Fluke are back!
 

Fluke have reunited!
New single "Insanely Beautiful" dropping April 29th

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Follow them on...
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558235593337
https://www.instagram.com/fluke_social
www.twitter.com/fluke_social

Plus some more info on what's to come

In addition to the main vox mix, a selection of other versions will be made available including one featuring Leah Clever and an All Buttons In club mix. There is also an accompanying Sean Johnson instrumental chug version via the Tici Taci boys.

Insanely Beautiful marks Fluke's first release to a project provisionally named Firebird with various tracks and collaborations over the coming months.

https://louderthanwar.com/fluke-retu...ely-beautiful/

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Whoa! Is this for real? Seems a little suspect given the minimal website and the artwork that pulls the Six Wheels and Risotto era logos, but hey...nostalgia helps?

I listen to their last record, Puppy, at least once a week during commutes. Never expected this since the 2Bit Pie spinoff was a one off back in 2006 and the fizzling of the Syntax Tripolar project. I'm all for it, but kind of dubious till this really drops

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It's 100% real. I've been kind of on the inside of it for a while, but had to keep quiet until it was the right time. It's a long crazy story. I can also tell you that Mike Tournier is back. He left in between Risotto and Puppy. Jon Fugler and Mike Tournier did an interview on the Sticky Jazz podcast announcing they were working on new music a couple years ago. They had actually started working on stuff back in late 2020.

Risotto is one of my favorite albums ever. Jon Fugler was kind enough to send me a signed promo vinyl of Risotto as a little thank you.

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Fluke are now on Facebook...
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558235593337

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Music video for Insanely Beautiful drops on Friday, April 26th at 9:00 GMT

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John Digweed plays Insanely Beautiful (I think it's two mixes of the same track) at the beginning on his latest Transitions show:

https://www.mixcloud.com/johndigweed...-and-helsloot/

Sounds really great, especially the second mix!

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Music video is out!
https://youtu.be/wKtM0-hbXKE

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Fantastic! That's an epic sound+visual experience. It's going to take many more listens (heck, been waiting 21 years) to discover and appreciate all the nuance. But the track did not disappoint! Incredible builds, goes in a different direction in the back stretch, vintage Fugler lyrics.

My question now is, where's Mike Bryant? Tournier back in, Bryant out? That's the lineup fo can find online.

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forget that, where's that lady with the short red hair who was part of their stage show? I kinda loved that Fluke had their own Bez who didn't write or perform any music but was just 'vibes'

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I was told it is just the two of them "at the moment." No bad blood or anything. Seems the door is open for him to join them if he wants. I'm personally thrilled by Tournier's return.

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New Fluke track!
https://fluke6.bandcamp.com/track/fl...-sw18-sessions

New Fluke remix!
https://gemmarogersmusic.bandcamp.co...mma-rogers-nwo

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Im liking all of this so far.

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Yup, 20+ years later, and sounds like Fluke haven't missed a step.

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New track, "Real Magnificent" just dropped. The "All Buttons In" mix is superb!

Edit: Also, this release is weird..Fluke's Instagram has been hyping a 8/30 release date for awhile. But on 8/29 the tagline changed to "out soon". So I was surprised the track and remix appeared on Spotify today (9/3) with an 8/30 release date noted. Still nothing official on any of Fluke's sites. Seems like some balls have been dropped on the rollout. But it's still.a great track in a different style.

Edit 2: Annnnd....it's been taken down from Spotify and other online sites. Whoops, someone saw 8/30 release and pushed it before the official roll-out. Something else to look forward to, i suppose!

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So a fun thing here... I have worked with Jon and I even did some drums for Jon and Mike T for the new Fluke material. Jon guests for vox on my song, "In Case of Revolution", and I can confirm that he's one of the nicest people in the world. I still don't truly understand how I one day awoke to a dropbox from him filled with vocal cuts for a song that I threw out a request on Twitter for people to sing along with me on, but, it happened, and I count myself very, very lucky for that.

Fluke's work is beyond important for me. I cannot even explain how much I love love LOVE Risotto. To this day it is by far one of the most virtuoso electronic music recordings of all time.

Anyway, this isn't just to hype myself, it's to say that I am just so insanely happy that they are releasing music again. Jon hit me up before the release of all of this material and was kind enough to let me know it was happening and I very literally cried.

I'm glad there's others here who consider their work so important.

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Love all of this, and it's cool that several folks have interacted with Jon and the band, confirming that they're not only amazing musicians but also high caliber people.

"Risotto" was one of the first "electronic" albums I bought, way back in 1998 (after the likes of "Dig your own hole", "the fat of the land" and "moby" debut. Underworld and many others would come later).Hearing "Atom Bomb" via MTVs Amp compilation was my gateway into the band, and i went in deep. "Puppy" and "Risotto" still get the most play, but their whole catalog is so varied yet unmistakable. The new tunes this year were something I'd never considered a possibility, since their lil reunion gig was in 2009 and syntax and 2 Bit Pie sort of fizzled out. So glad they're adding to their sonic story!

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Next new track, "Real Magnificent" is out now, officially this time. Track,video and remixes are superb in my opinion. Best thing: Fluke super fan Justin Credible, who has made tons of fan remixes and shared tons of band rarities over the years has an official remix of this track! So cool.

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Justin and I are friends. His remix came out awesome. He also did a remix for the Music For The Jilted Generation remix compilation I organized for the album's 30th anniversary.

Loving the new Fluke track, especially the All Buttons In version of Real Magnificent. Got them Risotto vibes.

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Justin did a remix of one of my tracks a long time ago and it was released this year: https://archive.org/details/ThisIsNotThatUniverse
So I guess that makes me Fluke -adjacent too!

Seriously, really digging the new directions they're exploring. The SLEdger remix is pretty wild. You're right that "All Buttons In" mixes are like Fluke set to 10/10. Hopefully more "Firebird" project tracks coming soon?

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New single, "I wanna be" out today, with another banging "All Buttons In" remix. Definitely gives some early 90's vibes

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Yea, I'm loving the All Buttons In mixes. There's a Justin Robertson (aka Lionrock) Dub mix of I Wanna Be releasing tomorrow, May 30th.

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Fluke remixed sLEdger...
https://sledger.bandcamp.com/track/tweeba-fluke-remix