Hot Chip Performs at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Paris, 2013
LCD Soundsystem have announced a twenty show residency at Brooklyn Steel. This is the millennial hipster equivalent of Billy Joel at MSG. James Murphy and his crew of multi-instrumentalists brought live performance dance to the internet generation. Their effect was so strong that an entire genre of digital-mixed-with-analog orchestra bands sprang up in the 2000s. Bands like MGMT, Phoenix, Cut Copy and Hot Chip came to be a defining sound of the early millennium.
While LCD get’s the lion’s share of the glory, Hot Chip deserves just as much praise for defining that digital dance rock orchestra sound. Here is their performance from the 2013 Pitchfork Music Festival in Paris. Their blend of energy and melody on stage rivals that of the best baroque composers. Just try not to jump up and down with the euphoric whimsy of a small child… you cant.