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" 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
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" 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. "
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" I used to never feel pressure to be creative; it's always just been a fun thing. And then suddenly, it's my job, and people are asking, 'Where's the record?' "
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" Making sounds that literally no one has ever heard before because the software and the technology's never been there, and pairing that with great songwriting, then that's what's exciting for me. That's what I wanna do. "
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" I want to fuse the abrasive and the beautiful. "
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" I think Sydney has so much natural beauty; it's just a beautiful city. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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" It's quite fun to mess with the human voice. It's quite special in the sense that the voice is the #1 instrument that we can connect with; it doesn't sound too alien. I think that's the key is to find the line between sounding human and sounding robotic. That's an area that I like to explore a lot. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" I want to make music that is completely electronic but doesn't feel it. "
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" Often, when I work with a vocalist, I like to focus on the melodies first. "
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" I feel like I've got a pretty good presence online through Instagram and Facebook. I just keep it simple. "
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" 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. "
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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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" I like pop music, and I like really weird, strange stuff. It just didn't feel like there was anyone doing both. "
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" There's no person I aspire to be. I'm just doing my own thing and seeing what happens - not looking to something and trying to be that. "
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" I'm a huge fan of Flying Lotus. I like The XX's stuff. "
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