21-year-old Harley Streten, or Flume as he likes to be called, is a Sydney based producer who recently beat One Direction to the top of the Australian iTunes chart. Wow, already a hero to anyone in the world who isn’t a pubescent girl. His self-titled album is rich in self-assurance, panache and ability.
Citing artists Moby
, M83 and Flying Lotus as key influences, the producer still manages to sound like all of the above, whilst carving out his own very strong sense of identity, and a chiselled quintessential sound.
, M83 and Flying Lotus as key influences, the producer still manages to sound like all of the above, whilst carving out his own very strong sense of identity, and a chiselled quintessential sound.
The 15-track- long album is bursting with hip-hop percussion and spacey synths along withsamples from the likes of Sam Cooke’s ‘I Can’t Turn You Loose’ on ‘Holdin On’ and bloggers favourite Chet Faker on ‘Left Alone’.
‘Sleepless’ - his stunning debut single is a low-fi gem, sounds a lot like witch house pioneer Grimes fused with elements of Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs. This track managed to clock up an astounding 1 million views on YouTube. ‘Insane’ is another of his most wondrous moments, mixing ghostly vocals with a thudding, multi tonal baseline.
What Flume has seemed to effortlessly master is the ability to expertly predict the popular music forecast – and in doing so, used it to his full advantage. His musical journey began at the tender age of 13 after winning music producing software on the back of a cereal box.
So from the most humble of beginnings to a literal worldwide buzz, (especially in America) there seems to be no stopping Flume, the new electronic music whizz kid.
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