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But there is also something bigger at work with Wingsuit. And it has to do with how Phish is jamming right now. ‘Cause this is some next level shit. My first reaction to that “Carini” was to just pack up and go home once it was done. There was nothing else I needed at that moment. I would have been a happy lad had I just left then and there. The “Down with Disease” and “Carini” were monsters. A one-two combo that had us absolutely floored. Knockout. Boom.

Around the 12th minute of “Disease” things settled and Trey and Mike happened upon a little rhythmic heartbeat, Page managed the atmospherics like it was 1999, Fishman little more than a whisper. The band was never more comfortable in completely unstructured dream space. It was a lullaby-like, sweet, feather life, downy. It felt like the studio space, Phish just entertaining themselves, talking.

But this being the main stage, Trey turned on a dime, and began to sprint towards home. Much as he did in Los Angeles with the infamous “Harry Hood,” he began to re-insert structure and purpose. Before long the “Disease” theme emerged, that tell-tale riff, THE RIFF, and the Garden erupted. ERUPTED.

Rock star theatrics, harkening back to NYE’s 1993, the birth of the disease. “Down with Disease.” CURED.

And into “Carini.” To explore the underside of the architecture they had just manifested; First the light, then the dark. An expert pairing. Saturday saw “Sand > Piper,” Saturday, “DWD > Carini.” These are the fruits of the renovation Phish oversaw on Halloween. Clean lines, hardwood floors, a salvaged aesthetic in this gleaming new home. It’s TriBeCa meets Hudson Valley chic.

As “Carini” progressed Trey jumped to his Wah effect, stabbing the air, tapping the music stand, the wand moves up and the orchestra takes note. They know exactly where to go. Mike locates a thick, gloppy line. All at once this sounded new and fresh and yet had hints of that first Hampton “Carini,” the first great jam of Fall Tour. The 9th minute, its dead on.

And here is the other significant Wingsuit factor. This is “Cut/Copy” Phish. Developing the Wingsuit material in the manner they did, going through their best jams, identifying the truly pregnant moments and repurposing them for new material; It’s given Phish a giant new tool, a new edge in their own game of besting themselves, night after night. They now possess the ability to take from themselves, almost in real time, collaging ideas, enveloping them. Every few days they add a new limestone block, this edifice will stand the test of time. These jams, this art, these are pyramids, sphinxes, ancient temples, mounds of dirt and clay and water and mud. They rise out of the landscape, Babylonian in nature. Ur.

Last night’s “Carini” contained the best elements of Fall Tour’s “Carini’s,” but fused with something else. Trey was basically on all fours, a giant jungle cat, his hips loose, feral in his attack as the band polished off the jam with a jazzy Woo section. I heard elements of Worcester’s “Drowned” from last month, one of those jams that hasn’t left our playlist since Fall Tour. We’re on the same page.