Eight years after his visit to our country as part of Lollapalooza Argentina 2015, the British DJ and producer Calvin Harris performed again this Sunday (February 26) in Argentina, where he offered an eminently danceable set surrounded by an impressive set that included graphics, smoke, laser beams and fire flameswhich transformed the Movistar Arena in Buenos Aires into a real dance floor.
In a summer season that towards the end of 2022 Had Fatboy Slim and Claptone; which he saw happen in January David Guettadays ago at Pot and that the German is expected by the end of March paul vandyk; the British console star confirmed in person that Buenos Aires is consolidating itself as an important place for electronic music.
At least this could be appreciated yesterday evening in the Villa Crespo stadium, which despite not being fully –the top tray of the stalls was not enabled-, presented an enthusiastic picture both in the field sector, transformed for the occasion into a discoas in the audience, where absolutely no one was seated during the nearly two hours of the set.
the party started early
Strictly speaking, the party erupted early, with several DJ sets taking place from 7:15pm to 10:15pm, where highlighted Tyson O’Brien and MKwho left the table served for the British.
The rest of the party, which lasted until after midnight, was left to Calvin Harris, who cut to the bone and opted for a performance studded with hits, high beats and recurring musical explosions that jolted all present in unison.
With standing arguments, the star of the night he called for applause, he silenced the music in some choruses as an invitation to the audience to sing and claimed for cellphone flashlights turned on in some specific passages.
Thus, the artist worked on every climate, although always with the aim of creating a crescendo of suspense to lead to the aforementioned musical explosions of crotchet kick drums with very high tempos, which had their corresponding response from the audience of jump in unison E even a kind of electronic pogo.
famous collaborators
Naturally, for this, the British DJ has used several of his most famous collaborations and a battery of songs that, in their essence, follow the path of pop songs, which are evident in in its DNA a kinship relationship with the eighties pop of the synthesizers.
In that plane, the well-known voices of Dua Lipa came out of the consoles a kissby Sam Smith in promises or Rihanna in it we found Love -one of the Barbadian singer’s few musical releases in her later years- and in This is what you came forto name a few examples.
In the flurry of own hits there were also some already classics of the genre such as How deep is your love, summer, guilt OR Feel so closesome of those with the recorded voice of Harris himselfand each highly celebrated by the public.
memory and homage to the late colleague Avicii, who passed away in 2018arrived with the return visit of I could be the oneone of his greatest hits.
The rocker winks with the famous riff of An army of seven nationsfrom The White Stripeswhich he edited to create a remix with his own timbre, also a must at this point in his sets.
The truth is that the artist has avoided long passages associated with calm climates, as usually happens in other DJ sets, and has opted for minimal loopholes of less intensity just to sustain the irruption of some chorus or rhythmic momentum.
This was reinforced with graphics that oscillated between abstract lines or images of elements of nature, in particular water and fire; vegetation or the sun, among others, all according to what was proposed by the speakers.
At the same time, the sensations created by the images triggered by the screens have been embodied in many cases, such as when the virtual fire became real through flames spewed from smoke propulsion devices at the front of the stage.
When it seemed around midnight, after an hour and a half of the show, that the set was coming to an end, Calvin Harris extended the party for another 20 minutes with a pure remix with Acidalthough the intention was to set the stage for the final point.
“My name is Calvin Harris”he greeted the DJ at the end, as if an introduction was needed, thanked enthusiastically for the audience’s response, asked to turn on their cell phones and showed an Argentine flag, which he then carefully folded on his console.
However, there was time for one last song, his newest creation, in his own words. It was approx miraclea cut with some devotional reminiscence, which features Ellie Goulding lead guest vocals.
Just before 00:30, Calvin Harris called the end of the day and thousands of weary but happy feet came out of the stadium; in both cases, with the certainty that, judging by the results, it won’t take eight years to meet again face to face.
Source: Clarin
