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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Sadly the sound on the single tracks from other (older in some cases) gigs, are very poor. But hey, you get a lot for little money, so it's a good deal.
If you like ISIS, you'll do a great deal, by investing in this DVD.
Also a booklet, video for In Fiction, and stills.
If you like ISIS, you'll do a great deal, by investing in this DVD.
Also a booklet, video for In Fiction, and stills.
Format:DVD
Isis clearing the eye
Isis are one of those bands that are different to the mainstream crowd. There music is often switching between heavy riffs to softer part and each song is usually over 7 mins and each song never has many lyrics and many of the song is more soundscape that the average.
This DVD highlights some of there best songs from there first three albums. The dvd is split into 7 songs from 4 shows many in 2001 and 2005 and 1 full performance from Australia lasting 70+ mins playing 8 songs. Each song has its name at the intro as they start to play it. the dvd in total last about 2 hours with bonus features as there in fiction vid is included plus 2 photo galleries and there discography so far. The DVD also had a booklet.
1 is the artwork. It is very simple but is very in stile with isis it works well with the large pipes in the green glow with the light acting like a moon. It is a simple idea but I think it works well for the live DVD then the cover under the card sleeve is a different angle of the pipes again this time running horizontally going from large to small till the pipe disappears. This is a very nice cover.
2 the booklet consists of images of concrete corridors, photos of the band or crew, tunnels and more weird images. The book also contains notes from the band on each performance and all the extras on the DVD plus the lyrics.
3 is the sound on the DVD the recording is generally very good and is easy to listen to but one thing I found was that the vocals are very low in the mix so for some they may not be to happy with that for others it will be fine. To be I love the DVD and it works well as i think the vocals are not as good as there playing.
4 is the video on some shows from 2001 the quality is well not the best it is what I believe recorded on a small cam corded as the picture is a little grainy its not to bad to watch but if the whole DVD was like it would not be to great but this was a show from their first album I believe so when they were not that well known and is a good archive. The later shows from 2005 are amazing perfect picture and very easy to watch. I would have liked a little more from isis on the stage show as I thought as they are very into their imagery they may have had a video in the background but there was non but still an amazing show.
Over all I love this dvd and is a must have for a isis fan.
Isis are one of those bands that are different to the mainstream crowd. There music is often switching between heavy riffs to softer part and each song is usually over 7 mins and each song never has many lyrics and many of the song is more soundscape that the average.
This DVD highlights some of there best songs from there first three albums. The dvd is split into 7 songs from 4 shows many in 2001 and 2005 and 1 full performance from Australia lasting 70+ mins playing 8 songs. Each song has its name at the intro as they start to play it. the dvd in total last about 2 hours with bonus features as there in fiction vid is included plus 2 photo galleries and there discography so far. The DVD also had a booklet.
1 is the artwork. It is very simple but is very in stile with isis it works well with the large pipes in the green glow with the light acting like a moon. It is a simple idea but I think it works well for the live DVD then the cover under the card sleeve is a different angle of the pipes again this time running horizontally going from large to small till the pipe disappears. This is a very nice cover.
2 the booklet consists of images of concrete corridors, photos of the band or crew, tunnels and more weird images. The book also contains notes from the band on each performance and all the extras on the DVD plus the lyrics.
3 is the sound on the DVD the recording is generally very good and is easy to listen to but one thing I found was that the vocals are very low in the mix so for some they may not be to happy with that for others it will be fine. To be I love the DVD and it works well as i think the vocals are not as good as there playing.
4 is the video on some shows from 2001 the quality is well not the best it is what I believe recorded on a small cam corded as the picture is a little grainy its not to bad to watch but if the whole DVD was like it would not be to great but this was a show from their first album I believe so when they were not that well known and is a good archive. The later shows from 2005 are amazing perfect picture and very easy to watch. I would have liked a little more from isis on the stage show as I thought as they are very into their imagery they may have had a video in the background but there was non but still an amazing show.
Over all I love this dvd and is a must have for a isis fan.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Everything I hoped it would be.
28 Sep 2006
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Goddamn they have done a good job with this DVD!
A performance video is its own beast, and not every great band has a sense of what should be included on a video like this. Too often, underground bands think someone will actually be interested in their one-angle, head-on, color-bled Handy-cam footage.
