Flume feat. Oklou - Highest Building

What this video is

Released on May 20, 2022, as the opening track of Flume's album 'Palaces' (Future Classic), 'Highest Building' arrived during a moment of renewed interest in immersive, nature-centric electronic music storytelling. The video's Tasmanian wilderness setting and motorbike-race narrative embodies the post-pandemic pivot toward physical presence, open landscapes, and analogue tactility in premium music video production.…

Why it matters

Represents a high-water mark in Australian future bass / indie electronic visual culture. 'Highest Building' demonstrates the genre's 2022 maturation: moving away from VFX-heavy, studio-bound visuals toward location-grounded narrative filmmaking. The collaboration between Flume's Future Classic…

The director

Australian director and NIDA graduate who began as a production designer, working with Opera Australia and Belvoir Theatre. Transitioned to music video direction, building a career with videos for Flume, The Killers, Aurora, The Teskey Brothers, The Lemon…