer 21 sound set your soul free featured shreddy atonal guitar leads laid over a swing beat from fishman that created a musical juxtaposition with the mellifluous carini jam phish deconstructed the second piece of this improvisational puzzle towards its end blending its quiet conclusion into beneath a sea of stars throughout their career phish has always been masters at playing to their environment and this selection provided a lustrous example of this phenomenon the delicate centerpiece of trey s ghosts of the forest project fit perfectly on the beach and even its lyrics the lights are flashing and the waves are crashing depicted the boardwalk and the ocean that lined the two sides of the venue this gentle passage provided a mellow interlude in the larger musical statement while keeping the improvisational vibes flowing however the most forward looking highlight of this extended combination began as phish melted from sea of stars into piper quickly building out of the song s lyrical opening the band crafted a high intensity excursion into a dark avant garde frontier this piece represents experimental phish at its finest peppered with modern tones from trey mike and page the jam was driven by fishman s uptempo crash cymbal heavy rhythms but when he subtly slipped into a groove adding a backbeat to his work the music transformed into some abstract psychotic phish grooves inject this stuff into my veins the band wrapped up this musical package when trey smoothly offered the carini lick into this menacing mixture and the band smoothly segued back into the set opener completing a spectacular run of a multi stage musical drama phish continued with waves the third ocean themed song in a row but arguably added one too many songs to the end of the set wedging simple and about to run in before first tube closed the frame with vibes on high perhaps they could have eliminated about to run and jammed waves into simple adding a bit more cohesion to the back end of the set but even as it stood it was all but perfect and nothing could be finer than a fluffhead encore a choice that encapsulated the feeling of the entire evening once again the band absolutely crushed the opening set of the show a trend of which i just can t get enough it seemed as though trey wanted a d0 over for saturday night s botched version as he started the intro to scents and subtle sounds but as the song hit a point of transition he faked everyone out by splashing into moma dance immediately electrifying the show extending the funk number into an earnest out of structure improvisation phish had clearly come to play in their concluding show of tour moma s jam segued into the final hurrah before a nasty mid set mike s song brought the second legitimate highlight of the night this trio of songs comprised almost 35 minutes of standout dance based phish and the show had just started and to close out this monster opening frame you enjoy myself a dead mint first set through and through i really hope that this atlantic city beach party becomes a bi annual affair as the set up is just perfect and very hassle free the sound is great throughout the massive venue and it seems that everyone found a spot that they liked it really worked out great from all aspects and thus concludes leg one of summer 2021 what a run it has been when phish announced this summer tour i really hoped they would come out with a new sound to their improvisation i had felt that 2019 had grown somewhat stagnant and they needed some sort of sonic shift to keep things moving forward and boy did they bring one the band sounds refreshed and rejuvenated from their forced time off and the rest of the year pandemic provided 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