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Old 01-05-2008, 05:01 PM
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2 Bit Pie - 2 Pie Island
I recently bought this album and I didn't see any threads, so I thought I'd post about it.

To my understanding 2 Bit Pie is basically the new public personna of Fluke masterminds Jon Fugler and Mike Bryant. The sound of 2 Bit Pie follows the normal progression of Fluke throughout their albums and their first album, 2006's 2 Pie Island, is just as good, if not better than, recent albums put out by other 90s electronic heavyweights.
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Old 01-05-2008, 08:33 PM
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Re: 2 Bit Pie - 2 Pie Island
For all the fanboy details, you'll want to check out this thread (i started over two years ago, it's still going) at the Hybrid fan forum.... which is still probably the sourcew for Fluke/2 Bit Pie News, and includes some fan goodies.live bits:

http://www.hybridized.org/forum/showthread.php?t=2410

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Old 01-06-2008, 01:53 AM
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Re: 2 Bit Pie - 2 Pie Island
yeah it's a good album. Doesn't really do anything new and it's not as good as some of Fluke's earlier work (Risotto in particular) but still worth checking out.
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Old 01-07-2008, 06:20 AM
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Re: 2 Bit Pie - 2 Pie Island
While 2 Bit Pie is easily recognizeable as Fluke-based, thanks to Fugler's menacing vocals, their trademark deep rolling synths and the single "Nobody Never", with jubilant vibe/female backing chorus very reminiscent of Fluke's early 90's output, they've added a few new elements:
Jan Burton (of Syntax) sings on several tracks...his voice is close to Fugler's, but crisper, more melodic.
Yuki, a female counterpoint to Fugler, who basically backs him up, but does share vocal responsibilities on the lovely Mote, where his voice creeps out of hers.
Though not exactly cutting-edge, they up the guitars a lot, sort of in the vein of "Snapshot" on Fluke's "Puppy".
They include a spaced-out operatic jam "Soto Mundo", which some have compared to the track by the blue woman in "The 5th Element", except this is better. Very epic.
The combined effect is a well-produced, coherent but still diverse album with plenty of tracks that could have/should have been big singles ("Here I Come" and "Nobody Never" were released but did little). Almosty zero promotion for this record, which is a shame.

Imho, 2 Pie Island ranks pretty well in the Fluke canon, especially if you like their heavier tracks. Albums go something like this:

Risotto 9.5/10
Puppy 9/10
2 Pie Island 8.5/10
Six Wheels on My wagon 8/10
Oto 7.5/10
The Techno Rose of Blighty 6/10
Out (in Essence) = The Peel Sessions 5.5/10
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Old 01-07-2008, 08:37 AM
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Re: 2 Bit Pie - 2 Pie Island
Except for Bullet, I think Oto is crap. Just thought I'd mention that.
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Old 01-07-2008, 09:24 AM
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Re: 2 Bit Pie - 2 Pie Island
seconded.
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Old 01-07-2008, 09:49 AM
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Re: 2 Bit Pie - 2 Pie Island
if interested this was also discussed in this thread i started a while ago....

http://www.darktrain.org/dirty/forum...ead.php?t=5200
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Old 01-09-2008, 03:10 PM
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Re: 2 Bit Pie - 2 Pie Island
Six Wheels is definitely better than Puppy
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