Madeon in Toronto

Madeon is the French electronic musician and producer Hugo Leclercq, born in Nantes in 1994. His 2011 mash-up video “Pop Culture” introduced his tightly edited approach to dance-pop, and his catalogue includes the albums Adventure and Good Faith>, the singles “Icarus” and “Finale,” and “Shelter,” recorded with Porter Robinson. The Shelter Live Tour paired Madeon and Porter Robinson for a joint stage show in 2016 and 2017, where they sang and played instruments and electronic controllers. Madeon debuted Good Faith Live at Lollapalooza in Chicago in 2019, then developed the production into Good Faith Forever, which he presented at Coachella in 2022.

Anamanaguchi is an American electronic-rock band formed in New York City in 2004. The group builds chiptune and pop-rock songs around guitars, bass and drums alongside sounds generated by NES and Game Boy hardware. It is known for the soundtrack to Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game, the albums Dawn Metropolis, Endless Fantasy and [USA], and tracks including “Meow,” “Prom Night” and “Miku.” In 2013, Anamanaguchi mounted a headline tour behind Endless Fantasy. The quartet presented the material through its established live setup of a rock band and game-console electronics. In 2016, the group opened the North American leg of Hatsune Miku’s Miku Expo tour after recording “Miku” with the virtual singer.