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" I feel like I've got a pretty good presence online through Instagram and Facebook. I just keep it simple. "
Flume
Feel
Good
Simple
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" Often, when I work with a vocalist, I like to focus on the melodies first. "
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" I just want to try writing for other people 'cause it's quite exciting. "
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Writing
" I like bangers and really testosterone-fueled stuff. "
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" 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. "
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" For me, one of the downfalls of electronic music is that it can feel a little soulless or robotic. "
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Feel
Little
" This life and this job and this position that I'm put in, it forces you to grow up quick. I definitely got dropped in the deep end. "
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End
Job
Life
" There was this cereal, and it had a special promotion with a CD inside the box that had a really simple music-making program on it. I got it, and that opened my mind to being able to make music on a computer and seeing all the different layers. "
Flume
Mind
Simple
Seeing
" The thing I find frustrating about rock music is, how different can you make an acoustic drum kit sound, an electric guitar and vocals? It's very stuck, whereas with electronic music, new sounds are being created. "
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Find
Guitar
Music
" In the dressing room, we've just made it really Zen: low lighting, lots of candles, and fresh, healthy food. "
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Fresh
Food
Dressing
" I love heavy music. I keep Flume nice and melodic, so I save the angry, testosterone-fueled heavy stuff for What So Not. I think it's a good defining thing for the two projects. "
Flume
Love
Nice
Think
" Australia is so influenced by America. It's kind of in-between the U.K. and the States. "
Flume
Kind
Australia
America
" A lot of electronic music out there feels cold. I want to incorporate a human element. "
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Cold
Element
Human
" When I heard Flying Lotus, I was like, 'Wow, okay, everything can be off the grid.' "
Flume
Okay
Everything
Flying
" I think at first the Flume project really started out as an online thing. I used Facebook and SoundCloud, and I think we got lucky because it felt like a bit of a golden age of those social media platforms. So I managed to create quite a solid fan base online. "
Flume
Age
Think
Create
" 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. "
Flume
Music
Me
Flying
" Once I'm in a situation where I can not do anything for three years and go off the map, I'll focus more on writing. Right now, I want to just make Flume awesome... and big. "
Flume
Three
Focus
Situation
" I feel like I ask people who have been in the industry for a while a lot of questions. "
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Ask
People
Questions
" 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. "
Flume
Free
You
Voice
" I've never been a rap guy, I don't really know that much about rap music, to be honest. I like it, but I think what really happened was just my music seems to work so well with rap music. "
Flume
Music
Know
Never
" 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. "
Flume
Try
Home
Week
" Sydney's beautiful, the weather's great, and the air's fresh and clean, but it doesn't have the scene and the amount of likeminded people. At home, things are very comfortable, but I feel like putting myself out there a bit. "
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Myself
Weather
Beautiful
" I was nine, and I was shopping in a supermarket with my dad. There was this cereal, and it had a special promotion with a CD inside the box that had a really simple music-making program on it. I got it, and that opened my mind to being able to make music on a computer and seeing all the different layers. "
Flume
Mind
Special
Simple
" 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. "
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Me
Find
Music
" I want to be creative in as many different environments as possible, whether it's doing film scores, writing for TV ads or video games - all sorts of stuff, as long as it requires writing music. "
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Writing
Video Games
Creative
" It was a difficult second record. I had moments where I couldn't write; had moments where I was writing lots. It was just a massive learning process for me. "
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Me
Process
Writing
" 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. "
Flume
Time
Start
People
" I think, in the early years, my biggest influences would have been... Daft Punk was a huge one for me, I bought their main record when I was nine; at a young age, I was into music. The Prodigy, Gorillaz were big ones. "
Flume
Age
Music
Early
" I'm not thinking about the next record really yet. I kind of want to do a bunch of stuff with Jonathan Zawada, the guy who did the album art. 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. "
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People
Art
Crazy
" 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. "
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Everyone
Sound
Music
" What So Not used to be a lot more dance-y, and now it's becoming a lot more melodic. Flume has always had that melodic thing, but it's starting to become a bit heavier, so it's just difficult to navigate between the two. "
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Two
Starting
Always