After an incredible run for Genesys and Genesys II, Italian Melodic Techno tastemaker Anyma brought us to The Sphere in Las Vegas for “End of Genesys”. The Residency, which will culminate next weekend with two more shows, saw incredible surprise guests including Grimes, Delilah Montagu, Ellie Goulding, and most recently, Empire of the Sun. The ‘Walking of a Dream’ vocalist Luke Steel joined Anyma towards the end of Act IV “Quantum”, to sing their upcoming collaboration ‘Human Now’.
‘Human Now’ at the Sphere
The Las Vegas Strip lit up during New Years Week, involving Anyma’s history-making residency “End of Genesys”. The artist played for 6 nights in a row at the Sphere venue, a billion dollar structure that showcases the human extent of technology and A.I. The DJ invited some of Techno’s biggest names, such as Amelie Lens, Charlotte de Witte, Adriatique, Argy, Cassian, Kevin de Vries, Massano, and more. Moreover, there were surprise live performances.
Anyma pushed to offer more of his artistry outside the Sphere. Thus, he played his own late-night afterparty at XS Nightclub at The Wynn Hotel. Besides, he also played a surprise b2b and solo set for Tiesto’s show at LIV Las Vegas at the Fountainbleu Hotel. On the last performance of the week, Anyma brought out the Australian Electronic duo Empire of the Sun’s singer to perform their upcoming collaboration ‘Human Now’ at the end of the performance. The track is an emotional and cathartic track that showcases the recurring theme of humanity and technology intertwined, with conflicting feelings yet similar purpose.
The track accompanied the visuals of Anyma’s visual creative director Alessio de Vecchi. The visual art showcased a scene where an energy based humanoid figure takes the shape of Anyma, and gives out its life-force to a female cyborg. As the female cyborg then grows flesh into its more human form, Anyma’s body fades, and the hybrid gives one last smack to the screen, closing the show.
Empire of the Sun
Empire of the Sun finally returns from an 8 year hiatus with an album released last July. Moreover, the Duo came back into the spotlight back in 2023 with southstar’s unofficial remix of ‘We Are The People’. However, the Australian group released the official remixes of the track last December. The track now has remixes by ARTBAT, Eric Prydz, Adam Sellouk, and of course, southstar. ‘Human Now’ becomes the artists upcoming stage of their careers. More than ever, we hope they’re now more involved with dance music and hopefully they will tour on with Anyma and othr visionaries to create more history.