It was back in February 2016 when I heard this song come over the radio "panda, panda, panda panda panda panda panda bbbrrrraaddtt!" and I thought, "what the fuck is this dude sayn'?"
By the end of the tune I didn't care. I was on board. All I needed to get through was "broads in Atlanta, credit cards and scammers and of course Panda.
In less than a year DESIIGNER had gone from a Brooklyn rapper that pretty much nobody in Australia had heard of to being the Special Guest at this great lands newest touring festival: FOMO. There was really only one thing I expected from DESIIGNER - Energy and mountains of it. From all reports I wasn't going to be disappointed and when I found out IVAN OOZE was the support for his Sydney side show, I knew shit was about to get wet.
I'd never shot an all ages gig before and after taking 3 crowd pics I definitely felt everyone of my 33 years and decided to focus on the music.
What you're looking at is a pretty good representation of one of the most high energy, non stop, crowd pleasing gigs I've had the luck to attend. If the rest of 2017's gigs can be this fun, I'll be a happy snapper.
- TIMBOSS