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