Daft Punk Live-Seriously this time.....

ahhhhhhhh dudes this show (in mtl) was th ebest thing i have ever seen

here is a 19-second edit of it shot on my bad cameraphone:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4CSEkipjEA

that was like reliving the best 19 seconds of my life

that was like reliving the best 19 seconds of my life

i saw them in toronto a few weeks ago

it was the best night of my life

Bimble, do you know who merv griffin is you shallow callous pathetic mote?

Coney show was pretty much the highlight of my year…

I had a job in the '90s where I could pretty much go to any show in NYC I wanted to for free, and I ended up, as it was the Chems/Prodigy/Fatboy "dance music is taking over" era, going to a lot of those kind of shows. So, apart from the fact that Discovery is one of my favorite rekkids evah, Thursday night reminded me of how much I missed dance to music that I really like at really loud volumes…

and many of the people there, I suspect, were very much on board for the "dance music is taking over" era, or maybe they were aging ravers… a lot of the energy was similar to any kind of nostalgia-based, good ole days kind of rock show…

pitchfork says no dvd
I am not smiles time.

"pitchfork says no dvd"

FUCK FUCK FUCK

GOOOD..dfrgr56fuyd

From that pfork article:
"The Billboard article also let us in on a little secret: those dudes in Kanye's "Stronger" video aren't, as previously reported, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter, but, rather, the actors from Electroma. Not quite "two bums in helmets," but still, tricky."

Maybe they're at home or in the audience during "their" shows too.

I had been wondering about that myself. Why tour when you don't have to?

that would be rad. some residents shit.

Well, The FADER interview says there will be a DVD and there were some serious cameras going at the LA show.

"Why tour when you don't have to?"

Assuming it was them two, it's possible that they, like many if not most musicians, find it gratifiying to perform their music in front of thousands of people that have been/are gagging for it…

Judging from the amount of gear that's actually inside the pyramid, I think TB and GMdHC are pretty much required to be in those suits to work it. I mean, there seems to be a considerable amount of live mixing happening in there.

Yeah it said in the Fader that the other 2 dudes appear at things that Bangalter and Homem Christo want Daft Punk to be at, but aren't able to for some reason. I assume this wouldn't include DP concerts.

but it did include the Fader photoshoot.

August issue of Mixmag has a photo of the gear inside the pyramid btw, you can easily g00gle it.

http://assets4.pitchforkmedia.com/images/image/35353.insidedaftpunk.jpg?

If there's a DVD I'd really like it to be a single static camera with a head on view of the whole set start to finish.

^^^y'know what, I agree with that.

Part of me wished i was in the center bleacher at COney instead of on the field.

they were certainly on tour even if they don't go on stage; they were seen out of costume at some local clubs around the time of lollapalooza

The bad thing about being in the stands at Coney was the big empty space between us and the people on the field. Kind of killed some of the energy. But the views were amazing and people were really into it and dancing and stuff.

I gotta get the hang of this occupying 2 different positions at the same time thing. Would've been awesome at Boadrum too.

Pythagoras to thread.

I know people who are pretty well connected who say "it's not them in the suits", etc etc. I think those people are WRONG. For one thing it's probably much easier to just have it be Thomas and Guy in the suits.

occlam's razor strikes again!

it wouldnt be too weird if it wasnt them though. maybe they just aint that good at live mixing!

It doesn't really matter to me either way, but they're quite good at "live mixing" with tables, but that's not what they're really doing in the Pyramid:

http://assets4.pitchforkmedia.com/images/image/35353.insidedaftpunk.jpg?

whoops, not sure why I reposted that. meant to post this part from pitchfork:

1. ABLETON
"The show revolves around Ableton Live software on custom made super-computers, which we remotely access and control with Behringer BCR2000 midi controllers."

2. SCREENS
"Next to the ethernet remote computer screens there are four Minimoog Voyagers, the classic analog synthesizers. They're a 30-year old design."

3. MOOGS
"We can mix, shuffle, trigger loops, filter, distort samples, EQ in and out, transpose or destroy and deconstruct synth lines. We keep some surprises on the side too!"

4. VISUALS
"There's a direct connection between our rig and the lights and visuals of the show. The light and video engineers can also add or control layers during the show."

5. SYNTHS
"Inside the pyramid are synthesizers and remote controls connected to the rest of the music equipment and computers, which are in rack-mounted towers off stage."

6. TEAMWORK
"Working the music equipment, lighting and video equipment, and building the pyramid for each show takes around 10 people, including both of us."

custom made super-computers

That sounds bad ass.

can't have that shit freezing up now

When does something become a "super computer" anyway?

At Daft Punk my brother half jokingly made a comment about "they probably just got their friends to tour for them" which was followed by a laugh combined with an uneasy moment of pondering. However, it's somewhat reassuring that I did see Thomas Bangalter in person that night. Why he would fly to Toronto to go to a shitty after-party, but not perform would make all the less sense. I saw no Guy though, hmmmmn.

That and with tickets around $60 and around 4-5 thousand people attending theres serious money to be made.

Fact Magazine sez it is indeed called Alive 2007 (boo), it's 2xCD (yay!), a live version of "Harder Better Faster Stronger" will be the single, and maybe- just maybe- it looks like this:

http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/siteimages/medium/Andy-Mallalieu---daftpunk.jpg

i'd buy that for a dollar

WORK IT

should i spend $80 on a vegoose ticket to see daft punk only?? on halloween? i might also go see cypress hill.

that a lot of bread but holloween daft punk show sounds like a blast

Max, I forget, have you seen them? If not, then $80 is well worth it. I'm probably going.

yeah i saw em here and it was one of the 10-12 best experiences of my life which is why im even considering

One thing I'm thinking is that the Vegas show won't be as good because the lighting can't be topped from the Sports Arena, plus all the trappings of Vegas might cheapen it? Not sure.

its never as good as your first time, i guess.

but ive also never been to vegas.

also: HALLOWEEN

So I'm thinking really really seriously about going to this. The lineup for Saturday is pretty awesome! MIA! The Stooges even! And Daft Punk! And Las Vegas and Halloween! It'd be a spendy trip but I mean jesus it seems so very worth it.

I have to say I saw Daft Punk at Coachella as well, and the second time was just as good.

god damn it come to australia you robot goons

http://nevereverland.com.au/daft_punk/top.jpg

spencer lets take a plane down under

holy cow!! i am happy!!

the lighting can't be topped from the Sports Arena, plus all the trappings of Vegas might cheapen it? Not sure.

the stadium is a bit outside of town, at least. i saw a lollapalooza there once and the place could really work for Daft Punk.

I want to go.

flight: 200-250
ticket: 80
halfway-decent hotel, 2 nights: 150(?)
misc (drugs, food): 100

hmm