I finally got a chance to see the theatrics and production of Australia’s Empire of the Sun, last week at terminal 5 in New York City. Their album “Walking on a dream ” was something I had listened to non-stop while creating my S/S 2010 collection “Some Kind of Bliss” and felt strangely connected to. Even though one can argue their music is quite poppy, after seeing them live I understood what the draw was for me personally. Seeing Empire of the Sun live is a must experience for any visual freaks out their like me. They have an entire choreographed, frequent costume changed, laser light, and visual projection experience that is one hell of a production. The background projected images looked oddly similar to those of my vision board for that season. I tend to love it when music is about a whole experience and thought process from concept to completion, it’s clear that Empire of the Sun think in very broad terms. As explained in Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore’s words ”the name comes more from the idea of [and you’ll see this in the ongoing videos) the fact that we’re traveling around the world going to all the places of empires of the civilization where the sun has been a theme of worship.” I totally get it. If you want a real surreal visual trip, do yourself the favor and check out for the showmanship alone a live show from these guys. A word of warning though, people seem to love them or hate them. watch the video to see what I’m fussing about.
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