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ffortlessly blending genres, pioneering future bass

and winning this year’s Best Dance/Electronic Album

at the Grammys are just some of the things Flume

has become known for. Following his knockout 2016

track ‘Never Be Like You’ and subsequent Grammy-winning

album, here’s a taste of what it’s like inside the mind of one of

this generation’s most rule-bending musicians.

We caught up with Harley Streten,

better known as Flume, ahead of his

Oppikoppi and Rocking the Daisies

gigs this month

GQ: Tell us

about your work

on Lorde’s new

track ‘The

Louvre’?

HARLEY

STRETEN:

Ella [Lorde’s real

name] is a friend,

and she was stuck

on a track so she

sent me some

ideas on what

she was doing and

I basically helped

her fi nish it and

got it to a place

where she was

happy with it.

I really enjoyed

working on it.

GQ: Are you

wanting to

work more on

producing other

albums or

focus on your

own music?

HS: I think I’m

50/50 right now

and trying my

hand at working

with other people.

I also did a track

with Vince

[Staples], and

I just got a place

in LA and am

spending a lot

of time there

which is good for

connecting and

working with others.

It’s kind of like the

music hub of the

Western world in

that everyone is

there. >>

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