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Daft Punk

So, once again, I'm way behind on stuff. Big surprise, I suppose. There's been so much running around between work, school, preparing for travel, and trying to have a life, that even the things I've made a concerted effort to include here have fallen by the wayside.

Anyway, I got to see Daft Punk perform live in Seattle a couple weekends ago. Basically, I don't even know where to begin on this. The show was quite possibly the most amazing concert I've ever seen. With out gushing too much, Daft Punk has been one of my favorite acts as long as I've been listening to electronic music, and I've always wanted to see them. Combining an amazing musical set with what I can only describe as a full visual assault of lights and LEDs all synchronized to the music (and apparently triggered directly from their live PA rig), they produced nothing short of a religious experience for those in attendance.

But, rather bore with dry descriptions of what the show was like, I've tracked down the best videos of the set I could find online. While they pale in comparison to actually being there, they give a much better description than any of my words. The photo above is one of the few that really gives an impression of how bright and saturated it was actually there. I didn't take any photos myself, was too busy dancing.

Google video of the first performance on this tour at Coachella 2006:

Lower quality recording of their newly-added encore for the new US leg of the tour:

Yes, they're wearing Tron suits.