I like the Global Communications mixes of Slid better than the original Fluke version.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 28 March 2013 19:20 (eleven years ago) link
I WAS WRONG. 2 Bit Pie turned out to be kinda awesome in parts: downbeat angry electro clattering. Right up my alley.
for some reason this album passed me by on the first couple listens but now I'm starting to think it's really good? like about as good as the best Fluke albums.
Syntax's album rules too. shame they didn't do more.
― frogbs, Monday, 15 February 2016 15:31 (eight years ago) link
Idk, I used to like fluke for their lyrics, especially on oto, they were different and inventive and usually good fun. Then I get to track 3 of 2 pie island and it's "nobody never made me feel like you do"... well as long as he's happy ಠ_ಠ
― ledge, Monday, 15 February 2016 20:36 (eight years ago) link
the bachman-turner overdrive of techno, always good for a spin
― tremendous crime wave and killing wave (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 15 February 2016 21:32 (eight years ago) link
weston super mare!
― StanM, Saturday, 26 November 2016 16:52 (seven years ago) link
I like Risotto a lot more than everything on Second Toughest... with the exception of the track "Pearl's Girl".
― Ca-hoot na na na oh oh (HI DERE), Friday, 5 December 2008 21:17 (nine years ago) Permalink
lol I was listening to Risotto this morning and thinking "wow, after the first two tracks it's like Fluke had this great idea just to make an entire album's worth of tracks like "Pearls Girl" - I bet Dan would love it."
Possible thread idea: X artist's album Y = an extended meditation on B artist's solitary track C.
― Tim F, Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:29 (six years ago) link
So, found 'Oto' a couple of weeks ago.Its basically a 'Shriekback does ambient techno' album given that both Barry and Martyn are featured throughout.it sounds absolutely fantastic.
― mark e, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 15:56 (five years ago) link
Oto & Risotto still rule, yes
― StanM, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 16:21 (five years ago) link
I have 'Six Wheels .. ' and enjoy it, but I have to say, I love the presence of Barry on 'Oto'.Will track down Risotto, but its not often I see ambient/techno cds in charity shops round these parts.
― mark e, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 16:36 (five years ago) link
Will track down Risotto, but its not often I see ambient/techno cds in charity shops round these parts
took a couple of years, but i got there eventually.picked up Risotto yesterday for a few quid.Six Wheels, Risotto, and Oto : what an amazing run of albums.
― mark e, Saturday, 6 November 2021 20:51 (two years ago) link
at the moment, my fav track is Reeferendrum. (a remix of Absurd, but not labeled as such on the album - on the Absurd singles it was)
― StanM, Saturday, 6 November 2021 21:14 (two years ago) link
weirdly Reeferendrum came on as i read your post.great track.
― mark e, Saturday, 6 November 2021 21:24 (two years ago) link
i love fluke
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 2 May 2022 18:26 (two years ago) link
For a minute I thought you were asking about Flunk, whom I adore.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 2 May 2022 18:30 (two years ago) link
I thought you were talking about Flume
― frogbs, Monday, 2 May 2022 18:37 (two years ago) link
fr though Fluke is pretty cool, always wanted to grab some of their stuff on vinyl cuz it's generally cheap (outside of Risotto) but you'd have to import it which would cost like twice what the record itself does
wonder whatever happened to Syntax. they had some 3xEP thing lined up but only released the first one. ten years ago. I'm guessing they ain't gonna do the other two
― frogbs, Monday, 2 May 2022 18:41 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE_Pg2F8m9U
― Xii, Monday, 2 May 2022 19:27 (two years ago) link
found something very cool the other day - the Six Wheels On My Wagon 2xLP
has a sticker that says "comes with bonus Techno Rose of Blighty EP" but sadly it did not. oh well it was only $12 because it was beat to shit and I bought it because I thought maybe it could be cleaned
and I was right! the records look ROUGH but outside of the first 30 sec or so of each side they're pretty decent! or maybe pulsating techno music covers up surface noise well (in fact I'm sure this is it, between tracks you hear it but once the beat drops its inaudible). I do notice this with a lot of 90s electronic stuff, the records themselves look dirty but actually play nice.
