Daft Punk Plays Live in Monterrey
Telefunka Opens for French Electro Dance Duo's Mexico Debut
French duo Daft Punk visited Mexico for the first time, captivating both their Mexico D.F. and Monterrey audiences with an amazing show.
The French duo finally visited Mexican soil in 2007. A couple of days after their sold-out-in-hours show in Mexico D.F., in the cold night of November 2nd, Daft Punk illuminated (literally) the city of Monterrey with their electronic dance music and their impressive beat-synched light show.
Electro Acoustics to Set the Mood
The show began at 9:00 pm with Guadalajara´s electro acoustic group Telefunka. They had a very austere setup, the stage lights where completely on, but still they managed to get the crowd’s attention and set up the mood as they played their very distinctive and surprisingly well received set of songs.
At one point of their show, they told the audience that they were very excited about Daft Punk and wanted to see them. People were still arriving, talking on their cell phones, chatting, buying beer oh, and there also was an enormous black curtain behind Telefunka. They finished with a lo fi version of their most popular single Brillantina (Glitter) and left the stage.
Daft Punk is Playing at Our House
There was silence, anxiety and uncertainty. People walking around with cell phones and half-full beer cups in their hands. Suddenly the lights went out, it was pitch black, thousands of euphoric shouts, and right before our eyes a prismatic silhouette lit up. Daft Punk was playing at our house.
Playing mixed and extended versions of their very well known repertoire, beginning with a hyped Robot Rock and performing their most popular singles like Technologic, Around the World, Harder, better, faster, stronger, One More Time and Aerodynamic. Daft Punk made thousands of people jump, scream and forget about anything and everything.
Their amazingly produced show which involved both musicians on top of neon lighted pyramid surrounded by light-laden geometric metallic structures symmetrically aligned to the centric pyramid, illuminating detailed patterns which synchronically accompanied each beat produced by a couple French robots on top of their futuristic altar.
The lack of ambient illumination and the overwhelming electronic beats combined with the light patterns exploding like fireworks in front of us and the homogeneous sound of a crowd screaming in what could be considered in any other context as mass hysteria, where the perfect blend of elements to make this one of the best shows, if not, the best show this city has ever seen.
More than a Rock Show
Even though the show went on only for about an hour and a half, the crowd was pleased and went home happy, smiling and a bit intoxicated, not so much from the beer or the fumes surrounding the mob, but because of what Daft Punk managed to pull off.
To express dedication, intelligence and their love for music, they crafted more than rock show: the Frenchbots created an electronic rock spectacle.
