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" 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
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" Probably the No. 1 most important thing in my music is not to sound like anyone else. It is hard in this day and age. "
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" To me it's all about textures, and that's the side of music that I'm finding really exciting. I feel like it's one of the only parts of music that mankind hasn't fully discovered yet. "
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Side
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" 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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" 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. "
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World
Time
Work
" I don't mind playing my music live. It's fun. But what my real passion is is writing music. "
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Mind
Fun
" Combining sounds that are from another universe with the classic songwriting structures never gets old for me. "
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Old
Never
Universe
" I think Sydney has so much natural beauty; it's just a beautiful city. "
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Beautiful
Beauty
City
" 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. "
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Want
Music
" I think the thing that L.A. had on Sydney is an awesome music scene, especially for what I do. "
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Sydney
Awesome
Music
" I feel like I ask people who have been in the industry for a while a lot of questions. "
Flume
Ask
People
Questions
" 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
" 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. "
Flume
Want
Mind
Me
" What it is now is basically, I'll sit on my computer; I basically kind of play the computer as an instrument, I guess you could say. I guess I play the Mac. And how it works is, say - I have a program called 'Ableton Live.' And, you know, you'll open it up, and it's just blank. There's nothing there. And then you start. "
Flume
Know
You
Start
" I just want to write another record that's as good or better than the one I've already made. That's my main goal, to follow up stronger than before. "
Flume
Better
Goal
Good
" I like pop music, and I like really weird, strange stuff. It just didn't feel like there was anyone doing both. "
Flume
Strange
Like
Feel
" In the dressing room, we've just made it really Zen: low lighting, lots of candles, and fresh, healthy food. "
Flume
Fresh
Food
Dressing
" 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
" I've been having meetings with people, just everywhere in the world, and it's like, 'Hey, really love you to work with me, send me some ideas.' That's the crazy part. "
Flume
Love
Work
World
" I've never worked with huge pop acts, I mightn't like it, but it's something I've always wanted to try. "
Flume
Pop
Always
Never
" I wanna make weird stuff. "
Flume
Weird
Make
Wanna
" I want to make music that is completely electronic but doesn't feel it. "
Flume
Music
Want
Make
" On stage, I like to dress up a bit. I'm not scared to be like a character up there. "
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Scared
Character
Dress
" I want to keep Flume kind of experimental, weird, melodic, pretty. "
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Melodic
Weird
Want
" It's always the first 10,000 SoundCloud listens; that was definitely a big moment, seeing the online stuff grow and crowds grow. "
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Grow
Moment
Seeing
" 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
" 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. "
Flume
Think
Weird
Identity
" The minute I saw the front page of the 'Daily Telegraph' - me with my arm around the latest 'X-Factor' contestant - I realised I'd gone into a new realm. "
Flume
Page
Me
Gone
" Music is a job, but I figured out ways to get my mind into a place where I could be creative. I actually discovered meditation. It enabled me to clear my mind of all the drama and focus on the music. "
Flume
Mind
Music
Me
" I definitely wanted the second record to be a much more grandiose thing. I wanted to push myself and make a big statement. "
Flume
Myself
More
Grandiose
" I was an avid Pokemon card collector. "
Flume
Avid
Collector
Card