Flume Whips Up Audiovisual Feast on “Palaces” Tour – EDM.com

September 18, 2022

Flume places choosy hearts relaxed by rolling out a buffet of a live performance expertise on the Palaces Tour.

It is typically mentioned you eat together with your eyes first—Flume introduces sound sensory to the combination. There are flavors for each visitor on the Palaces tour: nostalgic or romantic soundbites, uncooked or complicated servings. There’s something to satiate you regardless of your tastes.

In Vancouver, A.G. Prepare dinner, QUIET BISON and Prospa whipped up appetizers earlier than Flume stepped as much as the turntables. Flume reworked the PNE Amphitheatre right into a racetrack, a psychedelic forest, a horror film and the whole lot else his coronary heart desired.

Flume, appropriately sporting a Motocross go well with, revved the gang up with a high-octane, race-themed intro earlier than diving deep into the recipe bag. He instantly set the tone for a fun-filled night with 2020’s Grammy-nominated “The Distinction.” Flume invited longtime artistic collaborator KUČKA for a stay efficiency of “Escape” earlier than delighting followers with a sultry transition into his timeless remix of Disclosure’s “You and Me.” Various {couples} within the crowd swooned for Flume’s seductive sounds.

The night’s head chef expertly balanced flavors, amping up the gang with a pattern of “Smoke & Retribution” (with Vince Staples and KUČKA) earlier than the cathartic “Drop the Recreation.” Chet Faker‘s intoxicating voice invigorated concertgoers in what was arguably the night’s loudest crowd response—chants of “encore” apart.

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“Drop the Recreation” was solely the primary reminder of why Flume is a Michelin star DJ. The lyrics of his chart-topper “By no means Be Like You” bellowed by means of the lips of concertgoers with the consolation of 1 reciting recipes handed down by means of generations.

Flume cranked up the warmth on the present’s visible elements with “I Cannot Inform” from his new album. The goddess-inspired visuals have been superbly haunting whereas a subsequent presentation was downright spooky. His official remix of Lorde’s “Tennis Court docket” was one other excessive level from a night missing lows.

Very like meals, music is at its artistic finest when it transports the patron. Flume served his viewers desserts within the types of “Say It”—his ageless banger with Tove Lo—and the cult basic “On High” (solely the second official single launch of his profession). It was a pleasure to look at followers belt out each phrase of two chefs-d’oeuvre of the Flume cookbook.