Last night I saw one of my all-time favorite music groups, DAFT PUNK, at the Los Angeles Sports Arena. It was the most disgustingly awesome thing I have ever seen. The attendance had to be somewhere around 15,000 people. Just incredible. Here is a review in the LAist with which I couldn't agree more. Here is an excerpt:Unlike so many other electronic artists who basically mix their album tracks together like a DJ, Daft Punk completely de-constructs the tracks from their three studio albums, creating a brand new soundscape that builds up huge climaxes using portions of their songs which tease the crowd just long enough before dropping into full blown dance floor burners. This allows them to cover a lot of ground, using elements of dozens of songs without ever playing any album track in its original form. The ecstatic crowd of around 15,000 people were all dancing, and most were literally jumping up and down at various times throughout the show.
Here's another review in the Los Angeles Times.
Full live set @ Coachella on 04.29.06 (.mp3)
A great article about my two favorite robot humans.
Here are some video highlights that I found on YouTube.
I've also added a variety of other longer sequences and various angles from the show in the videos below.
Opening Sequence
I was probably about 20-25 feet in front of where this video was taken.
Helmets very visible... TELEVISION, RULES THE NATION
Da Funk! (This posters blog has parts of the concert in 21 YouTube videos.)
Robot Heaven
Video from another angle PRIME TIME OF YOUR LIFE
Here is another video with the entire Encore peformance. SWEET!
If I find any better quality videos I may add them.
