![]() Now that the listener is along for the ride, Flume brings them along into a world within a vintage tape deck inside your neighbor’s brother’s DeLorean with the missing hubcap. Flume really flexes in the first few tracks, hooking the listener immediately. Again, a seamless transition (spoiler: they’re all seamless, it’s fantastic) into the third track, “High Beams,” featuring HWLS and slowthai, with an aggressive, no-holds-barred rap exploding over a catchy, toe-tapping beat. The glitchy, futuristic sound of this track is a fantastic first taste of the neon-enshrined ride that awaits the listener. ![]() The transition to “Ecdysis” is seamless, with Flume’s chatter fading away and a hard, bass-y percussion jumping into the mix without hesitation. The same few vocal samples repeat, overlapping and looping to shape a cacophonous, swirling mess that lets the rhythmic synth line of the following song surreptitiously slip in. The album opens with the title track, a vocal introduction called “Hi This Is Flume.” All it is is Streten introducing himself, layered with…. That’s not to say that Streten has completely departed from what makes him distinctly Flume, rather he has tapped into a more experimental, uncompromising side of his sonic palette, choosing to dip a brush into the wet, lush paint, and go crazy on the canvas of the listeners’ ears. He takes his image as a major player in the softcore, background-music-esque, YouTube autoplay music scene, crumples it up, and eats it. On this record (if you can even call it that), Flume breaks from his reputation as a somewhat generic, very “mid 2010’s” style musician and bring something more exciting to the table. Nonetheless, it makes for a fantastic listen. As far as playlist-ability goes, this project has troubles with delivering tracks that stand well on their own, and there is a feeling that pervades the mixtape, a feeling of getting really close to something great, but not quite hitting the mark. However, for those that enjoy cohesive, smooth, and unique experiences, “Hi This is Flume” has that in spades. His instrumentation choices are bold and Flume doesn’t shy away from complex production and sounds that appear challenging when first listening. ![]() ![]() Australian producer Flume is back after three years of absence with a mixtape entitled “Hi This Is Flume.” On it, Harley Streten delivers some of his best work ever, and certainly one of the highlights of the electronic music scene of 2019 so far. ![]()
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