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09/05/13 - Toronto, ON @ Opera House
09/06/13 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom 09/07/13 - Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre 09/08/13 - Boston, MA @ Boston Calling Festival 09/09/13 - Montreal, QC @ Telus Theater 09/11/13 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall 09/12/13 - Phila, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts 09/14/13 - Tochester Hills, MI @ Meadow Brook 01/09/14 - Miami, FL @ Holy Ship! Read More Remember how we mentioned Flume's first ever American tour? I guess the Australian producer love it here so much that he's extended his tour to Minneapolis, stopping by First Avenue on September.…
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Labor Day weekend was extended another night this year.
The Friday-Monday holiday weekend, typically marks the last days of summer, and is traditionally filled with barbeques, festivals, and a general excuse to party. At First Avenue’s Mainroom Tuesday, 21 year-old Australian DJ Flume (AKA Harley Streten), filled the club with EDM fans not ready to give up their summer celebrations just yet.
Streten had been making ‘bedroom beats’ since the age of 13, starting from a basic production disc in a cereal box, and in the eight years since, has perfected his craft to become one of the freshest and most in-demand DJs in the current electronic scene. His recent self-titled LP (on Future Classic/Mom+Pop) deftly employs booming synths and the pulse of an extended throb, eschewing the BPM (beats per minute) rule that so many other DJs value first.
Though from Sydney, his hip-hop influence is also indelible; utilizing a J Dilla-esque method of chopping and dropping, using guest MCs, and sampling classics like Notorious B.I.G.‘s ‘Juicy’.
Following openers Touch Sensitive and Gigamesh, the 80 min. set Tuesday night got people dancing from the first song, and kept the floor shaking bass thumping throughout. Streten seemed humbled by the response, and always kept moving; whether inciting the crowd, banging furiously on electronic drums, or adjusting the laptop and deck settings.
Most of the vocalists on the album joined the live show ‘virtually’ – via taped audio and/or video images, but the crowd didn’t mind that Streten was the only one on stage. The setup, in addition to the long DJ table, was a full screen background, flashing trippy 8-bit images, and a hexagonal infinity light display in front, often pulsing to the rhythm of the music.
‘Sleepless’, his initial single, thumped in urgency while the piped-in vocals of Jezzabell Doran gave the track an ethereal dream-pop quality, and everyone moved and clapped in unison to the chorus in ‘Holdin’ On’, which can be heard on local radio.
Another late set highlight, was the remix of Hermitude’s ‘HyperParadise’, (the video of which is currently at 1.8 million views and counting, on YouTube), bass vibrating the concrete floors of First Avenue even more than previous.
The 21 year-old proved his salt live- able to mix genres and sounds into a fresh mixing pot, to keep the crowd entertained and dancing the entire show. After the final encore (which sampled Editors’ ‘Racing Rats’), Streten still seemed amazed at the crowd, “It’s A Tuesday night…what the f##k are you guys doing?! I’m gonna be back soon!” And with that, we know another extended party weekend will be in order.
The Friday-Monday holiday weekend, typically marks the last days of summer, and is traditionally filled with barbeques, festivals, and a general excuse to party. At First Avenue’s Mainroom Tuesday, 21 year-old Australian DJ Flume (AKA Harley Streten), filled the club with EDM fans not ready to give up their summer celebrations just yet.
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DJ Flume
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Though from Sydney, his hip-hop influence is also indelible; utilizing a J Dilla-esque method of chopping and dropping, using guest MCs, and sampling classics like Notorious B.I.G.‘s ‘Juicy’.
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GIGAMESH
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Most of the vocalists on the album joined the live show ‘virtually’ – via taped audio and/or video images, but the crowd didn’t mind that Streten was the only one on stage. The setup, in addition to the long DJ table, was a full screen background, flashing trippy 8-bit images, and a hexagonal infinity light display in front, often pulsing to the rhythm of the music.
‘Sleepless’, his initial single, thumped in urgency while the piped-in vocals of Jezzabell Doran gave the track an ethereal dream-pop quality, and everyone moved and clapped in unison to the chorus in ‘Holdin’ On’, which can be heard on local radio.
the crowd entertained and dancing the entire show
Most on the floor were immediately smitten with the builds and dubstep drops, and swayed and bounced, adapting to any tempo changes, though the more hip-hop based tracks, such as ‘On Top’ featuring NY rapper T-Shirt, received the warmest response.
Another late set highlight, was the remix of Hermitude’s ‘HyperParadise’, (the video of which is currently at 1.8 million views and counting, on YouTube), bass vibrating the concrete floors of First Avenue even more than previous.
The 21 year-old proved his salt live- able to mix genres and sounds into a fresh mixing pot, to keep the crowd entertained and dancing the entire show. After the final encore (which sampled Editors’ ‘Racing Rats’), Streten still seemed amazed at the crowd, “It’s A Tuesday night…what the f##k are you guys doing?! I’m gonna be back soon!” And with that, we know another extended party weekend will be in order.
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Flume at First Avenue, Minneapolis (09/03/13) |
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