Flume

“The minute I saw the front page of the 'Daily Telegraph' - me with my arm around the latest 'X-Factor' contestant - I realised I'd gone into a new realm.”

“With Spotify, I think people are discovering a lot of artists they might not discover otherwise.”

“I want to be creative in as many different environments as possible, whether it's doing film scores, writing for TV ads or video games - all sorts of stuff, as long as it requires writing music.”

“For me, one of the downfalls of electronic music is that it can feel a little soulless or robotic.”

“I've never worked with huge pop acts, I mightn't like it, but it's something I've always wanted to try.”

“Often, when I work with a vocalist, I like to focus on the melodies first.”

“I'd like to do some crazy art installations and design some weird synthesizers and work with other people and make some fun stuff for a bit. Maybe tap into virtual reality stuff or maybe write another record... We'll see.”

“My main inspirations come from early '90s Trance, the French electro movement round '06, then a bunch of artists like Flying Lotus, J Dilla, Moby, The Prodigy. So I'd say it's some kind of experimental electronica with a strong hip hop influence. It's chilled, but people can still get super crazy and dance to it.”

“Probably the No. 1 most important thing in my music is not to sound like anyone else. It is hard in this day and age.”

“The goal was always to do something that felt human but was 100 percent electronic.”

“I want to fuse the abrasive and the beautiful.”

“I was an avid Pokemon card collector.”

“I just want to try writing for other people 'cause it's quite exciting.”

“I'd like to actually work with a lot of other people, and whether it's someone who is completely unknown who I love and think is a talent, maybe I'll work with them, or, like, maybe I'll work with some of the biggest pop stars and write music for them.”

“I find that if I interact more, the crowd gets way more into the music. We also have a full live show happening, and I have lighting crew that travels around with me. We've got this Infinity Prism thing, which is lots of fun. It's an optical illusion device that we carry around.”

“I don't think I can name any names or anything, but this is what I've wanted to do for a long time: to have Flume as my creative outlet and to work on the biggest songs in the world, like pop, and come up with the idea and send it off.”

“I've never been one to want to be the center of attention and be put up on stages every night. That's just not really my personality. I'm comfortable with it now, but my real passion is being creative.”

“I'm a really heavy sleeper. When I wake up I'm a terrible morning person.”

“I love working with people and having them bring something to the table that I couldn't. I think one of my favourite artists to work with has been Kucka. She's Australian, too, and it's great working with her because we kind of have a very similar take on music, and we like a lot of the same stuff. We're not super-precious about ideas.”

“I'm just trying to work out how to write music now, because I've never had the opportunity where my number-one priority is writing music. I don't know how my brain works yet.”