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Flume
Australian electronic musician (born 1991)
Harley Edward Streten, known professionally as Flume, is an Australian musician, DJ, and record producer. He is regarded as a pioneer of future bass who helped popularise the genre.
His self-titled debut studio album, Flume, was released in 2012 to positive reviews, topping the ARIA Albums Chart and reaching double-platinum accreditation in Australia.
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Early life
Harley Edward Streten was born on 5 November 1991 in Sydney. His father, Glen Streten, is a filmmaker and record producer, and his mother, Lyndall, is a horticulturist and former teacher. He grew up on the Northern Beaches of Sydney with a younger sister and brother, and attended Seaforth Public School for primary school and St Augustine's College, Brookvale and Mosman High School for secondary school. At the age of 11, he began composing music with a basic CD mixing and DJ program he found packaged in a box of Kelloggs' Nutrigrain. The disk showed how music was layered and gave Flume a new perspective that jump-started his music production. In 2010, Flume began producing house music under his initials, HEDS. He created two tracks, "Flow"...
"Drop the Game" is a song by the Australian musicians Flume and Chet Faker. It was released on 18 November 2013, by Future Classic from their EP, Lockjaw.
The song peaked at number 18 on the ARIA Singles Chart and was certified Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association for shipments exceeding 70,000 copies. It was voted number five on radio station Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2013.
Background
Flume and Faker had previously worked together on the track "Left Alone" from Flume's 2012 album, Flume. In September 2013, Flume announced that he and Faker had recorded an EP, which was released in November 2013.
Music video
The video for "Drop the Game" was released on 18 November 2013. It shows the Brooklyn-based street dancer Storyboard P jookin on the street outside a collision repair shop in Brooklyn, New York (230-254 Lorraine St, Brooklyn, NY 11231).
"Never Be Like You" is a song by Australian musician Flume, co-written by and featuring Canadian singer-songwriter Kai. It was released on 16 January 2016, by Future Classic, as the lead single of Flume's second studio album, Skin (2016).
A remix by Disclosure was released on 4 March 2016, and a remix EP was released on 25 March 2016.
Background
In a press release, Flume said, "kai and I were sending ideas back and forth online, then met up in New York and went into the studio. We laid down some chords and started an idea but weren't feeling inspired. So we went out into the night for a few hours and when we returned, it all started to come together."
"The Difference" is a song by Australian electronic musician Flume and American singer/songwriter and producer Toro y Moi, released through Future Classic on 11 March 2020 as a standalone single. The song featured in an advert for Apple AirPods Pro.
Music video
An official music video premiered on YouTube on 11 March 2020. It was directed by long-time Flume collaborator, Jonathan Zawada.