In 2014, 2015, and 2016, Adre Benz as Trap Nation began to bring us more and more future bass sounds, which at one point totally dominated our trap lives, and after time overshadowed classic electronic trap altogether. Before it adopted the name under which it is known to us today, it was referred to, among others, as a chill trap or heaven trap – a term coined by the SLANDER duo. Not a few years passed, and hybrid trap, hard trap, or the aforementioned future bass began to gain popularity.

When trap music took the electronic scene by storm in 2012, whose precursors were, and in fact still are, Flosstradamus, RL Grime, or Hucci, it was clear that sooner or later it would expand its legacy to include smaller subgenres. Referring to the latter, future bass, which originated from trap around 2014, deserves more attention. One of the simplest examples can be house which is a very general term having under it subgenres such as deep house, tech house, future house, electro house, or bass house. It’s been happening for years that main genres are being overshadowed by their younger, more modern counterparts. Now, give us what the people NEED.The evolution of genres is a very natural order of things. Seriously though, imagine hearing that infamous horse noise - THE horse noise that defined electronic music - on Spotify? Flume, you’ve given us what the people want - a remix of Eiffel 65’s Blue. In many ways, Flume’s Tennis Court remix was crucial in the Australian producer’s international rise - and, to a degree, Lorde’s rise too - and the fact that it’s not officially available on Spotify is a near-war crime worthy of the Governer General’s attention. It’s a national travesty that’s no doubt tied up to label deals and songwriting/production rights, but a national travesty nonetheless. How can we enjoy this new remix of Flume’s when the best one he’s done - the infamous flip of Lorde’s Tennis Court - won’t randomly come on when you shuffle your Spotify / Apple Music playlists, on the basis of it not being available on streaming? How is it that after six years of being thumped at every house party / club night there is on the planet, it won’t be able to come on at a house party, without having someone awkwardly load up YouTube and sit through an advert or two for it to happen? How is it that one of the best electronic songs ever created, is absent from the millions of playlists that think they feature the best electronic songs ever? It’s everything you could’ve dreamed of - a Hottest 100 winning remix in the making - that sees the old classic modernised and switched up with that signature Flume glitch, all in a bit of fun that keeps us going. It was a very Tobias Funke-esque moment that had many questioning whether: 1) it was a legit remix on the way and 2) whether Flume had finally joined the Blue Man Group.Īs it turns out, the remix eventually did get finished and it’s just been made available on streaming services today, some two months following the initial tease. Around two months ago, Flume posted an Instagram that had him blasting a remix of Eiffel 65’s infamous Blue song (yes, the “ I'm blue da ba dee da ba daa” song), while coated in blue paint. If you’ve been online this morning, chances are you’ve seen Flume blue himself.

Flume remix