![]() It's followed up by "Pika", an interesting two minute interlude cut combining arpeggiated synth melodies and a wonderful vocal sample. It's a study in sonic manipulation, with every distorted synth sound blending together to create an incredibly strange overall image. Maintaining a wonky heaviness throughout, it's a very ambitious track, but Flume manages to turn what must have been a very uninviting collection of samples into one of the best tracks on the album, even if it’s not the most accessible. "Wall F**k" switches between a lush chord progression and repeating vocal sample and the darkest, weirdest and glitchiest drum groove on the entire album. ![]() Tove Lo), which is a perfectly passable pop song, where Flume's signature production style is perhaps dialled back a bit too much to give space for Tove Lo, before taking a wholly unexpected turn into "Wall F**k". After this, the album moves to "Say It (feat. Ku čka)" boasts wonderful chord progressions and spaced out, mellow production, and Ku čka's vocal performance is perfect to fill out the laid back instrumental. ![]() Vic Mensa)", is a blend of a beautifully detailed future bass beat, and a hip-hop vocal that draws in an uncomfortable amount of pop-hip-hop clichés. It's a great pop track, and in contrast to other pop cuts on this record, it doesn't stray to far away from Flume's stylistic identity. The strange harmonies and sound design of the intro builds expectations, and the hard-hitting, experimental drop is a perfect preview of what's to come.Īfter "Helix", Flume takes us on the first of many sharp stylistic turns, into the albums lead single: "Never be like you (feat. Drawing us in with a strange, enigmatic flute melody, followed up by a powerful vocal sample, all part of a wonderfully slow paced build up, it develops into an intense experimental drop. The album opener, "Helix", definitely falls into the experimental category. Every drum hit, synth patch and vocal sample fit perfectly into the overall sound of the album, and Flume's passion for experimental sample choices and sound design is what makes the less interesting tracks on the album worthwhile. Streten's production throughout his sophomore album is flawless. The album is really tied together by consistent sound and sample choices. ![]() Tove Lo)", to track 6, the mind-bending beats and experimental sound design of "Wall F**k". It certainly covers a broader range of styles, being at times weird and experimental, and at others a lot more radio friendly. Flume's attempt to cover a lot of stylistic ground does get a bit much at times, like when we're taken from track 5, the somewhat mediocre pop song "Say It (feat. Stylistically, Skin is quite a big change from Streten’s debut album. Skin is a really good hour of music, with some of Flume’s best productions to date, but it’s probably not going to change your life, and if you were expecting that, don’t blame Flume if you’re disappointed. Andy Wyatt)” was released about a year ago, the expectations has reached a ridiculous level, and it’s probably a good idea to tone them down a bit before hitting play. Still, in the build up to Skin, which officially started when “Some Minds (feat. Its of course unfair to expect Flume to pull another revolutionary album out of the hat with his sophomore LP Skin, especially now that virtually every mainstream electronic artist has released something at least a bit influenced by “the Flume sound”. Since then Streten has become one of the biggest names in electronic music, and future bass one of it’s most prominent (and heavily saturated) genres. The Flume LP was something of a turning point, bringing the genre we now know as future bass out of it’s obscure corner of Soundcloud and into the mainstream electronic music market. KUČKA & Damon Albarnįlume feat.It’s been about three and a half years since 24 year old Australian electronic music phenomenon Harley Streten, better known as Flume, released his self-titled debut LP.
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