Live Review: Peking Duk, Ivan Ooze, Mallrat

24 April 2017 | 3:16 pm | Madelyn Tait

"Their explosive live show was enhanced by its high level of production."

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Plenty of people arrived early to the Enmore Theatre to catch Brisbane teenager Mallrat sing, rap and deliver her seriously catchy tunes. The newly 18-year-old got people dancing with tracks from the EP she dropped last year and a cover of Drake's Pop Style before closing her set with Uninvited, getting the whole crowd to sing the song's hook.

Melbourne rapper Ivan Ooze did a great job of getting the crowd hyped up with an energetic, air horn-heavy set, performing tracks like Hooligans and Fire.

Aussie cricket legend Shane Warne appeared on a large screen and asked the crowd to make some noise for Peking Duk as Canberra's Adam Hyde and Reuben Styles took to the decks.

The DJs mixed their own tracks in with recent hits and some throwbacks like The Killers' Mr Brightside and Rage Against The Machine's Killing In The Name. By that point, the room temperature had been raised a few degrees by the dancing, sweaty crowd. Their explosive live show was enhanced by its high level of production - seven screens with crazy visuals, smoke, streamers and confetti.

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They got sentimental, reflecting on the songs that sparked their love affair with dance music. Then they got political, expressing their hatred for Donald Trump as the crowd chanted "Fuck Trump" over and over. They premiered a new song, made with AlunaGeorge that will apparently be released in about a week. They revealed that they already shot a music video with the English electronic duo for the track while in Los Angeles last week.

Peking Duk had a few special guests join them on stage, including SAFIA's Ben Woolner, who sang their collab Take Me Over and Jess Kent, back from Japan just in time to sing Stranger with them.

They met demands for an encore with their hit High, joined on stage by all of their special guests as confetti rained down and the approving crowd roared with applause.