Flume Quotes

To make a rock'n'roll record, technology is the least important thing.

I tried to embrace the concept of the sampler as an instrument, looking at how to take it artistically to another place where it can be appreciated, more than just taking someone's song and doing a 4-bar loop.

Everyone making electronic music has the same tool kits and templates. You listen, and you feel like it can be done on an iPad. If everybody knows all the tricks, it's no more magic.

Daft Punk would not exist if there was no technology.

What turns me on about the digital age, what excited me personally, is that you have closed the gap between dreaming and doing. You see, it used to be that if you wanted to make a record of a song, you needed a studio and a producer. Now, you need a laptop.

I've sort of decided that I can settle for being just the artist, arranger, writer and part-time engineer. That seems like enough to do.

The music technology scene is changing so fast it's hard to keep up.

I think the indie-rock world is very creative. They're always looking for something new, and I think of all the instruments we have in the world, the ones that are the most creative and interesting are the electronic ones. There are so many sounds and plug-ins you can use.

Sampling is kind of prehistoric, given the technology and the textures you can create.

I love making records; I love making music; I love writing songs.

Warp was important to Thom about two years ago when he was looking for different sounds.

I've never been able to arouse any interest in myself for digitally produced sound, and so the computer turns me off.

You can get too bogged down in technology and you can sort of forget what it is you were trying to do. And with the Pet Shop Boys it's primarily about the songs, it's about song writing.

I'm never tired of going to the studio. I enjoy recording and documenting everything and trying new things.

The best musicians or sound-artists are people who never considered themselves to be artists or musicians.

Everything in my life has been about sound and making music, so Beats represents just that - the improvement of sound and the dedication to everything I've been doing from the day I started.

That's the thing I love the most - making records and creating new things. That's always the thing that grabbed me. Making records is the thing that I really love.

Great songwriting will never die - it's in the DNA of music - but what's new and exciting is pairing that with new sounds that technology is enabling us to make.

I worked on 'Cadillactica' with the mind to not sample as much and focus on creativity.

We're always recording music, writing songs.

When I hear something new, mostly in rhythms, I often find it interesting to recreate it in a studio in a completely different way.

From early on, when synthesizers were first introduced into music, I liked the idea that you could get a big sound with them, electronic, but like an orchestra. And I could play it all myself. That was exciting.

Music is composed on computers and other electronic equipment; producers don't want to spend money on orchestra.

My first love is producing.

For the most part, I like to record music as I write it.