Look Inside a House Opera Dance Occasion Impressed By Daft Punk at LA's Largest VR Dome
Daft Punk could also be no extra, however a brand new expertise in L.A. will not let the legacy of the robots fade anytime quickly.
We just lately attended a Daft Punk-inspired live performance expertise known as “CONTACT,” an immersive present that marries a “multi-sensory dance get together” with an area opera. The 360° present went down at Wisdome, the most important digital actuality dome within the Metropolis of Angels.
An evolving roster of DJs and multidisciplinary performers appeared all through the evening, donning lifelike variations of Daft Punk’s iconic helmets and fits. They carried out atop a 3D LED cubed stage, which pulsed with kaleidoscopic colours as they rinsed hits from the duo’s discography.
DJs carry out at “CONTACT,” an immersive live performance expertise in Los Angeles impressed by Daft Punk.
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The expertise kicked off with a rehash of “Epilogue,” the notorious, eight-minute swan tune that exposed Daft Punk’s stunning disbandment in 2021. It was a poignant second—the calm earlier than the storm, if you’ll—and it wasn’t lengthy earlier than the Wisdome reworked in real-time.
The dome shortly mutated into an grownup playground the place prismatic lasers and trippy visuals enveloped followers, who had been determined to cling to the final vestiges of Daft Punk.
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The present’s varied Daft Punk impersonators mirrored the actions of Thomas Bangalter and Man-Manuel de Homem-Christo to make the expertise extra lifelike. What was not lifelike, nonetheless, had been the illusory visuals projected by the 12,000-square foot display screen, which transported viewers to a whimsical dreamworld.
DJs carry out at “CONTACT,” an immersive live performance expertise in Los Angeles impressed by Daft Punk.
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It was all in execution of a storyline set in a dystopian future, the place attendees discover themselves in a simulation arrange by “Mom,” an AI entity in management. The mind-bending visuals, which had been the evening’s pièce de résistance, depict how the beloved robots “uncover their humanity and override their programming to free you from Mom’s simulation.”
“CONTACT” clearly did not come near the unrepeatable expertise of a real-life Daft Punk present, however that wasn’t the target. It was to have a good time the duo and expertise their music in a enjoyable, progressive means. And in that regard, the present was a house run.
“CONTACT” returns to Wisdome November 17-19. You should purchase tickets here.