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" Often, when I work with a vocalist, I like to focus on the melodies first. "

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" 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 actually found not having a routine was inspiration. "

" I struggled with the pressure of having the successful record after the first record. Second album syndrome. I'm living proof; it's very real. It was like a psychological battle to be creative. 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?' "

" My parents used to play me this album when I couldn't go to sleep. It was called 'Deep Forest.' I think it was a self-titled record. It's actually still one of my favorite albums of all time. "

" 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. "

" I definitely wanted the second record to be a much more grandiose thing. I wanted to push myself and make a big statement. "

" I wanna make weird stuff. "

" 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. "

" The music I was making for people not to dance to was the one they were dancing to. "

" I want to fuse the abrasive and the beautiful. "

" I don't think I make dance music. It's not even 4/4. And it's slow. "

" I had this little Bon Iver phase a few years back; 'Flume' was one of my favourite songs. "

" I'm always really curious about, you know, 'How do you deal with success psychologically?' and all this stuff. "

" I think the thing that L.A. had on Sydney is an awesome music scene, especially for what I do. "

" 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. "

" I think I put a lot of special attention towards creating interesting textures and unique sounds. Music essentially boils down to two main elements: rhythm and melody. I feel tones and textures often get overlooked, so I like to take my time finding the right sounds. "

" The goal was always to do something that felt human but was 100 percent electronic. "

" 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. "

" With Spotify, I think people are discovering a lot of artists they might not discover otherwise. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" In the right context, you can make ugly sounds, different sounds feel right at home. "

" 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. "

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

" There's a lot of creativity in the industry, but I don't necessarily think that the most creative DJs or producers are always the biggest ones. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Honestly, production when you first start can be difficult to wrap your head around. "