Review: Spring Stampede 2017
Photo and Review by Naba Ahmed
June 3, 2017
Streams of confetti shot into the air as opener Alt9 dropped the beat. The So You Think You Can DJ? winner, computer engineering sophomore Luke Liberatore, pumped up the crowd as people filed onto the field. Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) Events’ third Spring Stampede had begun.
Put on by Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s student government, Spring Stampede is the annual concert featuring a student artist and two other performers.
Electronic DJ trio Cheat Codes played after Alt9, performing crowd favorite “No Promises,” their most recent single that features Demi Lovato. They ended their set with “Sex,” earning extra cheers every time plumes of smoke shot out over the audience.
At Spring Stampede, Cheat Codes bumped music from the recreation fields that spanned from trap, house, rap and hip hop. They all switched off controlling the board, directing the crowd and dancing on stage. Hands waved in the air as the sound vibrated heads that bobbed in unison to the beat of “Humble” by Kendrick Lamar. It seemed they knew exactly what to play to get the crowd excited
Almost immediately after Cheat Codes closed their set, headliner Flosstradamus made his way onto the stage.
As soon as he began his set, students took direction from the DJ’s most well-known song “Mosh Pit” and sweaty bodies flung against each other. While the other artists spent about an hour on stage, Flosstradamus kept the concert going longer by playing remixes of “Gasolina,” “My Way” and “Broccoli.”
Flosstradamus told the crowd he wanted to watch the sunset with Cal Poly students and didn’t stop bumping music until the sun was long gone.
Streams of confetti shot into the air as opener Alt9 dropped the beat. The So You Think You Can DJ? winner, computer engineering sophomore Luke Liberatore, pumped up the crowd as people filed onto the field. Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) Events’ third Spring Stampede had begun.
Put on by Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s student government, Spring Stampede is the annual concert featuring a student artist and two other performers.
Electronic DJ trio Cheat Codes played after Alt9, performing crowd favorite “No Promises,” their most recent single that features Demi Lovato. They ended their set with “Sex,” earning extra cheers every time plumes of smoke shot out over the audience.
At Spring Stampede, Cheat Codes bumped music from the recreation fields that spanned from trap, house, rap and hip hop. They all switched off controlling the board, directing the crowd and dancing on stage. Hands waved in the air as the sound vibrated heads that bobbed in unison to the beat of “Humble” by Kendrick Lamar. It seemed they knew exactly what to play to get the crowd excited
Almost immediately after Cheat Codes closed their set, headliner Flosstradamus made his way onto the stage.
As soon as he began his set, students took direction from the DJ’s most well-known song “Mosh Pit” and sweaty bodies flung against each other. While the other artists spent about an hour on stage, Flosstradamus kept the concert going longer by playing remixes of “Gasolina,” “My Way” and “Broccoli.”
Flosstradamus told the crowd he wanted to watch the sunset with Cal Poly students and didn’t stop bumping music until the sun was long gone.