Harley Streten, better known as Flume, has officially left the duo What So Not that he has been a member of since 2011, citing "creative differences" as the primary reason for his departure.
Straten detailed his reasoning in a lengthy and classy Facebook post that wished the second member of the duo, Emoh Instead, all the best and encouraged fans not to be discouraged by the news.
This news is a little surprising, since the pair has managed to get through the past year seemingly without any problems, but apparently they had to go their separate ways. Emoh Instead has been the touring arm of the duo for the better part of a year, while Flume tours as his own solo artist. The pair has worked on tracks together, but there was a clear difference between What So Not songs and Flume material.
The final chapter with both names co-signing will be the upcoming What So Not EP that features a Skrillex collaboration with Australian singer KLP titled "Goh."
Emoh Instead will forge on as What So Not with upcoming shows at Coachella this spring and elsewhere.
Read the full text from Streten's note below, via In The Mix:
I'm writing today with news regarding What So Not. For those that didn't know, what so not has always been a collaborative project that I've doing with my friend Chris, aka Emoh Instead. Over the last while, Emoh and I have been moving in different directions creatively, we haven't made any music together in quite a while. Our final joint project is a soon-to-be-released EP that we completed last year. That will be the last what so not project I'll be creatively involved with.
Emoh's been the sole touring member of What So Not for over a year now and hats off to him, he's done an amazing job playing to crowds around the world and here at home. I know he'll continue to slay it, as far as the live shows go nothing has changed, go see him play.
I want to thank Emoh for the time, effort and friendship that he always put into What So Not. While I will no longer be creatively involved I wish him the best of luck moving forward as he takes the reigns and steers the project into the future.
I also want to thank you, the fans, for making all of this What So Not stuff possible in the first place. We started this project from my bedroom studio at my parents house, to see it grow like this has been an amazing experience. I'm always so humbled by the support you've shown us, for all my musical projects. While there are a lot of great memories with WSN, i feel its time for me to let this go.
Signing off - Harley x