Not so here. The video quality varies a lot, but they have composed the whole package in such a way that the low-quality video looks intentional - or at least atmospheric. Some of it looks absolutely spectacular, though, and the 70 minute Oceanic-era show from Sydney is on par with anything on MTV. The sound quality is uniformly excellent and the Celestial-era material, recorded at CBGB's in NYC in 2001, actually sounds better here than it does on that record. (It helps that there is this awesome bald guy in the audience absolutely flipping out to it. He's more into it than the band. He almost makes me uncomfortable.)
This captures everything that makes ISIS so fantastic live. The audio production is impressive, the live material is different from the original versions, the band is very tight. The only thing that suffers a bit in performance are Aaron Turner's vocals, which are frequently buried in the mix. Of course, his schizophrenic voice sets a ridiculously high bar for the sound engineer, and it probably couldn't have been done better.
The music video for In Fiction doesn't do justice to the song, but it makes the best out of what must have been a pretty shoe-string budget.
The graphic design is gorgeous - both packaging and the the DVD titles are top-notch and fit the material perfectly. Best of all, there is enough other material here to fill a coffee table book: lots of pretty photography, a discography (which irritates me since they have such a penchant for releasing rare records that I can't find) and -amazingly- the lyrics (but I don't want to know them, so I haven't checked that out).
The only thing that is conspicuously absent from this record is any material from the new album. I'm not sure why, since they have been performing these songs for some time and I don't guess they will get around to releasing another DVD any time soon...
Ripping.
A performance video is its own beast, and not every great band has a sense of what should be included on a video like this. Too often, underground bands think someone will actually be interested in their one-angle, head-on, color-bled Handy-cam footage.
Not so here. The video quality varies a lot, but they have composed the whole package in such a way that the low-quality video looks intentional - or at least atmospheric. Some of it looks absolutely spectacular, though, and the 70 minute Oceanic-era show from Sydney is on par with anything on MTV. The sound quality is uniformly excellent and the Celestial-era material, recorded at CBGB's in NYC in 2001, actually sounds better here than it does on that record. (It helps that there is this awesome bald guy in the audience absolutely flipping out to it. He's more into it than the band. He almost makes me uncomfortable.)
This captures everything that makes ISIS so fantastic live. The audio production is impressive, the live material is different from the original versions, the band is very tight. The only thing that suffers a bit in performance are Aaron Turner's vocals, which are frequently buried in the mix. Of course, his schizophrenic voice sets a ridiculously high bar for the sound engineer, and it probably couldn't have been done better.
The music video for In Fiction doesn't do justice to the song, but it makes the best out of what must have been a pretty shoe-string budget.
The graphic design is gorgeous - both packaging and the the DVD titles are top-notch and fit the material perfectly. Best of all, there is enough other material here to fill a coffee table book: lots of pretty photography, a discography (which irritates me since they have such a penchant for releasing rare records that I can't find) and -amazingly- the lyrics (but I don't want to know them, so I haven't checked that out).
The only thing that is conspicuously absent from this record is any material from the new album. I'm not sure why, since they have been performing these songs for some time and I don't guess they will get around to releasing another DVD any time soon...
Ripping.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Can't beat 'em!
3 Oct 2006
Format:DVD
I think this is an awesome DVD. Capturing ISIS they way they were meant to be seen. The live performances are usually filmed from pretty good vantage points (expecially the full performance) although there may be one or two songs that show the band from just one view. As I said before the full performance on the DVD is awesome. Great shots of the band playing maybe 7 or 8 songs. The audio is also great quality. The DVD as a whole seems to be a pretty good representation of ISIS. The overall layout of the DVD and packaging are right on with what you'd expect from the band. But I give it four stars due to the lack (or mediocrity) of the extras on the DVD. Pick this up if you're an ISIS fan.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Isis heals
11 Jan 2007
Format:DVD
This is a classic DVD with no new material in it.So its suggested that only if you have heard the older albums should you buy this DVD.However its more of experimenting with their own songs rather than playing them originally.The twists in the songs are enjoyable and the quality does not let you down.I was a little dissapinted as there was no backstage footage or Interviews of the artistes included but I guess thats what the band is all about...
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