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I wanna make weird stuff.
Imperfection is perfection.
I was an avid Pokemon card collector.
I want to fuse the abrasive and the beautiful.
I'm a huge fan of Flying Lotus. I like The XX's stuff.
I actually found not having a routine was inspiration.
I feel like I need to continuously keep evolving and moving.
I want to keep Flume kind of experimental, weird, melodic, pretty.
I don't think I make dance music. It's not even 4/4. And it's slow.
Australian weather's amazing! You notice that when you go overseas.
I think Sydney has so much natural beauty; it's just a beautiful city.
I just want to try writing for other people 'cause it's quite exciting.
I want to make music that is completely electronic but doesn't feel it.
I'm a really heavy sleeper. When I wake up I'm a terrible morning person.
Often, when I work with a vocalist, I like to focus on the melodies first.
I think it would be nice to see more of an open culture to different music.
I feel like New Zealand's a bit of an unchartered territory for me in a way.
The goal was always to do something that felt human but was 100 percent electronic.
When I heard Flying Lotus, I was like, 'Wow, okay, everything can be off the grid.'
The music I was making for people not to dance to was the one they were dancing to.
Honestly, production when you first start can be difficult to wrap your head around.
In the right context, you can make ugly sounds, different sounds feel right at home.
A lot of electronic music out there feels cold. I want to incorporate a human element.
Australia is so influenced by America. It's kind of in-between the U.K. and the States.
'Sleepless' was the first thing that came out and really gained a lot of traction online.
I had this little Bon Iver phase a few years back; 'Flume' was one of my favourite songs.
Music really does just boil down to basically, essentially songwriting chords and melodies.
I don't mind playing my music live. It's fun. But what my real passion is is writing music.
I think the thing that L.A. had on Sydney is an awesome music scene, especially for what I do.
With Spotify, I think people are discovering a lot of artists they might not discover otherwise.
For me, one of the downfalls of electronic music is that it can feel a little soulless or robotic.
I've never worked with huge pop acts, I mightn't like it, but it's something I've always wanted to try.
I'm now much more aware of my mental state. I have a lot more control over it and can choose how I feel.
I probably listen to more instrumental music than music with lyrics, but at the same time I do love both.
I feel like I've got a pretty good presence online through Instagram and Facebook. I just keep it simple.
Most of the music I've listened to or grew up listening to - a lot of it at least - is instrumental stuff.
In the dressing room, we've just made it really Zen: low lighting, lots of candles, and fresh, healthy food.
I'm always really curious about, you know, 'How do you deal with success psychologically?' and all this stuff.
Combining sounds that are from another universe with the classic songwriting structures never gets old for me.
I like pop music, and I like really weird, strange stuff. It just didn't feel like there was anyone doing both.
I'm all for in my production, creating really unique textures and sounds - for me that's what I love about music.
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.
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 definitely wanted the second record to be a much more grandiose thing. I wanted to push myself and make a big statement.
I feel like I've gotten to a point where I don't know if it can get much bigger. I've been climbing and I feel very happy.
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.
What's funny for me is that I made a lot of the music I make with intentions of it being a song you listen to, to chill out.
It's more my own thing if I do instrumentals, but I also do really love collaborating with vocalists, so it's a good balance.
It's always the first 10,000 SoundCloud listens; that was definitely a big moment, seeing the online stuff grow and crowds grow.
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.