Harley Edward Streten,[1] better known by his stage name Flume, is an Australian electronic record producer and musician. His self-titled debut album, Flume, was released on 9 November 2012 to critical acclaim, peaking at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart and reaching double-platinum accreditation in Australia. Flume has remixed songs by artists such as Lorde, Sam Smith, Arcade Fire and Disclosure. His second album, Skin, was released on 27 May 2016, to positive reviews and also topped the ARIA Albums Chart. Career[edit] Early life[edit] Harley Edward Streten was born on 5 November 1991,[2] to filmmaker and producer Glen Steten and his wife Lyndall, a teacher.[3][4] He grew up on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, together with a younger sister and attended St. Augustine College.[5][6] He began creating music at about the age of thirteen, with a basic production disc that was packaged in a box of cereal.[7] In 2010, Streten began producing house music under his initials, HEDS.[8] He created two tracks "Flow" and "Fizz", in addition to several remixes.[9] 2011–14: Sleepless and Flume[edit] Streten was discovered and signed in 2011 through an original artists competition managed by the Australian record company Future Cla**ic. He submitted the tracks "Sleepless", "Over You" and "Paper Thin" to win the competition. Nathan McLay, founder of Future Cla**ic and now Flume's manager, a**isted with the release of his first EP, titled Sleepless, which contained the three original tracks.[10][11] He opted for the moniker Flume after the Bon Iver song of the same name.[12] Flume's self-titled debut album was released on 9 November 2012 to favorable reviews.[13] The album's production saw Flume collaborating with vocal artists Moon Holiday, Jezzabell Doran, Chet Faker, and New York rapper T.Shirt. The album reached number one on the Australian iTunes charts.[7] It debuted on the ARIA Albums Chart at number 2, behind of One Direction's Take Me Home.[14] In December 2012, Flume signed with Mom + Pop Music and announced the North American release of his self-titled debut.[15] The album was released in the US on 21 February 2013 and received strong support from American critics, averaging a score of 73 out of 100 on review aggregate site Metacritic.[16] On Australia Day 2013, four of Flume's songs (including a remix) were listed on Triple J Hottest 100 for 2012.[17] His album's breakout song "Holdin On" was listed at number four, the highest-charting Australian song.[17][18] Other inclusions were "Sleepless" and his remix of "Hyperparadise" by Hermitude, both in the top 20 (numbers 12 and 18, respectively), and "On Top" at number 67.[17] Flume's voted songs placed higher on the ARIA Singles Chart. "Holdin On" returned to the top 50 chart in the spot of number 17, its highest-ever placement. His "Hyperparadise" remix also debuted in the top 50 at number 38. "Sleepless" and "On Top" debuted at numbers 53 and 75, respectively.[19] Flume's debut album reached number one on the ARIA Albums Chart.[20] In February 2013, Flume announced his first national headlining Australian tour, entitled the "Infinity Prism Tour".[21] It occurred during April and May 2013, and according to a later interview, the tour sold 40,000 tickets.[22] In March 2013, Flume was named one of Fuse TV's 30 "Must-See Acts" at the SXSW festival.[23][24] Flume spent the beginning of 2014 touring internationally, including stops at Lollapalooza in South America and Coachella where he debuted his remix of Lorde's "Tennis Court". In 2015, Flume released his first original track since his debut album, "Some Minds" featuring vocals from Miike Snow's Andrew Wyatt. Side projects[edit] With Sydney DJ and producer Emoh Instead, Flume formed the duo What So Not in 2011. On 21 February 2015, Streten announced that he had left the project, citing: "Emoh and I have been moving in different directions creatively, we haven't made any music together in quite a while. Our final joint project is a soon-to-be-released EP that we completed last year. That will be the last What So Not project I'll be creatively involved with."[25] 2016–present: Skin[edit] In early January 2016, Flume released a four-and-a-half-minute preview of his second studio album Skin. The following month, second single "Never Be Like You" featuring vocals from Canadian singer Kai reached number one in Australia, making it Flume's first chart-topping song.[26] In April, Flume released his second official single, "Say It" featuring the Swedish singer and songwriter Tove Lo. Later in May 2016, the track list for the album was unveiled, revealing that Vic Mensa, Allan Kingdom, Raekwon, Little Dragon, AlunaGeorge, MNDR and Beck were among the other collaborators that will be featured on Flume's new album. On 27 May 2016, Flume released his second studio album, Skin.[27] The album received positive reviews from critics, with an aggregate score of 76 out of 100 from Metacritic