Consequence of Sound – 23 novembre 2011

Club Soda – Saturday, 1:00 a.m.

No, I’d never heard of Misteur Valaire before. And no, I wasn’t sure what to expect, especially when four musicians in white suits and hipster glasses came out on stage. But when the horns kicked in, the keys resonated, and the drums beat to a rhythm that would make your grandma proud, something of an epic performance rolled on by.

From constant stage-diving and crowd-surfing, to outfit changes, to boy band meets West Side Story-finger-snapping, to sparklers, this electro-funk-dance-theatre hybrid failed to let anyone’s heart rest. Days later, the performance still has me reeling.