Electronica / Indie / Other

I know this sounds like an April Fools joke but it's not, I went to the Digitalism concert at the El Rey Theatre on April 1st and I thoroughly enjoyed myself. Prior to a few days before the show I had never heard of this electronica/house 2-man group from Germany but that didn't stop me from joining my good friend (who was a fan of the group and has been since the group dropped it's first CD 'Idealism' in early '07) on a uncharted journey to the land of drum and bass. Digitalism have been around for quite some time despite just dropping their first full length LP last year. Digitalism has remixed tracks for Tom Vek, The Futureheads, Daft Punk, Tiga, Klaxons, White Stripes, Monk, Depeche Mode, Cut Copy and many others, including a re-edit of "Fire in Cairo" by The Cure (entitled "Digitalism in Cairo"…this track was a favorite during the show, the crowd went extra krazy)

I'm a person of eclectic music taste so it's never out of the ordinary for me to go to a concert of an artist(s) I've never heard of or just found out about. But of course the danger in that is you can really come up on some crappy performances but fortunate for me this time was not the case. Digitalism was fantastic and overwhelming to say the least. Upon hitting the stage they immediately hit the crowd with their trademark electro/house sound and the whole venue was jumping. The mostly under 21 crowd were out of their mind with excitement and marijuana! I was thoroughly impressed with Digitalism's energy and their total stage show (they were on-stage for an hour and 15 minutes); they had a mostly instrumental set but they threw in lyrics and impromptu solo dance moves to keep everyone sharp and enthusiastic. If you get a chance to check them out at a venue near you, don't hesitate, their worth the price of admission 

–DJ JokerPace