![]() Post-release highlights include playingěBC Radiođěig Weekender and aěBC Live Session withĚnnie Mac selling outĚlexandra Palace in London and ‘Neverěe Like You’ going Gold in Italy. Europe has shown similar love for Flume and Skin. Third single, ‘Say It’, featuring Tove Lo, is close behind, having reachedđ46 million plays on Spotify, and gone three times Platinum inĚustralia. The track has been certified four times platinum inĚustralia, and to date has clocked a staggeringĒ57 million plays on Spotify. Lead track ‘Neverěe Like You’, featuringĜanadian singer Kai, was a Topđ0 Radio Single in the US where it also went Platinum. His stretch through the US included closing the outdoor stage atĜoachellaĒ016 drawingė0,000 to his Lollapalooza slot multiple sold out nights at The Shrine in LA, theěill GrahamĜivic in Sanğrancisco, and iconic sell-outs at Red RocksĜO andğorest Hills NYC. That inclination to push himself has been handsomely rewarded.Ěnnouncing announcing headline shows to celebrate the release of Skin in May,ğlume sold out allē00,000 tickets of his world headline tour, including more than 80,000 headline tickets inĚustralia alone. I thought, this is how the album’s going to sound. “I hadn’t heard anything quite like that. ![]() “I thought, cool this sounds like it’s from the future’” says Streten. ![]() Then, stuck on what would become the clattering standout, ‘Numb and GettingĜolder’, he crushed together three completely different songs. I needed to do something bold.”Īfter slowly beginning work on Skin as far back as lateĒ013, Streten’s breakthrough came in mid-2015 when he shifted to LA for three months of solid work. Recorded in hotel rooms, aeroplanes, trains, taxis, and tour vans, and in locations as far-flung as LAX airport, a shack on the west coast of Mexico, a log cabin in rural Tasmania, a bus rattling towards Vegas, as well as studios in LA, New York, and his hometown of Sydney, Skin is “a grand expedition in trying to capture the biggest, most epic, powerful moments,” says the producer. “That definitely influenced the new stuff a lot.” “I wanted to keep the next album at a certain high energy,” says Streten of the writing process behind Skin. “It used to be just writing for myself but now there is an audience,” says Streten.Ě sizeable one.ěeyond millions of listeners and his own sold-out shows,ğlume’s live show has become a major draw at international festivals, includingĜoachella, Reading, Leeds, Pukkelpop,ěonnaroo, and drawingĔ0,000 to his slot at Rock en Seine in Paris. With good reason - its creation mirrors the complex rush of sensations that came with sudden success. Released in MayĒ016, the musician’s wildly eclectic follow-up is a meticulously crafted, vivid universe of big emotions woven into a densely cinematic whole. “Shock” plays a significant role onğlume’s often-outrageous second album, Skin. “I was just some quiet kid in high-school and all of a sudden I got dropped into the deep end. I will be at his next concert, that's a certainty.“It was a crazy journey,” says Flume - aka 25-year old Australian producer Harley Streten - of hisĒ012 self-titled debut’s international success. Easily the best concert I've been to with out of towners abuzz about it the next day. Three more songs and the crowd was satiated. He came back on stage after a deafening audience willed him back on to recreate Like a Version he performed on Triple J. Flume aka Harley is so humble and came out to thank his hometown crowd, in which they repricprocated in spades. The graphics, lighting and smoke machines with live shots of Harley out of focus just added to this edgy performance. His special guests of Kuscka and Vince again on Smoke and Retribution was just awesome. The entire huge, mosh area and stadium was just heaving to The Top and Lose It, however when Like You came on everyone was up on their feet singing and dancing, their love for Flume was overwhelming. The theatre and drama of Flume building the beginning of his set was just stunning with a huge sheer curtain cascading down at the first big drop of his first song. Vince Staples was the lead in act and he was totally out there ! I have been to a lot of gigs and concerts in my life however The experience of seeing Flume was off the richter. ![]()
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