It’s clear that Flume has established himself as one of the most rapid growing beatmakers to ever come out of our country.
The 21-year-old has been garnering achievements so fast, that his workplace at the Ableton live school had to update his biography every second week. His whirlwind 2012 saw a significant part of his catalogue on the Triple J Hottest 100 – with “Sleepless” and “Holdin’ On” making it into the top 15.
Holding back on a headlining show until it was so heavily demanded that it sold out large venues in every capital city would look great on a press release for the producer, but it still remains a mystery whether this plan was pre-meditated or he was too busy with the significant amount of attention he was receiving to dedicate himself to a full-blown tour.
With Flume bringing along his partner in crime, Chet Faker, the hoards of fans that united at Adelaide’s Thebarton Theatre were in expectance of an extraordinary night. Two of Australia’s best up and comers sharing one of the largest stages Adelaide has to offer is nothing to sneeze at.
Coming out with an intro not unlike one you’d see at a post rock concert, Nick Murphy’s backing band of three welcomed the frontman with a powerful combination of atmospheric drums and deep guitars.
The band played a stellar set that included the majority of Chet Faker’s stellar EP Thinking In Textures, including “Terms And Conditions”, “I’m Into You”, “No Diggity”, and, “Cigarettes And Chocolate”.
The crowd were eating up all the smooth words Murphy was belting out behind his Rhodes synthesizer while his backing band acted cool and collected.
There was a consensus among the crowd that nobody was exactly sure what Flume was going to bring to the stage. It felt as though his Infinity Prism tour was very vague – most probably by design – in order to bring out his fans’ true imaginations.
What was to come was nothing but amazing, though. A huge screen above was coupled with a literal infinity prism – a prism full of LED lights and mirrors that looked like it was never ending.
There’s not a great deal that Flume can do with his musical performance. If he strays too heavily from his hits with live remixes, his fans may feel like he isn’t stayint true to his originals. Yet, they have to feel as though they’re getting their moneys worth, so sounding as though he just pressed play would potentially bring just as many complaints.
Luckily, this wasn’t an issue the young musician ahs to deal with. The set was a constant party, rarely stopping for banter. The producer filled his performance with a perfect blend of remixes that included his take on Major Lazer’s “Get Free”, Hermitude’s “HyperParadise” and Ta-Ku’s “Higher” alongside fan favourites “Sintra”, “Sleepless”, and “Holdin’ On”.
It was no surprise that Chet Faker made a second appearance on stage for their acclaimed collaboration song “Left Alone”. Not only did he provide guest vocals for the song’s performance, he and Flume also performed a brand new collaboration which was more chillwave than he usually produces, but amazing nonetheless.
It was good to see that Flume had the power to turn our own Thebarton Theatre’s viewing area into more of a dance floor, as well as getting the majority of people out of their seats and dancing in their own little spaces. Judging by the comments overheard, it seemed as though no one was disappointed with the performance put on in front of them.
