![]() Throughout his hour-and-a-half set, Flume, also known as 24-year-old Harley Streten, pulled heavily from his 2016 album “Skin” with sprinklings of old songs that got him mainstream attention.Īlmost every song seemed to get a louder reaction than the last, with his song “Sleepless” getting the first “everyone go bonkers” reaction of the night. After all, Flume’s sound has been quite revolutionary in the fact that it capitalizes on the absence of sound just as much as the actual sounds created. A curtain fell during opening song “Helix,” and from there the show was a lesson in sound-and often the lack of it. That bar was knocked down and surpassed by great lengths approximately two minutes into Flume’s set. ![]() At the end of the hour, Carmack quietly left, and the Los Angeles producer set the bar high for Flume. These energized the crowd and were perfect segues into his original music, which less of the crowd would have been familiar with. 2,” and remixing four other Kanye songs throughout the hour. Carmack obviously has love for Kanye West, starting his set with “Father Stretch My Hands Pt. With drops that could create a seismic reaction, and the perfect amount of original songs and remixes intertwined throughout his set, the crowd was treated to an hour of unique and amazing EDM music. Coming out only minutes after Murdoch left the stage, he immediately set a different tone, and for the better. Instead, it was good background music to talk over. Forty-five minutes is a long time for the first opener to receive, and unfortunately Charles did not use it to his advantage. It was a hybrid that leaned towards ambient and slow-building electronic but then every so often would sound like a half- hearted attempt to get the crowd to rage. It would build with very little movement and no climax. Hailing from Australia, his music was great as an opener, but unfortunately did not go very far. And although Flume was who the crowd was clearly there to see, there were two largely unknown openers who had to win over the crowd on Friday evening.įirst up on the bill was Charles Murdoch. The sold-out show packed the venue from wall to wall, with some sections near the stage so crowded that there wasn’t room to move. Despite the majority of the crowd being in high school, the energy in the building was undeniable. Louis County seemed to get dropped off by their parents in hordes, and for the first time in my life, I felt like I was older than the majority of an audience at a concert. Louis’ greatest gems, I have never experienced a concert and crowd quite like Flume’s. In my many nights spent at The Pageant, one of St.
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