Flume - Skin, review: ‘does much more than get feet moving’

Australian producer Harley Streten is a platinum seller in his homeland and is now big enough over here to play Alexandra Palace in November.

On his second album, his idea of where dance music goes next is far more interesting than the tropical house of Kygo and his ilk. There’s something of the late night ghostliness of Burial in the electronically treated vocals and awkward beats, but Flume’s drums pack a heavier punch and the synths form a dense wall.

Guests such as Tove Lo and Little Dragon fit in perfectly on Say It and Take a Chance, while Beck becomes a choir of himself on the closing Tiny Cities.

Vic Mensa’s rapping on Lose It has the most energy, but this is music that can do much more than get feet moving.

(Transgressive)