My friend and I were some of the earliest to arrive at Paradiso, a venue in Amsterdam located in an old church. Since we were so early, we managed to get a spot right at the podium. A few minutes later, opening act Mightyfools, a two-man DJ set, started, and they were a pretty great warm-up for what was yet to come. They played a few bangers, and after a while started building down and eventually left the stage. The room went dark, and after a while this kid walks onto stage.
Madeon.
An 18-year-old scrawny French kid, hardly taller than 1.70m, takes the stage, gets set up behind his two laptops and three
launchpads, and just kills it. It is fantastic how much qualitative repertoire an artist as young as him has produced already. Original songs like
The City and
Finale, but also remixes of songs like Deadmau5'
Raise Your Weapon, multiple Knife Party songs, and even Blur's
Song 2. The sound this guy squeezes out of these three launchpads is fantastic, and the light show was a sight to behold as well.
If you weren't already, be on the lookout for Madeon. This guy is gonna make it big, I'm calling it.