Flume (musician)
Harley Edward Streten (born 5 November 1991), known professionally as Flume, is an Australian musician, DJ, and record producer. He is regarded as a pioneer of future bass who helped popularise the genre.[2][3][4][5] His self-titled debut studio album, Flume, was released in 2012 to positive reviews, topping the ARIA Albums Chart and reaching double-platinum accreditation in Australia.
Flume
Harley Edward Streten
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- DJ
- music producer
2010–present
Flume has remixed songs from such artists as Lorde, Sam Smith, Arcade Fire, Hermitude and Disclosure. His second studio album, Skin, was released in 2016, again topping the ARIA Albums Chart. The album won the Best Dance/Electronic Album at the 2017 Grammy Awards.[6] The album gained international recognition for its lead single, "Never Be Like You", which was nominated for Best Dance Recording.[6] After the release of Skin, Flume released Skin Companion EP 1 in November 2016 and Skin Companion EP 2 in February 2017 as the album's B-side EPs. In 2019, he released a mixtape, Hi This Is Flume, to positive reviews. His third studio album, Palaces, was released in May 2022. In February 2023, he released his second mixtape, Things Don’t Always Go the Way You Plan. His third mixtape, titled Arrived Anxious, Left Bored was released in May 2023.
Career[edit]
Early life[edit]
Harley Edward Streten[2] was born on 5 November 1991 in Sydney.[7] His father, Glen Streten, is a filmmaker and record producer, and his mother, Lyndall, is a horticulturist and former teacher.[8][9][10] He grew up on the Northern Beaches of Sydney with a younger sister and brother, and attended Seaforth Public School for primary school and St Augustine's College, Brookvale and Mosman High School for secondary school.[11][12][13] He began composing music at the age of 11, with a basic DJ and mixing program CD for windows that was packaged in a box of Kelloggs' Nutrigrain.[14] The disk showed how music was layered and gave Flume a new perspective that jump-started his music production.[14] In 2010, Flume began producing house music under his initials, HEDS.[15] He created two tracks, "Flow" and "Fizz", in addition to several remixes.[16]
Personal life[edit]
A viral Instagram video shared by Streten's then-girlfriend actress Paige Elkington on 2 September 2019 with the caption "Sorry mom" showed Streten performing anilingus on her during a performance at Burning Man in Black Rock City, Nevada. Although quickly removed from the platform, the post was circulated widely on social media and shared by a range of news outlets.[52][53] Despite the many reactions from the video and how it was negatively portrayed in tabloids, the publicity had a positive influence on his career. In an interview about the incident, he stated: "I got the opposite of being cancelled."[54] As of May 2019, Flume was living in Los Angeles, California,[55] but returned to Australia in some capacity a year later.
Studio albums
Mixtapes
Awards and nominations[edit]
AIR Awards[edit]
The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector.