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                                                         ELI AND FUR




                                                          Review by: Ben E Zander

              Photography: Tyler Fisk
              @f12k_                                                                  The main floor offers a middle
                                                          On April 5, electronic duo Eli  space for folks to congregate
                                                          and Fur stopped in Chicago for  flanked to either side by
                                                          a performance at PRYSM. That  elevated platforms featuring
                                                          same day, they released their  tables for purchase. Also,
                                                          newest single, ‘Insomnia’, a  there’s a large U-shaped bar, a
                                                          cogent club track fraught with  coat check, and the woman’s
                                                          gorgeous vocals throughout a  rest room on this first floor.
                                                          frolicking house beat, hissy hi-  Take the stairwell up, and you’ll
                                                          hats, and sweet synths.     find a balcony space offering
                                                          Recently signed to record label  elevated views along with more
                                                          [PIAS] Électronique, and    tables for reservation, another
                                                          commemorating ten years of  bar, the men’s restroom
                                                          success, Eli and Fur have   (kind of hidden towards the
                                                          much to celebrate. They were  back beyond the tables), and a
                                                          joined by many enjoying     second room hosting its own
                                                          themselves throughout the   kind of vibe and party (top 40’s
                                                          venue and on the dance floor.  and hip-hop) apart from the
                                                                                      main chamber.
                                Photography: Tyler Fisk   For those unfamiliar with
                                @f12k_
                                                          PRYSM, it is a nightclub,
                                                          through and through. Table and  One of the things I noted early
                                                          bottle service, babe. Dress to  on about this show is it’s the
                                                          impress, look your best, that’s  kind of event where you don’t
                                                          the kind of vibe I get. Not  spend most of your time looking
                                                          saying one doesn’t always want  at the stage. Intentional?
                                                          to be well put together, but this  Maybe. With EDM productions
                                                          isn’t a three-day EDM festival  of other kinds, especially the
                                                          type of crowd. Possibly     dubstep variety, there’s a
                                                          Coachella, likely Lollapalooza,  sensory assault of visual
                                                          but I see no Jersey’s or ball  mechanics constantly vying for
                                                          caps in sight. Instead, classy  your attention. Lasers, lights,
                                                          attire like dresses, heels,  screens, visualizers, stages
                                                          blazers, button downs, and  that transform, what exactly am
                                                          dress shoes are the mainstay,  I supposed to be looking at?
                                                          with some t-shirts, jeans,  Distracting! Tonight, was
                                                          joggers, zip-ups, sneakers, and  relatively straight forward, and
                                                          slides mixed in sparsely.   thankfully.
                          Photography: Tyler Fisk
                          @f12k_

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