fantastic album, idk what you call this sort of video game techno but it rules so much. it fits in with stuff like Brown Album & those early Underworld singles but also still sounds very Madchester. "Astrosapiens" man what a tune
― frogbs, Thursday, 31 August 2023 00:49 (one year ago) link
Also file under progressive house I guess. Techno Rose of Blighty is great too - definitely check out Philly or Joni for some funky techno synth pop.And they released some fantastic mixes of Groovy Feeling & Electric Guitar (LollyGobbleChocBomb!). Really miss those days when the 12" would be 40 odd minutes of remixes, often by the band themselves.
― groovypanda, Thursday, 31 August 2023 10:54 (one year ago) link
smokin SUPER SKUNK
blastin SUPER FUNK
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 31 August 2023 11:01 (one year ago) link
(the fila brazilia remix of tosh) (watch out for that bassline)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6GBvrNoOVs
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 31 August 2023 12:39 (one year ago) link
they are apparently coming back?
https://www.instagram.com/fluke_social
― frogbs, Monday, 25 March 2024 16:11 (six months ago) link
I could use some new big beat
― default damager (lukas), Monday, 25 March 2024 17:16 (six months ago) link
anything like Oto/Risotto: yes please. Puppy: no thx
― StanM, Monday, 25 March 2024 18:45 (six months ago) link
would love reissues of those + Meccano Mind by Syntax. there's an album I have a hard time believing is over 20 years old now
― frogbs, Monday, 25 March 2024 19:08 (six months ago) link
"release date for Insanely Beautiful coming soon" (it appears to be just one track, for now)https://www.instagram.com/fluke_social/p/C5B0Uffo0vC/?img_index=1https://www.instagram.com/fluke_social/p/C5OdHLQMvPE/?img_index=1
― StanM, Tuesday, 2 April 2024 18:54 (five months ago) link
First half of Puppy (stretch from My Spine to Switch/Twitch) is pretty damn good upon revisiting. Overall not a bad record, but not nearly the iconic behemoth Risotto was. Hard to follow up one of the best big beat albums of the 90's, just ask Crystal Method.
If this new one is as good as Puppy I'll consider it a win. It's hugely unlikely anything they release will be as wall to wall epic as Risotto.
― octobeard, Wednesday, 3 April 2024 00:39 (five months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKtM0-hbXKE
― groovypanda, Friday, 26 April 2024 14:55 (five months ago) link
good to have them back, not sure how I felt at first but the second half won me over
vocals kinda strange on this though, maybe it's the YouTube sound quality but something doesn't seem right about them. also it doesn't quite line up with the music
― frogbs, Friday, 26 April 2024 16:06 (five months ago) link
it's... ok
meanwhile, I suddenly remembered I have this cassette somewhere but I don't have to look since this is on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrsdD1FipX4
― StanM, Friday, 26 April 2024 18:32 (five months ago) link
Really liking thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMSTG6X1fJ0
― groovypanda, Saturday, 27 April 2024 12:55 (five months ago) link
I like it a lot more than the original track yes
― StanM, Saturday, 27 April 2024 15:43 (five months ago) link
https://www.instagram.com/fluke_social/reel/C6RocaAshNi/
snippet from another mix
― StanM, Sunday, 28 April 2024 10:46 (four months ago) link
the single + 3 remixes, available separately : https://fluke6.bandcamp.com/
― StanM, Monday, 29 April 2024 06:58 (four months ago) link
Is that the album name revealed then? " 'Insanely Beautiful' heralds the dawn of Firebird, a project brimming with collaborations and tracks set to unfold in the months ahead."
― StanM, Monday, 29 April 2024 08:49 (four months ago) link
This doesn't have the je ne sais quoi i get from oto but i'll keep an ear out for the rest.
― ledge, Monday, 29 April 2024 09:48 (four months ago) link
hope this means reissues of their back catalogue too, especially that Syntax album which I still think is a gem
― frogbs, Monday, 29 April 2024 19:13 (four months ago) link