With Spotify, I think people are discovering a lot of artists they might not discover otherwise. Flume More Quotes by Flume More Quotes From Flume 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 memusicdancebrain 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. Flume myselfhomebeautifulpeople For me, one of the downfalls of electronic music is that it can feel a little soulless or robotic. Flume littlefeelmemusic The music I was making for people not to dance to was the one they were dancing to. Flume musicdancingdancepeople In the right context, you can make ugly sounds, different sounds feel right at home. Flume feelyouuglyhome 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. Flume newyouguitarmusic 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. Flume memusicfunway A lot of electronic music out there feels cold. I want to incorporate a human element. Flume humancoldmusicwant 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. Flume sitsayyouplay I actually found not having a routine was inspiration. Flume havingroutineinspirationfound Often, when I work with a vocalist, I like to focus on the melodies first. Flume firstlikefocuswork 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 tryregrethomewater 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. Flume my-lifeswimminglifebeach I was an avid Pokemon card collector. Flume collectorcardavid In the dressing room, we've just made it really Zen: low lighting, lots of candles, and fresh, healthy food. Flume dressingfreshroomfood 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. Flume feelmusicfeetsound 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. Flume nevergreatmetechnology 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. Flume growjobyoulife I definitely wanted the second record to be a much more grandiose thing. I wanted to push myself and make a big statement. Flume pushmorebigmyself Honestly, production when you first start can be difficult to wrap your head around. Flume yourstartyoudifficult
