This Saturday Marc Rebillet finished a three day series of shows for his We Outside World Tour over at Thalia Hall. Playing three nights of his specialized improvised EDM to full sold out crowds is an impressive feat. Especially since Marc originally burst into the scene only eight years ago by going viral with his bedroom/living room live streams on Youtube and especially hit peak virality during the COVID lockdowns.
Originally, Marc started his career performing improvised DJ sets from home, usually in his boxers and a bathrobe. These sets consisted of creating looping sound effects using whatever items are around him including voice modulation on his own voice creating catchy hooks to loop into his EDM style. One of his earliest viral hits was his 1 minute song “Your New Morning Alarm” which consists of Marc screaming to the listener about waking up.
What makes Marc’s performances so intriguing is that, in the nature of improv, no performance is ever the same. Marc is an artist in the way that he’s able to take the art of making sounds and create entertainment in the form of a party. It’s a one man show and Marc is controlling it all. You can see why he’s earned the nickname the Loop Daddy, when he begins a song by slamming his microphone into a table, and eventually looping in a conversation with a baby using voice modulation.
It’s as much about the process as it is the performance. Marc just messing with voice modulation on a theme of chilling in your room can easily turn into a crowd pleasing party anthem that has the entire crowd cheering while confetti cannons shoot confetti into the air. It’s fascinating to experience because you can never quite guess where the song is going to take you but it’s a journey that inevitably ends with everyone dancing and Marc jumping into the crowd in his underwear.
I would be lying to say if every piece was a banger but the process was always captivating. I wanted to see what else he would loop in to create another banger track. You can hear it best exemplified in songs like “Night Time Bitch” that you hear how something so simple can be turned into an absolute jam, so seeing it live really puts Marc and his creativity on display. Creating nothing from something in the best possible way.