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ODESZA played 3 nights at Terminal 5 (night 2 pics)

photos by Mimi Hong

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Five panels of visuals behind the band served to align the imperious structures of the music with various cosmic wonders. Massive rock formations towered in the background before shattering apart in dusty blasts — the grandeur of the old undone by the violence of the new. Several frames suggested the eye of Jupiter; red-hot bubbles of lava seethed and boiled.

…To incite frenzy, ODESZA took the chirping vocal samples that darted through its tracks, pitched them up and switched the cymbals into a double-time pattern simultaneously, approximating the mixture of trap and electronic music that has become ubiquitous in the ’10s thanks to producers like Hudson Mohawke. It was fitting, then, that the night ended with a nod to Mohawke’s horn-heavy “Chimes.” The distance between the sound of mainstream and the fringes collapsed in the name of compelling movement. [Billboard]

Seattle dance duo ODESZA have quickly come a long way. It was just over a year ago that they were still playing small venues, and now they just wrapped up a sold-out three-night run at the massive Terminal 5. That’s a quote from BIllboard‘s review above. We caught Friday’s show (11/13), which was opened by Australia’s RÜFÜS DU SOL. Pictures are in this post.

Tonight (11/16) at Terminal 5: Grimes.

More ODESZA pictures below…

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