Flume

Sleepless' was the first thing that came out and really gained a lot of traction online. ”

I feel like I've got a pretty good presence online through Instagram and Facebook. I just keep it simple. ”

I want to make music that is completely electronic but doesn't feel it. ”

For me, one of the downfalls of electronic music is that it can feel a little soulless or robotic. ”

I think at first the Flume project really started out as an online thing. I used Facebook and SoundCloud, and I think we got lucky because it felt like a bit of a golden age of those social media platforms. So I managed to create quite a solid fan base online. ”

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. ”

It's always the first 10,000 SoundCloud listens; that was definitely a big moment, seeing the online stuff grow and crowds grow. ”

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. ”

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 want to be creative in as many different environments as possible, whether it's doing film scores, writing for TV ads or video games - all sorts of stuff, as long as it requires writing music. ”