A quick chat with Flume
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# A quick chat with Flume
I'm writing this in Berlin's Neukölln district, in a place called
[Melbourne Canteen][1]{: target="_blank"}. I'm drinking a Flat White and
trying to fight a cold, while in Australia it's summer now...a bit hard
to comprehend. There are a lot of interesting projects coming from Down
Under recently, with **[Anklepants][2]** being perhaps the most visually
impressive. There is also a constant moaning among my Australian friends
about how boring their country is, culturally speaking. I sat down with
young producer Flume to discuss this.
**How is the scene in your hometown of Sydney?**
There is no scene for what I do, not for all the beatsy weird stuff. But
now I started to have a some success in Australia, there is a few others
coming up. One of them is [Ta-Ku][3]{: target="_blank"} or [Chet
Faker][4]{: target="_blank"}. Essentially it's not very big yet, but I
think over the next few years there will be quite a strong electronic
music scene in Australia. You guys were one of the first German press
who where covering me. That was maybe a year ago, when the sleeper thing
just begun.
**What's the dominant genre right now in Australia?**
It's very commercial, there's not a huge amount of clubs if you want
techno. Here there's a different club for almost any electronic genre,
but Australia it's not like that. There's also a lot of 'radio music' in
clubs. It's really nice to come over here and explore, it's kind of like
a playground out there for me. I can hear all this music I listen to on
my iPod that's much harder to find in Australia--- unless a particular
act is touring.
**What's on you iPod right now?**
I've been listening to some Captain Murphy, some ShadowChild. Lots of
Freddy Gibbs, the rapper from the US. I've been listening to his stuff a
lot. Some more trappy stuff.
**Are you into trap?**
I actually quite like it, but I feel it's gonna get rinsed pretty soon.
When I first heard that stuff -- for me [Hudson Mohawke][5]{:
target="_blank"}'s *TNGHT* EP is my favorite release of 2012 -- but
there is so much bad trap music around and it's always same same same. I
like Baauer, but that's about it. I feel like if it's done right, then
it's amazing. I actually have another project called [What So Not][6]{:
target="_blank"} where we are doing forward-thinking trap stuff.
How did the album come together? This Flume thing
was always just my experimental side project I never really thought much
of it, but once Future Classics signed Sleepless I realized "maybe this
Flume thing has some potential, maybe people will like it". A lot of the
tracks I wrote in Europe on my laptop when I was traveling with a
friend. In fact "More Than You Thought" and "Bring You Down" I wrote
here in Berlin. One was written in a pub. Coffee gets my creativity
going so I thought maybe I'd get an Irish coffee, because I never had
one before. It was *fucking horrible*, it was the worst thing I ever had
but then a really great song came out of it.
**What cities inspired the other tracks?**
"Syntra" is from Portugal, that's named after my favorite town there.
It got like this huge cave structures, it's a bit surreal and almost
looks like something out of *Lord Of The Rings*. And "Left Alone" I
wrote in a Cafe in Barcelona, it just came out one day. "Star Eyes" was
in Amsterdam.
**Star Eyes...**
That was the only one! I swear! I'm not really good at writing songs
when I'm on something...unless it's caffeine.~
\[soundcloud
url="http://soundcloud.com/futureclassic/flume-star-eyes-1″\]
Flume's selftitled debut album will be released on February 22
on Trangressive Records.
