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Flume (musician)

Australian music producer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ4038837 ↗
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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. 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 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. The album gained international recognition for its lead single, "Never Be Like You", which was nominated for Best Dance Recording. 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.

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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4038837. VIAF identifies the subject as 311474463. The Library of Congress control number is no2014142683. 4 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1991, 2012, 2016 and 2017.

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