Chronology of all North American (USA, MEX, and CAN) tour dates

[Bosco]

A new DJ date has been found:

2001 November 2nd - Centro Fly, New York, NY, USA

The NME article is inaccurate about it being the only US date. It's actually the 2nd (Played Coachella in April of 2001), and would be the first date (DJ) stateside post- 9/11.


https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-chemical-brothers-68-1373967

(review, w/photos from event)
https://www.bettykang.com/reviews/review-110201.html

[Wolkenkrabber]

A new DJ date has been found:

2001 November 2nd - Centro Fly, New York, NY, USA

The NME article is inaccurate about it being the only US date. It's actually the 2nd (Played Coachella in April of 2001), and would be the first date (DJ) stateside post- 9/11.


https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-chemical-brothers-68-1373967

(review, w/photos from event)
https://www.bettykang.com/reviews/review-110201.html

You sure it's not the same date as the Centro-Fly DJ set mentioned in Reply #2 of this thread (and other threads)?
Admittedly 2003 is the year mentioned, but is 2003 definitely correct?

[Bosco]

You sure it's not the same date as the Centro-Fly DJ set mentioned in Reply #2 of this thread (and other threads)?
Admittedly 2003 is the year mentioned, but is 2003 definitely correct?

Chems played Centro-Fly at least 3 times where I can reference.

2000 - They DJ'ed at Centro-Fly a few nights before being the opener for U2 at an intimate Irving Plaza concert. Quite a few celebrities were present (for Irving Plaza show), even the notorious Harvey Weinstein.

2001 - I just provided the links on my previous post. Here's another review (remember planet-dust.net ?)

2003 - They had a small DJ tour to promote "Singles 93-03" here in the states.


Now to answer your question, was 2003 the right show? I'm not sure. There is a Centro-Fly bootleg that's floating about, I don't recall which year it was and I believe that's the one Whitenoise is alluding to. I think it's on @Ben_j 's FTP (is that still online? I lost the address ...). Furthermore, I have a broken memory that maybe @MadPooter attended this show?


I found this in the archive:

https://archive.thechembase.com/Adjusted/index215d-2.html?/topic/3866-centrofly-tracklisting/

maybe @sneakerbeater has some input here...

[ThePumisher]

I found this in the archive:

https://archive.thechembase.com/Adjusted/index215d-2.html?/topic/3866-centrofly-tracklisting/

maybe @sneakerbeater has some input here...

OK, so whats thats Strange Galaxy all those long time not heard names are talking about?

[sneakerbeater]

Here is the info i have on the recording. nice to see you found the tracklisting i did in the archive!

BoldCaptain Presents:
LiquidTodd-ChemBros2003-10-24.mp3f.torrent
LiquidTodd & Chemical Brothers (DJ set)
Oct 24th 2003
Centro-Fly, NYC
Source: Audience  Recording - Core Sound Stealth Biaurals > Sony MiniDisc ?? >Tascam CD-RW5000 >CD @ 44.1/16 > Peak 4.0 (edited, normalized) > 256Kbps via iTunes V6.0.1 and seeded via Azureus 2.3.0.6
File Size: 306.22  Mb @ 256Kbps

Opening  DJ Liquid Todd for about a 1/2 hour and 2 1/2 hours of Chemical Brothers DJ set...
Notes: Nice audience tape from left hand side of DJ booth. Bass bottoms out a few times here and there, and there is some audience chatter, but otherwise quite enjoyable. 74 minute lenth of original media left some 1-2 minute cuts, so transition between discs is rather rough.

[Wolkenkrabber]

Chems played Centro-Fly at least 3 times where I can reference.

Ah ok, I shall wind my neck back in.

OK, so whats thats Strange Galaxy..?

Galaxy Bounce, maybe? Yeah I'm just guessing.

[ThePumisher]

seeded via Azureus

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Galaxy Bounce, maybe? Yeah I'm just guessing.

Sneaks saying in the archive post: "i read from a 2003 interview that the strange galaxy fx started life as an effect but they turned it into a 12 minute monster"

And that topic is from 2006 where Galaxy Bounce was already released half a decade ago

[sneakerbeater]

I don't remember a track called strange galaxy. I'll go through some old magazines of the time and see if i can find anything.

[rynostar]

This is where I could find an old recording I had taped from an interview Muchmusic (Canada) did with Tom and Ed on the New Music program. It was right before CWU came out and the main interview was on top of a building in Manhattan. There was b-roll of them Djing IBIA and Star Guitar.

I don't know why it sticks out in my mind so clearly. I am wondering if it is possible to comb through Bell Media archives knowing they own all MuchMusic materials.

[Bosco]

Totally forgot the Centro-Fly recording is a @boldcaptain special! It throws me off because it's titled "Liquid Todd" (who opened) rather than "Chemical Brothers" or "Centro Fly". Now opening other memories because I believe we commented about this somewhere else in a thread on the archive, I know we gushed about Koenig Cylinders - "Carousel" and even summoned Ed. Also, themixingbowl.org which I haven't thought of in forever.

I have the recording on my old computer.


Digging for Centro-Fly stuff has let me stumbled across another date in 2004 which I can only reference via the New York Times, however it's paywalled. A google search gives me a limited preview of their events page, and basically what I need to see to convince me to confirm it.  It can be cross referenced here, however being a fan site, it doesn't have specific details beyond the date, location, and broken link to the Centro-Fly website.

So to be clear they played, March 26th in 2004 at Centro-Fly. The club would close at the end of April 2004 where Fatboy Slim assisted on its final night. Tom and Ed's 2004 appearance, would seemingly be their final DJ set at this venue.

[sneakerbeater]

It was quite good fun catching up with that dj set again!

So many great tunes, it from a golden age from their dj set. Love the way they dropped their exclusive remix of feel the pressure - (still unreleased as far as I am aware) at the wrong speed!

The only unidentified track in this set, the galloping horse track has recently identified by mippio recent on the fourm too!

I might go and listen some more old dj sets for old times sake... 

[ThePumisher]

Digging for Centro-Fly stuff has let me stumbled across another date in 2004 which I can only reference via the New York Times, however it's paywalled.

Have you tried archive.ph? => CLICK

* THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS, Centro-Fly, 45 West 21st Street, Chelsea, (212) 627-7770. This veteran dance-music duo has pioneered a style that scrambles the ingredients for a good party: during this sure-to-be-raucous D.J. set, expect to hear rudely propulsive breakbeats bleeding into hazy rock 'n' roll atmospherics and unexpected rhythmic experiments. Tonight after 10; admission is $20, provided you get there early enough to get in (Kelefa Sanneh).

[Enjoyed]

It was quite good fun catching up with that dj set again! So many great tunes, it from a golden age from their dj set. Love the way they dropped their exclusive remix of feel the pressure - (still unreleased as far as I am aware) at the wrong speed!

You're not wrong! Super fun set.

Trisco - Musak!? Love it.

[Wolkenkrabber]

Trisco - Musak!? Love it.

Mmmmmmm (0:45 onwards)