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Live at Line Cube Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan 28th April 2023
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DREAM THEATER has already returned to Japan with a solo tour, eight months after the grand opening of “DOWNLOAD JAPAN”. The best original recording of the latest stage will be released at the same time as 2 units and Tsu!
This work is the first of two first reports that were released at the same time. It is the best audience recording of the performance of “April 28, 2023: LINE CUBE SHIBUYA”. Both last time and this time, it was part of the “TOP OF THE WORLD Tour”, and in the meantime, the decision board pro shot “ROCK IN RIO BRASIL 2022 (Shades 1602)” also appeared. Let’s take a bird’s eye view of their ongoing activities and check their positional relationship in order to know their recent situation.
● 2022
・ February 2-March 21: North America # 1 (32 performances)
《April 3: 64th Grammy Awards》
・ April 20-June 1: Europe # 1 (29 performances)
・ August 10th + 14th: Asia #1 (2 performances) ← * DOWNLOAD JAPAN 2022
・ August 31-September 10: South America (4 performances) ← * ROCK IN RIO BRASIL 2022
● 2023
・January 14-February 21: Europe #2 (21 performances)
・ April 25-May 12: Asia #2 (11 performances) ← here
・ June 16-July 26: North America # 2 (28 performances)
This is the schedule for 2022/2023 that has been announced so far. During the last year, it has traveled to “North America, Europe, and Asia”, but in 2023, each will carry out a second round. Unlike “Asia #1”, which was held once in Japan and once in Singapore, this time, they have organized a full-fledged Asian tour that includes Korea, the Philippines, Thailand, and Malaysia. Among them, Japan re-landing is 4 performances. This week, “BUDOKAN 2023 (Shades 1750)” will be released at the same time, so let’s focus on the schedule further.
・April 28th: LINE CUBE SHIBUYA ← ★This work★
・ April 30 “BUDOKAN 2023”
・ May 1: Nagoya Forest Hall
・May 2: Osaka International Convention Center Main Hall
The Shibuya performance of this work is an additional performance set on the first day of the re-landing. In terms of “Asia # 2” as a whole, it was also a concert that was the third performance. This work recorded at such a site is exactly the best audience recording with “super”. As a matter of fact, the sound output at the site was not so good at the previous “DOWNLOAD JAPAN”, but this time it seems that the sound output is good, probably because it is a solo tour. Moreover, the virtuoso who has worked on many press masterpieces at our shop has recorded with his arms, and the sound is like a “sound board”. There is no sense of audience in the thick core or the vivid separate feeling, and the tightly packed density has no feeling of being empty. The applause that rises between songs is also sucked in, but it is also felt farther than the thick and thick performance sound. No one may notice even if you put it out as an official boot without revealing it as an audience.
A full show of the “TOP OF THE WORLD Tour”, which is similar to the previous visit to Japan, but different from the previous visit to Japan, is depicted with such a thick and intimate sound. This time, I think that there are many people who have prepared for the new standard professional shot “ROCK IN RIO BRASIL 2022 (Shades 1602)” half a year ago, so let’s organize the set while comparing.
A view from the top of the world
・The Alien／Sleeping Giant（★）／Answering The Call（★）／A View From The Top Of The World（★）
●Others
・Six Degrees: Solitary Shell (★) / About To Crash (Reprise) (★) / Losing Time/Grand Finale (★)
・Other: Pull Me Under/6:00/Caught In A Web (★)/The Count Of Tuscany/Bridges In The Sky
* Note: The “★” marks are songs that could not be heard in the masterpiece “ROCK IN RIO BRASIL 2022” that came to Japan last time.
… and it looks like this. “ROCK IN RIO BRASIL 2022” was the content that was shaped while following the previous visit to Japan, but the revisit to Japan has changed completely. The selection from the new work “A VIEW FROM THE TOP OF THE WORLD” is also a total replacement except for the opening “The Alien”.
As the first report of their arrival in Japan, the finest masterpieces that you would want to call “official class” have popped up. In 2023, there will be a series of impact recordings that make the distinction between soundboard and audience meaningless, but this work allows you to fully enjoy the detailed ensemble of DREAM THEATER with that new standard. A new masterpiece from Japan that boasts to the world. Here is my grand birth.
★ “April 28, 2023: LINE CUBE SHIBUYA” performance recording of the best audience. Ultra-thick and close-fitting sound that goes “just like a sound board” with the original recording of this work, which was handed over from the recording artist himself. There is no sense of audience in the zero-distance core or the vivid separate feeling, and there is no sense of scavenging in the densely packed density. No one may notice even if you put it out as an official boot. You can experience a super-excellent full show with a set that has changed from the previous visit to Japan “DOWNLOAD JAPAN 2022”.
Shades 1748
