Considering that almost a year ago, Flume managed to top the 2016 Hottest 100 countdown, he would’ve been forgiven if he just decided to take a year off, playing the occasional show here and there. Instead, the Sydney muso has been hard at work, teasing collaborations with Gorillaz, and having just supplied the soundtrack for a new Greenpeace video.
As Pitchfork reports, Flume recently released a video onto YouTube simply titled ‘Flume x Greenpeace’. The video, a 1:31 second affair, is comprised of underwater images of the Great Barrier Reef and factories, along with some rather trippy video effects at times.
The music shows off the instrumental side of Flume’s talents, showing a sound more reminiscent of work by acts such as Boards Of Canada, Aphex Twin, and others.
The video ends with the rather stark statement, ‘climate change is wrecking the Great Barrier Reef’, and provides a website address which gives users the chance to sign a petition to “help stop the big polluters from destroying our climate”.
“As summer approaches, Flume’s video reminds us what’s at stake and why it’s so important that we get as many people as possible to join the fight to stop the expansion of the fossil fuel industry,” the petition states. “We are the last line of defence. And we can work together to stand up against big polluters and hold our governments to account”.
If you haven’t been paying much attention to what Flume’s been up to this year, he released the second volume in his series of companion EPs to his 2016 record Skin. The EP also contained Flume’s most recent single, ‘Hyperreal’, which according to bookies, is in with a chance to chart in the 2017 Hottest 100.
Could Flume top the countdown two years running? Or could we see his Greenpeace collab entering as a late-entry? Only time will tell, but while you wait, don’t neglect to sign the Great Barrier Reef petition mentioned above.
Check out Flume’s Greenpeace video:
