12 Facts about Flume

12 interesting facts about Flume, Australia's newest DJ sensation.

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1. 12 Things You Didn’t Know About FLUME http://tilt.lt/flumeslide
2. 1 Flume was one of those dorky band geeks. He played the saxophone for nearly an entire decade in his school band. Flume even attended band Camp but he didn’t sick A flute in his…
3. 2 Flume’s real name is Harley Edward Streten.
4. 3 Harley didn’t choose the name Flume because it’s a ravine. It’s actually the name of his favorite Bon Iver track.
5. 4 You’d think that Flume would be willing to work with the industry’s leading artists. He might someday but at the moment he says that he is working to build his own brand.
6. 5 Flume started out as a prole slave to the evil capitalists just like most of us. He worked as a waiter at the Hard Rock Cafe for over a year. Flume notes that he hated having to sing “Happy Birthday” to diners celebrating a birthday.
7. 6 Flume’s interest in electronic music stems from the music production disc that came with his Nutrigrain cereal when he was 11 years old.
8. 7 His first album was released on the same day as One Direction’s. The results show that maybe the apocalypse really isn’t upon us. Flume beat out those cheesy boybanders to take the number 1 slot on the charts.
9. 8 Flume’s jump off came from the tracks the he submitted in a music competition held by the Australian record label Future Classic. He submitted “Over You”, “Sleepless” and “Paper Thin” into the contest, won and was promptly signed to the label.
10. 9 Flume made headway with American audiences by playing the insanely popular 2013 South by Southwest festival in Austin Texas and the 2014 Coachella show in California.
11. 10 Flume says that he wants to score a film one day.
12. You’d think that a star like Flume lives in his own multi-million dollar mansion… nope! Flume’s life is quite the opposite. He lives with his mom and dad in Australia. 11
13. Flume’s room at his parent’s house also functions as his studio. That doesn’t leave much room for the sex, drugs and rock and roll that go hand in hand with music stardom. 12
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