Flume floods Dubbo for Triple J's One Night Stand

HE'S the Manly born and bred beat-maker who developed an entire album from his childhood bedroom. This weekend, Flume hits Dubbo for Triple J's One Night Stand.

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HE'S the Manly born and bred beat-maker who developed an entire album from his childhood bedroom.

Today, Harley Streten, better known as Flume, boasts a best-selling album that went platinum less than five weeks after its release.

Add to that a string of hit singles, most notably Holdin' On, which grabbed the no. 4 spot on Triple J's Hottest 100 this year, and you might say it's been a pretty good year for this 21-year-old electronic music producer.

"I was never writing for success. I never expected to make any money from music sales" Flume tells news.com.au.

With over 159,000 Facebook fans, 17,000 Twitter followers and a growing throng of Instagram admirers, he admits it's all happening pretty thick and fast.

"The attention is twentyfold what I thought I would get... there's still a long way to go, but I didn't expect fame to come this quickly."

This weekend, the hardworking hitmaker is about to see just how wide-reaching his fanbase is, hitting Dubbo in regional NSW for Triple J's annual One Night Stand.

Flume breezes in alongside big names The Rubens, Ball Park Music, Seth Sentry and a stack of others playing at the festival in front of more than 15,000 music lovers.

"People are so pumped for Flume, it's ridiculous. He's debuting his new live show at the One Night Stand, so there's a lot of anticipation for that", Triple J manager, Chris Scaddan teases.

Streten - who bounded onto the music scene in what felt like a matter of months with his self-titled 2012 debut album peaking at no.1 on the ARIA charts - has been creating music for most of his life.

Drawing inspiration from a musical kit hidden in a Nutri-Grain box at the ripe old age of 10, he recalls how his dad then took him to a computer store to buy software.

"It fascinated me how it all works - you've got layers like drums, synths on one another and it all comes out as one".

The Sydneysider also grew up listening to his next-door neighbours' trance beats and recorded his debut album from his bedroom at his parents' Sydney home.

The chosen pseudonym, Flume,  was inspired by indie folk foursome, Bon Iver's famous track of the same name. Needless to say the Grammy Award-winning artists are "on his bucket list" of those in the biz to bump into one day.

2013 has already seen this young man in the US on tour, followed by Europe and now back on home soil for festivals Laneway, Groovin' the Moo, his Infinity Prism Tour supported by pal Chet Faker, and his What So Not gigs with Emoh.

But, despite his swift emergence at the top of the music food pyramid - and into our hearts - Flume promises he never takes himself too seriously.

With his lopsided grin and boyish fringe slicked precariously to one side, he admits there's been more than the odd spot of partying while away on tour.

"F*** it, I figure I'm still young", he laughs.

As for the ladies, Flume is quick to deny the odd cheeky rumour about a possible lady friend, but alas, he's as tight-lipped as ever.

Those heading to Dubbo this weekend will just have to try their luck with the masses of swooning female fans.

One Night Stand will be broadcast LIVE by Triple J from 10am, Saturday.

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