Billing it as an “exclusive live performance” may have been a cheeky bit of marketing misdirection, but Sydney electronic duo Empire Of The Sun today released a stunning video production that coincided with the solar eclipse.  It’s the kind of curious juxtaposition we’ve come to expect from Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore, whose collaboration forms far and away one of the most interesting musical projects in the country.

The video itself must be seen to be believed:

The duo deserve respect for pushing the boundaries of music beyond the recorded product;  the stage design, masked choreography and slick production values contained with these six minutes all point to an auspicious live debut at September. Who’d want to stare at the average by-the-numbers rock act when acts like Empire Of The Sun plan to offer a sensory-engaging performance? Here at One Movement HQ, we’re totally digging their ‘music-as-spectacle’ angle - another great example of Perth leading the pack!

A promotional website at eclipseofthesun.org was inundated with traffic at around 1pm AEST on Wednesday 22 July 2009. The screening has since been deferred to Pedestrian.TV, who deserve big props for standing strong among what must have been a massive influx of simultaneous site visitors.