Flume是来自悉尼的电子音乐DJ、制作人及作曲人。他是今年澳大利亚唱片业协会(ARIA)奖的重要奖项的主要获提名人,他获得8个奖项的提名,其中包括年度最佳专辑、突破性重要成果奖、最佳男性艺术家奖,可说囊括所有主要奖项的提名。以创作电子音乐荣获此殊荣大概比较少见。 Flume原名是Harley Streten,13岁就开始制作电子音乐,随后将自己创作的原音乐曲参加唱片公司举办的竞赛活动。一般人也许以为电子音乐DJ就是在派对、舞会上放音乐的人。今天的电子音乐DJ的工作不只是混合一下黑胶唱片或具备混音技巧,对声音进行处理而已,他们是电子音乐的制作人,将自己的DJ技巧融入音乐制作,来表达其对音乐的想法与技巧,创造出吸引人的音乐或舞曲。 21岁的Flume直到几周前和与父母同住,他的乐曲几乎全是在卧室里创作与录音的。2012年Flume的4首乐曲进入了澳大利亚广播公司青年音乐台的百首热门乐曲排行榜,并高居澳大利亚音乐排行榜第一名,同时还获得美国乐评人士的赞赏,显示出他的创作电子音乐的才华。(马健媛) Flume is a very young Sydney beat maker who’s grabbed the attention of XLR8R, Electronic Beats, Triple J, FBi and many more in less than a year. Flume got his first taste for producing at age 13 (!) from the most unlikely of places – a music production program he found in a cereal box. It began Flume’s obsession with all things synthetic, and started his addiction for plug-ins, sample packs & vintage analogue hardware. ‘Sleepless’ was Flume’s debut EP and packed enough lush pads, chopped and chipmunked vocals, saw synths and intricate percussion to impress any fan of Hudson Mohawke, Flying Lotus, Seekae or Space Dimension Controller. It was described by XLR8R as “a solid piece of soulful beat work.” picking up a 8.6 and nabbing their 2nd most downloaded track in August 2011. It impressed dance music website Electronic Beats so much they said “we reckon this young Australian is going to make waves” while cult German magazine Lodown described it as “the perfect pop record for anyone who’d never even look at what’s going down in the official charts” sealing it with a huge 8/10. Locally in Australia Triple J Morning Host Zan Rowe named it as her Catch of The Day” describing it as “Cut up, warm, rolling, thuddy, wonderful…”. Shortly after the ‘Sleepless’ EP Flume put his ears and fingers into New Navy’s huge summer anthem ‘Zimbabwe’. The remix was debuted on the Australian hipster bible Pedestrian.tv and recently picked up a NSFW video clip of teenage adventures picking up late night plays on Australian TV show Rage. The month after his New Navy remix came out triple j picked him as their February Mix Up Exclusives Resident – think of it as Australia’s version of the BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix for a month! Flume’s live show is now coming into full effect after selling out 2 national Australian tours and by the end of 2012 Flume would of played prestigious Australian festivals Splendour in the Grass, Parklife and Foreshore as well as a very special event in Sydney called Vivid LIVE at Sydney’s most famous venue The Sydney Opera House. He’s still more busy than ever producing – recently releasing an original with Anna Lunoe called ‘I Met You’, remixes for Hermitude (Elefant Tracks), The Aston Shuffle and Ta-ku as well as putting the finishing touches on his debut album.