![]() ![]() We all enjoy hearing at arena volume many a choice cut from the two Flume albums plus the recent EP, as well as a selection of his greatest remixes (among them Lorde's Tennis Court, Hermitude's HyperParadise and Disclosure's You & Me. They jump, spectacularly, at Staples' behest to the slamming hip-hop beats of Smoke & Retribution and get their phones out to make terrible recordings of Never Be Like You. Next, you’ll get a couple of prompts in the Flume app to turn on a nearby faucet, so the. They start singing to Holdin' On before the Otis Redding sample kicks in. Phyn Plus smart water assistant + Shutoff. ![]() When Streten stretches himself by tapping at his sophisticated-looking tablet screens and occasionally hitting electronic pads with a drumstick, the fans go berserk. The delighted thousands that packed out this sizeable venue would say yes, and it's probably their opinion that counts. However, if on stage he is effectively merely conducting recorded music and recreating morsels of the fantastic sounds he has created – with the exception of a couple of cameos from rapper Vince Staples and singer Kučka, it's just him up there – can we call him a great live act? He necessarily has to use samples, backing tracks and more, and that's fine. We get that his music is too complex to play live in the traditional fashion, and would sound ridiculous if recreated by guitars, bass, drums and the rest. This is no old-fashioned, so-called purist argument.
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