“Say Nothing,” featuring the husky-voiced 20-year-old Sydney musician MAY-A, is built around a metallic baile funk beat that adds a rhythmic consistency uncommon to a Flume track. But Palaces is most successful when Streten removes himself from this zone and instead puts his own spin on entirely different styles. These songs, along with hypnotic, sample-heavy instrumentals like “DHLC” and “Love Light,” attempt to recreate the atmosphere of Skin, contrasting intense tension with moments of relief and weightlessness to mimic the build/drop dynamic of an EDM track without sounding quite like EDM. Streten still largely treats his non-rap vocalists like samples, a trick that’s fun on the first go-around and frustrating on the fourth or fifth. It’s a predictable kind of chaos, and, as ever, lyrics feel largely unimportant: Lines like “Help me elevate, I just wanted to escape” and “Where’ve you been, where did you go? How can you sleep knowing you don’t know?” loosely evoke pathos without coalescing into anything genuinely resonant. Three songs-“Highest Building,” featuring French vocalist and producer Oklou “Escape,” with mainstay collaborator Kučka and “I Can’t Tell,” with British musician Laurel-all use the same clash of vaporous vocals and fragmented synths that Streten has been leveraging since the start of his career. With little penchant for bedlam, it’s an album that lacks the exact thing that makes Flume’s music exciting.Īt its worst, Palaces feels downright formulaic. Although not without its inspired moments, Streten’s third record most often feels like Skin 1.5-a collection of ideas that might have been novel before Hi This Is Flume, but which now feel stale in comparison to the more interesting fare that’s come since. Palaces, the first Flume “album” in six years, confirms this unreservedly. That mixtape, and a handful of one-off collaborations with Toro Y Moi, London Grammar, Vera Blue, and Reo Cragun released around the same time, indicated that, like Charli XCX or Lil Wayne, Streten is most creatively free outside the album format. 2012’s Flume and 2016’s Skin nestled jagged instrumental gems like “Helix” and “Wall Fuck” amid more forgettable, down-the-line producer/vocalist collabs 2019’s Hi This Is Flume mixtape suggested that Streten feels most at home when working with artists like Slowthai, JPEGMAFIA, and SOPHIE, unpredictable pop tricksters able to meet him on his level. One Night Stand Live Mix (Triple J) - 13/04/13Īnnie Mac Mini Mix for B.Flume albums show off this puckish streak in fits and starts. Hayden James - Beginnings (Flume's Lost Mix) Seekae - Test & Recognise (Flume Re-work) Marlena Shaw - Woman of the Ghetto (Flume's Jackin House Mix) Junior Boys - Every Little Step (Flume Remix) The Aston Shuffle - Won't Get Lost (Flume Remix) Matt Miller x Kilter - Gravel Pit (Flume Remix) "Bangers, Everybody just wants bangers." -įlumechat = Similar Artists = Cashmere Cat Disclosure Lido Nick Murphy (Chet Faker) Wave Racer What So Not Flume DiscographyĪ subreddit dedicated to Flume (Harley Streten), an electronic music producer from Manly, Sydney, Australia. Any accounts that attempt to circumvent the ban will be banned on the spot with no warning. If a user is attempting to sell for over face-value they will be banned on the spot with no warning and not be welcome back to this community ever again. Rule 4: ABSOLUTELY NO TICKETS TO BE SOLD ABOVE FACE VALUEĪny tickets to shows or festivals that are sold through this sub must be sold for face-value or cheaper. Assume you broke the rule if your post is deleted. Mod team does not have to warn you before deleting your post. Remixes of Flume songs are only allowed if they are clearly labeled so in the source. There are specific music communities for you to post and get proper feedback on. Rule 3: Self-Promotionīlatant self-promotion is not allowed. You will not be warned before a post is deleted. Posting questions that have been asked many times beforeĪgain, this is up to the interpretation by the moderation team. You may not be given a warning if in clear violation of this rule. This rule is up to the interpretation by the moderation team. Stay civil when discussing everything including topics that you do not agree with.
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