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" 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. "

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" 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

Flying

" I was delivering papers when I was, like, 10 or 11, and I'd always daydream about being an artist as a full-time thing. "

Flume

Daydream

Always

" I want to keep Flume kind of experimental, weird, melodic, pretty. "

" When I heard Flying Lotus, I was like, 'Wow, okay, everything can be off the grid.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm a huge fan of Flying Lotus. I like The XX's stuff. "

Flume

Fan

Flying

" 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. "

" I like pop music, and I like really weird, strange stuff. It just didn't feel like there was anyone doing both. "

Flume

Strange

Feel

" 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. "

" I'm just trying to work out how to write music now, because I've never had the opportunity where my number-one priority is writing music. I don't know how my brain works yet. "

" I like bangers and really testosterone-fueled stuff. "

Flume

Stuff

Really

" 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

Grandiose

" I feel like I ask people who have been in the industry for a while a lot of questions. "

" I actually found not having a routine was inspiration. "

" I'm not into the attention thing so much. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I've grown up by the beach all my life, and I almost get anxiety if I haven't been swimming for a couple weeks or a month. It kind of builds up, so I try and get out as much as possible. "

" On stage, I like to dress up a bit. I'm not scared to be like a character up there. "

" 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. "

" I'm a really heavy sleeper. When I wake up I'm a terrible morning person. "

Flume

Morning

Person

" I've never worked with huge pop acts, I mightn't like it, but it's something I've always wanted to try. "

" I want to make music that is completely electronic but doesn't feel it. "

" 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. "

" I've been listening to a lot of music by Arca. "

" My main inspirations come from early '90s Trance, the French electro movement round '06, then a bunch of artists like Flying Lotus, J Dilla, Moby, The Prodigy. So I'd say it's some kind of experimental electronica with a strong hip hop influence. It's chilled, but people can still get super crazy and dance to it. "

" I was an avid Pokemon card collector. "