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Guetta-a-Go-Go

Domingo 30 de Enero de 2011 18:22 Vasco A. Carinhas

On a spectacular sold-out evening, staged in a perfectly arranged venue, iconic star David Guetta provided his last show before poring himself over his next production. La Cervecera de Puerto Rico sparkled in radiance around the university district of Mayagüez; its white industrial setting providing the perfect light bounce on a itinerantly illuminated crowd.

The packed audience expanded vertically from a fully backed LED screens blasting concordant imagery in synch with the vibe purveyor stationed in the poignantly and practically high DJ set-up on center stage. Bodies squirmed in order to get closer to the pulpit of dance.

David Guetta shouts his introduction with the words, “What’s up, Puerto Rico?” The beats of Getting Over You begin his repertoire, during which Guetta allowed the crowd to join in at the chorus by turning down the volume on key seconds. Perfectly timed pyrotechnics were organized around a modestly straightforward visual presentation.

Guetta showed a playful disposition, with an all-out attitude that prevailed through the spectacle. The narrow passageway of the Cervecera wherein the crowd bustled in sway with the music was crowned on one end by the main stage in an acoustic celebration.

Guetta’s visuals were modified to feed the Spanish speaking audience’s needs, with direct translations from the lyrics being sung. The personal touch of David Guetta was indubidable. The DJ’s practical, yet simple attire proved that his talent needs not to hide behind extravagant fashion. He was the master of “less is more,” with a purist approach to his spectacle.

Crescendo beats turnpiked into dirty sticky beats that compelled the body into dance. As cacophonous triads were brought to a strident release of well-timed silences, Guetta’s humongous screen behind him read “Puerto Rico Rocks.”

David Guetta brought a blast from his past, as Chris Willis’s voice burst through the electronic melody with the lyrics of Love Don’t Let Me Go. The applause from the crowd grew deafening which each passing track.

As the show neared its closing, two pyrotechnically charged, LED lighted Iron Men on stilts provided mechanical dance-offs to Guetta’s addictive orchestrations. Their suits were in perfect synch with the visuals surrounding them, as they showered the crowds with billowing smoke coming from their pseudo laser guns.

The $250k investment made on David Guetta’s full on show was a sound one. The acclaimed DJ brought to Puerto Rico a delectable spectacle, so pleasurable it had to be sinful.

Fotografía exclusiva por Michael Maya Román.