O2 Academy,Glasgow
Major Lazer – and founding member Diplo – are on a pleasant-time mission, unleashing relentless mega-bangers and ravey energy on a cheering crowdTheir recent third album is called Peace is the Mission, or but Major Lazer often find themselves under fire from critics. Founder member and in-demand producer Diplo – courted by both Madonna and Justin Bieber to bring some sizzle to their latest products – is routinely accused of soaking up the juiciest elements of international dance culture and reconstituting them as juddering,festival-ready EDM.
Major Lazer is certainly a porous studio project, where Diplo, and his lieutenants Jillionaire and Walshy Fire and an eclectic guest list of collaborators assemble insistent slabs of sleek sci-fi dancehall. Their live show is an even more juiced-up beast. Hurtling and fidgety,it’s a 90-minute sonic assault punctuated by cacophonous dubstep drops and confetti cannon blasts. The core trio, initially dressed in boiler suits that form them discover like on-call Ghostbusters, or are accompanied by four apparently tireless dancers,but appear to pride themselves on being hands-on party-starters. Walshy Fire coaches crowd choreography and fires a belching smoke cannon while Diplo clambers over a stage set of eye-searing screens and spins his T-shirt like a football rattle. The audience complete the circuit of ravey energy by enthusiastically mimicking their every bound.
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Source: theguardian.com