An Extra Terrestrial Eargasmic Experience: Daft Punk LIVE
LA Sports Arena 7-21-07
Kavinsky & Sebastian, Ratatat & Daft Punk
Endorphins racing and pumping through your body. Senses overwhelmed. Your perception expands your pupils to observe every bit. The physical blast of the sensory overload abducts your soul and takes it __…
Onur, Justin and I make way on the dance floor to the front of the stage. Barely able to see through my 1986 white mirror-shaded wayfarers, my whole body goes into a state of panic. “Kavinsky” is owning the stage. DJ and artist hailing from Paris. Straight out of a 1986 red Testarossa-peeling out from the scene of a crime-fleeing from the cops-smoke in the tracks-tracers left behind. Sonny Crockett’s rival.
Ecstatic to finally experience Kavinsky here in the states. Pumping my fingerless red leather glove to the beat-letting the weight of my bangles push me into a musical comatose. I bow to Zubrowkavinsky. In preparation for the headliner…
Visuals of 70’s sepia toned footage of people mixed and looped into a creative and repetitive form. Putting the prominent beat of the song-coinciding with a POV shot of a front seat passenger getting the car window bashed with a bat right before his eyes. The hot beat hits=the window shatters. This is just one example of their concept. Ratatat threw down their set without turntables, but with live instruments. A double decker keyboard synthesizer, electric guitar and basic drums create their cinematic electronic rock sound. Their long and tall shadows in a blend of smoke and unknown 70’s videos…a combination of brilliance. Ratatat!!! And now, the headliner…
The LA Sports Arena goes black. Everyone ballistic. Anticipating the one and only. The curtain rises. A pyramid shaped spaceship DJ booth-holding the captains of the night’s voyage. Daft Punk. The 2, one in silver and one in bronze robot gear head to toe. Headphones built into their helmets. They shine like metal. Eyes and hands hidden. No identity revealed.
Futuristic electronic dance beats twisted and tangled, intertwined with repetitive robot vocals. Catchy new hooks, yet some are resurrected from the past (the true fans know).
The pyramid bursts into flavors of lights. Captivating timing as they throw down their huge classic “Around the World.” The entire stadium lights up in a rainbow ring of colors flowing in a full circle around the room. Jam after jam. Lights and music making love. The crowd: in an orgasmic sensation of bliss perceptively, physically, emotionally and spiritually. Sweaty as can be. A steam room of dance and delight. Sweat flying around washing away reality. They stop the set and then we clap them back. They come back to their pyramid with matching neon glow in the dark robot gear! Stamping the end by crossing their arms, turning around and flashing their Daft Punk logo on the backs of their jackets. 80’s baby.
The vibe of oneness that Daft Punk brought put everyone in a timeless pool of love.
Human
Life
Prime
Pyramid
One
P.S. Thank you Alex babe for the Tour T-shirt, the water and the love.
Thank you Onur and Justin for the fabulous company and sharing of sweat. “It’s in the way that you use it!”
