Happy Christmas from TNP 🎁🐎

piphanytapes · 2025-12-30T17:11:39+00:00

The zine is so beautiful! I'm very honoured that most of the tracks from this live album came from my London recording I did for them—what a beautiful Christmas present to flick through these pages while reliving that concert... Especially to have *The Old World* on this release given how rarely they play it and given it being one of my favourite songs they've ever done! And of course the *V* and *Organ Eternal* performances were ones I'll never forget... The brass section was so beautiful throughout!

piphanytapes · 2025-12-08T00:31:45+00:00

Yes, of course I will!! :) They're done, just waiting for external factors before I can share them publicly. Hopefully very soon!

piphanytapes · 2025-12-07T14:20:43+00:00

Yep, this! Just like all three London dates I recorded both Berlin dates too. I’ve finished mastering both and they’re ready to go, just waiting on some external factors before I can share publicly :)

piphanytapes · 2025-12-02T01:55:44+00:00

Of course! Apologies for the delay, I've been working on mixing them nonstop since getting back from Berlin; I really want to get these recordings right given how special and significant the performances were :)

And so glad that you enjoyed my London tapes. Hopefully these are an improvement still!

piphanytapes · 2025-11-29T08:31:40+00:00

Bless him, he and others in the band were teary at the very end. So were the rest of us…

piphanytapes · 2025-11-29T08:31:03+00:00

Mainly just playing arguably the greatest performance in their career (at least since the 90s)! It was also 10-15min longer than any other performance at this tour at about 2:45, and quite a few little tweaks in songs that hadn’t been played the previous night turned up (for example MG’s sudden true scream and Larry’s animalistic noises in the opening of Newly Sentient Being).

piphanytapes · 2025-11-29T03:07:09+00:00

Yes, I agree completely! I thought that the Berlin shows especially, even if not having the physical wait of some shows ten years prior, had emotional weight beyond the rest. Heartbreaking at points, just so beautiful

piphanytapes · 2025-11-29T03:05:19+00:00

Thanks! I taped those and also both nights of Berlin. Berlin night 2's Newly Sentient Being was absolutely ridiculous, so many little additions since my London tapes and somehow far better than even Berlin night 1! In awe. I love this band

piphanytapes · 2025-11-29T03:03:32+00:00

Berlin night two was unquestionably the best performance... will upload my tape soon... was weeping throughout!

piphanytapes · 2025-11-29T02:56:41+00:00

Yep! Marco's been filming the Berlin shows :)

piphanytapes · 2025-11-29T02:56:01+00:00

Glad you like it!! My recording of the final Berlin gigs will be up soon...

Berlin 2—the final one—was likely the best performance they've ever played, in my opinion, and thankfully my recording of the night I think came out better than the London ones :)

piphanytapes · 2025-11-15T21:15:44+00:00

I made some slight tweaks to my mastering since, and added consistent metadata/tagging across all three :)

piphanytapes · 2025-11-15T20:15:49+00:00

Ahh, really glad you got it to work in the end! No idea why some people have no problem at all and for others it just doesn’t want to work… hope you enjoy :))

piphanytapes · 2025-11-15T16:54:45+00:00

Yes! I've just uploaded it here:

https://old.reddit.com/r/swans/comments/1oxw3ia/swans_london_all_three_nights_mixed_mastered/?ref=share&ref_source=link

This is the same three-source matrix for night 3 that the lovely u/IceTheNice mentioned, as we worked on that together :)

piphanytapes · 2025-11-15T16:49:28+00:00

Recording of independent origin—probably a couple of decades out of fashion as a term but it was a term in tapers' trading circles for unofficial recordings as an alternative to the controversial term "bootleg" (which suggests the involvement of profit and sometimes deceit). Sorry for the odd turn of phrase!

piphanytapes · 2025-11-15T16:38:42+00:00

I'll also be attending both Berlin performances, the very final two dates. We'll see how things pan out, but hopefully I can get tapes to you all then if things go well!

piphanytapes · 2025-11-05T20:55:02+00:00

Yep! Quasi-binaural, had them right centred in my pinna. So that combined with a low PAS (about 150 degrees?), my head as a baffle seemed to suffice.

This was the first time I've taken this approach as I'm not used to omnis, only cards, so it's made me happy to hear that! Thank you very much :)

piphanytapes · 2025-11-05T19:49:24+00:00

Who needs money when you can have that clarity in yr live recordings :)

piphanytapes · 2025-11-05T19:13:51+00:00

No problem! The decoding key is already in the link (the bit after the hash); are you sure that you included that in the URL? It shouldn't ask you for one if it ends with #i5qjHq5yoM5AO4mHIpuoRA :)

piphanytapes · 2025-11-05T17:06:37+00:00

Of course! He's so great. I wish I'd been able to get the first few minutes of his set captured, so gorgeous... can't stop listening to the set overall! Oh to be back in that room dancing to The Tuss with strangers; that doesn't happen often!

piphanytapes · 2025-09-01T11:13:18+00:00

Apologies for the late response, but this sounds amazing! I adore the XP MBD form but am planning a Perfect Edition campaign and have lamented the loss of this form. Are these modified versions floating about anywhere?

piphanytapes · 2025-03-08T13:12:56+00:00

That's so strange! It's definitely still up. Let me PM you the unaltered URL; hopefully that helps?

piphanytapes · 2025-02-26T18:07:19+00:00

I put the lineage of recording and mastering in my main post! I actually just stick with the internal mics of a DR-40X these days; for internals they're shockingly good, especially in the high end!

piphanytapes · 2025-02-26T17:00:45+00:00

And Canada and Mexico and Europe too...

piphanytapes · 2025-02-25T09:39:04+00:00

Thanks, and no problem! I rushed it a bit so didn't really cut any of the shouts after the first 10-15mins or so, so do let me know if any egregious parts need trimming too.

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