Vivid festival, Sydney Opera House
A night celebrating the music of dance pioneer Giorgio Moroder was as lavish, dynamic and sexually charged as disco itself
The final concert of Vivid Live was a three-part extravaganza. First, a talk with Giorgio Moroder, the producer and composer who invented electronic disco and gave the world Donna Summer. Next, a concert by the Heritage Orchestra in which Moroder's landmark records were played live. Finally, a club night in the Opera Houses studio space in which the 74-year-old Italian would DJ for an hour-and-a-half. In other words, as many pulsating synthesisers and four-on-the-floor thump as anyone could handle.
Its an enticing prospect for production nerds, disco dads and lovers of fine pop music, all contingents of which turn up at various points in the night, along with an influx of gay bears who expertly rave to Moroders DJing as the night wears on and an air of disco excess fills the air.
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by Alex Needham via Electronic music | The Guardian
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