Though it has been announced he will don his mask and climb out of hiding to play a show on Flying Lotus' bill at Brixton Academy on May 1st. I have bought a ticket and look forward to the post-show "boy, that was worth starving for".
The show is headlined by experimental, electro producer Flying Lotus, who is joined by DOOM, Shabazz Palaces, Lapalux and KUTMAH.
I have listened to and am aware of some of Flylo's projects and have heard good things about his live act, so will make it my goal to familiarise with more of his work before the show. I'm also a big fan of Shabazz Palaces, so it'll be nice to see them live for the first time. The other two I have never heard of and will have to size them up soon. The main pull though, is the appearance of my favourite rapper, the unrivalled DOOM.
I saw DOOM for the first time at Reading Festival in 2013, surprisingly, or unsurprisingly he played his set on the smallest stage at the festival; in the alternative tent. It was the smallest crowd I had seen the whole weekend, which made me doubt that DOOM would actually appear; being renowned for either sending an imposter in his place, or just not showing up at all.
It seemed everyone had this same thought, it had long gone past the time he was expected on stage and everyone began murmuring about how they knew he wouldn't turn up.
These bucket hat detectives were eventually silenced however, as the background music switched off and DOOM's hype-man appeared, urging everyone to coax DOOM out. The chant "We want DOOM!" was the best everyone could do to entice the metal fist terrorist, and it worked.
Over the PA, his deep, raspy voice met with us - "DOOM wants you!". It was happening! If this was an imposter then the guy deserves an emmy.
Hearing his iconic voice on a record is one thing, but seeing him bring songs like 'Accordion' and 'Hoe Cakes' to life made for an action-packed 40 minutes or so, with DOOM rifling through his biggest hitters.
I can't remember much of the show, I think I was too struck by how surreal the moment was. I had my eyes fixed on DOOM and his every move instead of paying any real attention to anything else going on.
All he had on the stage was a laptop and a hype-man; in typical DOOM style he did what he had to do and got out, seemingly without a trace.
He didn't seem phased by the low attendance, and gave great energy to every one of his songs for those who had made the effort.
You always have to treat a DOOM sighting as if it's the last, so I am thoroughly looking forward to May 1st, and will hopefully be less of a fan-girl this time around so I can take in every detail of the set. If he turns up that is.
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