[1]: http://melbournecanteen.com/
[2]: http://www.electronicbeats.net/?p=11902
[3]: http://soundcloud.com/futureclassic/ta-ku-higher-flume-remix
[4]: http://soundcloud.com/segupalla/flume-left-alone-ft-chet-faker
[5]: http://www.electronicbeats.net/2012/10/21/hudson-mohawke-in-interview/
[6]: http://soundcloud.com/whatsonot
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<p>I’m writing this in Berlin’s Neukölln district, in a place called <a href="http://melbournecanteen.com/" target="_blank">Melbourne Canteen</a>. I’m drinking a Flat White and trying to fight a cold, while in Australia it’s summer now…a bit hard to comprehend. There are a lot of interesting projects coming from Down Under recently, with <strong><a href="http://www.electronicbeats.net/?p=11902">Anklepants</a></strong> being perhaps the most visually impressive. There is also a constant moaning among my Australian friends about how boring their country is, culturally speaking. I sat down with young producer Flume to discuss this.</p><p><strong>How is the scene in your hometown of Sydney?</strong></p><p>There is no scene for what I do, not for all the beatsy weird stuff. But now I started to have a some success in Australia, there is a few others coming up. One of them is <a href="http://soundcloud.com/futureclassic/ta-ku-higher-flume-remix" target="_blank">Ta-Ku</a> or <a href="http://soundcloud.com/segupalla/flume-left-alone-ft-chet-faker" target="_blank">Chet Faker</a>. Essentially it’s not very big yet, but I think over the next few years there will be quite a strong electronic music scene in Australia. You guys were one of the first German press who where covering me. That was maybe a year ago, when the sleeper thing just begun.</p><div><strong>What’s the dominant genre right now in Australia?</strong></div><p>It’s very commercial, there’s not a huge amount of clubs if you want techno. Here there’s a different club for almost any electronic genre, but Australia it’s not like that. There’s also a lot of ‘radio music’ in clubs. It’s really nice to come over here and explore, it’s kind of like a playground out there for me. I can hear all this music I listen to on my iPod that’s much harder to find in Australia— unless a particular act is touring.</p><p><strong>What’s on you iPod right now?</strong><br>
I’ve been listening to some Captain Murphy, some ShadowChild. Lots of Freddy Gibbs, the rapper from the US. I’ve been listening to his stuff a lot. Some more trappy stuff.</p><p><strong>Are you into trap?</strong><br>
I actually quite like it, but I feel it’s gonna get rinsed pretty soon. When I first heard that stuff – for me <a href="http://www.electronicbeats.net/2012/10/21/hudson-mohawke-in-interview/" target="_blank">Hudson Mohawke</a>‘s <em>TNGHT</em> EP is my favorite release of 2012 – but there is so much bad trap music around and it’s always same same same. I like Baauer, but that’s about it. I feel like if it’s done right, then it’s amazing. I actually have another project called <a href="http://soundcloud.com/whatsonot" target="_blank">What So Not</a> where we are doing forward-thinking trap stuff.</p><p><strong>How did the album come together?<br>
</strong>This Flume thing was always just my experimental side project I never really thought much of it, but once Future Classics signed Sleepless I realized “maybe this Flume thing has some potential, maybe people will like it”. A lot of the tracks I wrote in Europe on my laptop when I was traveling with a friend. In fact “More Than You Thought” and “Bring You Down” I wrote here in Berlin. One was written in a pub. Coffee gets my creativity going so I thought maybe I’d get an Irish coffee, because I never had one before. It was <em>fucking horrible</em>, it was the worst thing I ever had but then a really great song came out of it.</p><p><strong>What cities inspired the other tracks?</strong><br>
“Syntra” is from Portugal, that’s named after my favorite town there. It got like this huge cave structures, it’s a bit surreal and almost looks like something out of <em>Lord Of The Rings</em>. And “Left Alone” I wrote in a Cafe in Barcelona, it just came out one day. “Star Eyes” was in Amsterdam.</p><p><strong>Star Eyes…</strong><br>
That was the only one! I swear! I’m not really good at writing songs when I’m on something…unless it’s caffeine.~<br>
[soundcloud url=”http://soundcloud.com/futureclassic/flume-star-eyes-1″]</p><p>Flume’s selftitled debut album will be released on February 22 on Trangressive Records.</p>
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# A quick chat with Flume I'm writing this in Berlin's Neukölln district, in a place called [Melbourne Canteen][1]{: target="_blank"}. I'm drinking a Flat White and trying to fight a cold, while in Australia it's summer now...a bit hard to comprehend. There are a lot of interesting pro...
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That was maybe a year ago, when the sleeper thing just begun. **What's the dominant genre right now in Australia?** . It's very commercial, there's not a huge amount of clubs if you want techno. Here there's a different club for almost any electronic genre, but Australia it's not like that. Ther...
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I feel like if it's done right, then it's amazing. I actually have another project called [What So Not][6]{: target="_blank"} where we are doing forward-thinking trap stuff. How did the album come together? This Flume thing was always just my experimental side project I never really thought much ...
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I swear. I'm not really good at writing songs when I'm on something...unless it's caffeine.~ \[soundcloud url="http://soundcloud.com/futureclassic/flume-star-eyes-1″\] Flume's selftitled debut album will be released on February 22 on Trangressive Records. [1]: http://melbournecanteen.com...