The Voodoo People

Bringing their furious musical energy for the first time in India,British electronic dance group The Prodigy held one of the largest concerts the city has seen in recent years on Saturday night.

Bringing their furious musical energy for the first time in India,British electronic dance group The Prodigy held one of the largest concerts the city has seen in recent years on Saturday night. Giving an astounding musical kick-start to the new year,the band played a 90-minute set at the HUDA grounds for the first edition of the Eristoff Invasion festival. Close to 2,500 fans lined up outside the entry gates in painful anticipation; some waiting since early afternoon,and some,for almost 15 years.

I first met the band when they started off in the 90s, said Ellen Jordan,a Prodge Queen from Birmingham,UK,standing in the front row. Jordan,who has several Prodigy motifs tattooed on herself,has been globe-trotting to catch every show the band has ever performed. Im going to meet them again backstage tonight, she added with a satisfied grin,before the show began.

As the last of the opening acts wrapped up,chants for The Prodigy sprouted from all corners in unison. The last 10 minutes,when the screens were being hauled up and last minute adjustments to the lights was being made,were the most painful.

As Keith Flint danced his way onto the stage,Liam Howlet started working on his keyboards,and Maxim Reality made a grand entrance with his signature white painted eye mask; a blitzkrieg of lights and flashes began,slowly building up to a crescendo of loud break-beat industrial techno and heart pounding mayhem. Its time to dance, instructed Flint,the dancer-vocalist of the band,and the crowd duly followed with an odd mixture of bouncing,headband and clapping.

The concert ground smelt like a typical rave,and the open air bar was brimming full of asha. The crowd went into a frenzy of synchronised bouncing during The Omen,Warriors Dance,Firestarter,Smack my Bitch Up ,and Invaders must Die ,some of the most startling songs of the evening. Maxim Reality repeatedly thanked Indian fans,and gave respect to all the Indian people here with the poison.

Some of the most ardent supporters made their way to the concert grounds,including an injured Australian school student on crutches. These guys are pretty sick, he said,braving the pain with sedatives,lying on the gravel at the back end,away from the jumping crowds. I wouldnt miss it for the world. When the band exited the stage,cries for an encore began. You havent had enough yet? asked Maxim Reality. The festival ended a little after 10pm,sticking to the local time limit.

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