No bother, we were about to see Daft Punk in all their pyramidal glory. Word had it that
the LA show the week before was second to none and the SF show was to follow suit.

Our sources from LA were indeed reliable. As if from another planet, Daft Punk appeared suddenly in a giant pyramid constructed of magical lights. The visual show that followed would please the eye for almost two straight hours thanks to the lighting geniuses behind the scenes. And for those of us not too young to remember when Daft Punk first arrived on the scene, audibly we were shipped right back to summer 1997. The summer of Homework. Maybe one of the best albums to come out that entire year. But fret not, the show was not all about nostalgia. It was equal parts old and new and after about 3 or 4 different iterations of 'One More Time', each one better than the next, they got to the meat of the matter. The encore. Closing with a version of 'Music Sounds Better With You', the light show was a spectacle. Drops of what could have been construed as blood trailed the light board on stage. It looked like a possessed light bright game until the lights ran straight up the pyramid, lighting up the surrounding night (and Bay area fog) and displaying Daft Punk in full Tron-like splendor, complete with day glow orange costumes and helmets. With the images and light pulsing to the beat of the music, the whole crowd went bananas! What a sight to behold people. I wish you could have seen it.

I hear they are doing another album and then calling it quits for good. Skilled marketing ploy? I do not know. But if this is true,  I hope they go on tour because i'd love to see them live, just 'one more time'.

On August 20th, Rehab will bring you an exclusive premiere screening of Daft Punk's movie Electroma at Mezzanine. Stay tuned for more information.

- posted 6.14.07 by Meghan Douglas, Producer