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
The minute I saw the front page of the ‘Daily Telegraph’ – me with my arm around the latest ‘X-Factor’ contestant – I realised I’d gone into a new realm. – Flume
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
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. – Flume
Great songwriting will never die – it’s in the DNA of music – but what’s new and exciting is pairing that with new sounds that technology is enabling us to make. – Flume
For me, one of the downfalls of electronic music is that it can feel a little soulless or robotic. – Flume
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
To me, skin is alien and kind of weird; it weirds me out. It’s strange, but it’s also really intimate and personal; it’s living, organic. That’s how I want the music to sound; I want it to feel alien and strange, but also like it’s got a heartbeat, like it’s got a soul, like it’s not made by a robot. – Flume
It was a difficult second record. I had moments where I couldn’t write; had moments where I was writing lots. It was just a massive learning process for me. – Flume
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?’ – Flume
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. – Flume
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