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Flume Said He Doesn't "Even Know" What EDM Is

"Am I a dance act?" the Australian producer asked in an interview with 'NME.'
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Flume may be one of the biggest producers in the world, but don't classify his music as EDM.

In a charming interview with NME, the Australian producer said he's "never really seen myself as an EDM act." In fact, he's not even sure what makes the genre.

"But in the States, I get asked: 'Where do you see yourself in the EDM scene?' I don't know what to say," the producer told the magazine. "I don't really even know what it is – like, 'electronic dance music'? Am I a dance act? None of my shit's at that BPM or anywhere around it. None of it's got a 4/4 house beat. I never think of it as house or dance music."

In the interview, the producer also revealed some of his influences, and they're far from the sort of acts who traditionally dominate summer electronic music festivals. His favorites include the Chemical Brothers and SOPHIE.

"It wasn't like a typical EDM show where it's 10/10 the whole time, bangers, bangers, bangers, bangers," he said about seeing the Chemical Brothers live. "It was like theatre."

We look forward to seeing how Flume continues to develop outside of EDM. Earlier this year, he released his latest album, Skin.