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" Along with 'Free,' where I sing quite a bit, there are additional songs on 'Skin' where you can hear my voice in the background - lots of 'oohs' and 'aahs.' But more often than not, I use my vocals to prompt other rappers and singers to feel calmer, better, bolder. "
Free
You
Voice
" A lot of electronic music out there feels cold. I want to incorporate a human element. "
Cold
Element
Human
" Australia is so influenced by America. It's kind of in-between the U.K. and the States. "
Kind
Australia
America
" Back in the day, I had this fluoro pink hoodie that I thought was the coolest thing ever. Left it at a party and never saw it again. Probably the best thing that could have happened. "
Back
Thought
Party
" Combining sounds that are from another universe with the classic songwriting structures never gets old for me. "
Old
Never
Universe
" Every kid has a laptop; everyone can make music, so in order to stand out, I think it's important to find that sonic identity, I think my sonic identity - and mine is finding these weird sounds that may not necessarily sound that musical, and make them sound musical. "
Think
Weird
Identity
" Everyone can write their melodies and chords and pianos and guitars, but what hasn't been discovered yet are tones and textures, and that's very exciting. Probably the No. 1 most important thing in my music is not to sound like anyone else. "
Everyone
Sound
Music
" For me, I actually come from an electronic dance music background: house music, electro house, trance music, even. When I was coming out of school, basically, I discovered Brain Fever, Flying Lotus, J Dilla and all that. That was when I got excited about hip-hop and when the Flume project started. "
Music
Me
Flying
" For me, I would prefer to not have my face on the album cover. I don't mind being in the public, but it's just not really my personality, and it's not really why I'm into this. I like making art, and that's it. I don't really want to be a celebrity, seriously. I like my privacy. "
Want
Mind
Me
" For me, one of the downfalls of electronic music is that it can feel a little soulless or robotic. "
Electronic
Feel
Little
" Great songwriting will never die - it's in the DNA of music - but what's new and exciting is pairing that with new sounds that technology is enabling us to make. "
New
Die
Technology
" Honestly, production when you first start can be difficult to wrap your head around. "
Start
Difficult
Head
" I actually found not having a routine was inspiration. "
Routine
Inspiration
Found
" I always regret leaving home if I don't get at least four or five surfs in the week before I leave. I try to be in the water as much as possible before leaving, and it's the one thing I miss massively. "
Try
Home
Week
" I can't sing, but I'll sing over this chord progression, like, over and over, for however long it takes - sometimes it's, like, two minutes, sometimes it's 20 minutes - until I've found like a hook or something that I'm really happy with. And then, basically, it just like that's my melody, and that's where I start from. "
Over
Two
Start
" I could do another tour, make a record that's very similar, do similar venues. Or I could make a different record, do different venues, and grow. It's exciting to take it to new places, but it's never been my intent to be the biggest thing in the world. That's not what my drive is. I want to make what I want to make, and make a living off it. "
Grow
Drive
World
" I definitely wanted the second record to be a much more grandiose thing. I wanted to push myself and make a big statement. "
Myself
More
Grandiose
" I did a few DJ gigs at empty clubs, sort of as a warm-up set before Flume was a thing. I did one when I got big enough, and I had five friends come down, and they were the only ones dancing. That was one of my earliest ones. I was super nervous. "
DJ
Big
Friends
" I'd like to actually work with a lot of other people, and whether it's someone who is completely unknown who I love and think is a talent, maybe I'll work with them, or, like, maybe I'll work with some of the biggest pop stars and write music for them. "
Talent
Love
Music
" I'd like to do some crazy art installations and design some weird synthesizers and work with other people and make some fun stuff for a bit. Maybe tap into virtual reality stuff or maybe write another record... We'll see. "
Crazy
Art
Fun
" I don't mind playing my music live. It's fun. But what my real passion is is writing music. "
Live
Mind
Fun
" I don't think I can name any names or anything, but this is what I've wanted to do for a long time: to have Flume as my creative outlet and to work on the biggest songs in the world, like pop, and come up with the idea and send it off. "
World
Time
Work
" I don't think I make dance music. It's not even 4/4. And it's slow. "
Think
Music
Dance
" I feel like I ask people who have been in the industry for a while a lot of questions. "
Ask
People
Questions
" I feel like I need to continuously keep evolving and moving. "
Moving
Need
Like
" I feel like I've got a pretty good presence online through Instagram and Facebook. I just keep it simple. "
Feel
Good
Simple
" I feel like the first record was really finding my feet, figuring out what music I wanted to make... Now that I've done that, I feel like I've got a much clearer idea of what I want to sound like and what I want to discover. It's exciting. "
Done
Want
Music
" I find that if I interact more, the crowd gets way more into the music. We also have a full live show happening, and I have lighting crew that travels around with me. We've got this Infinity Prism thing, which is lots of fun. It's an optical illusion device that we carry around. "
Me
Find
Music
" I get bored of music really easily, so I always try and make music that makes sense, but then it's just a little bit wrong. "
Music
Always
Wrong
" I had an idea when I was 18 or 19 to start tutoring people, like the way that people get tutored in saxophone or guitar, but for production. I really enjoyed it, but I don't have time for that any more. "
Time
Start
People
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