2bitpie.net - 2 Bit Pie

Well, as promised, here are the remixex by AViD, aka. Holden which earned him the 2009 2bitpie.net Remix Competition prize. Obviously, and no in any way to discredit his amazing work, the ongoing efforts by jUSTIN cREDIBLE were not counted in the competition as he is, at least in part, affiliated with the site.








AViD's mixes are twofold. A fair while ago he posted a set that included:

1. Fluke - V6 (AViD's veemix)
2. Fluke - Groovy Feeling (AViD's at least make the comparison mix)
3. Bullet (AViD's Bully remix)

Now, as his most recent project, he has released 2 Bit Pie - Little Things (AViD Remix).

So, without further ado, congratulations to Holden and here are the download links!

Download AViD Fluke Remixes
Download Little Things (AViD Remix)

Thanks also to Georg who emailed me regarding the Fluke DJs set on KISS FM. We already have this set, but I don't think it is properly indexed. I hope to get some time to sort out all our live sets and have them properly catalogued at some point in the near future.

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Lots and lots of news that I'm going to combine into a single post here!

The first, and most important, item concerns upcoming 2 Bit shows. The band will be playing Yuki tracks at both the Latitude festival (19th of July alongside Ditto) and also on the 25th of July at La Boutique Electronique, more info about which will shortly be forthcoming.

The second point, deriving from the first as it is the source of this information, is the launch of the official 2 Bit website: http://www.2bit.uk.com. I would like to take this opportunity to stress the unoffocial nature of this site. I am not affiliated with the band, make no profits (in fact, a loss) from running the site and do so purely from an interest in the work of the musicians known as Fluke/2 Bit Pie/2 Bit. While the launch of the official website in no way impacts upon the operation of this site, which I hope will continue for a long time to come, the time is now right to cement this distinction. To reiterate, even though the One Little Indian website bills 2bitpie.net as the "Official website", it is not. This site is a 100% unofficial fan site.

Thirdly, I've had some entries to the previously announced remix competition and I am pleased to announce that I have a winner! Holden, well known to those over at the Hybridized forums (home of the Epic Fluke Thread) who put together a superb remix of Little Things (from 2 Pie Island) which I will be dropping in the next day or so. The Hang Tough remix vinyl is in the post so congratulations!

Finally, for discographic information purposes, there is an instrumental version of Yuki - Dark Like Snow also in circulation. Any special information I can glean from listening to this will be available when it arrives at my place in the next week or so. In the meantime, the discography has been updated to include the first Yuki promo. Samples may follow once the album is scheduled for release.

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Martin and jUSTIN proudly present, for your reading pleasure, a review of the forthcoming Yuki album; “Dark Like Snow”.

The review was compiled from the promotional copies of the album which have been, for those who would like a copy, circulating on Ebay over the past few weeks ;)

The review follows a track-by-track breakdown of each song with particular emphasis on how we feel the songs fit with the expectations of the Fluke/2 Bit fanbase. This is a joint project between myself and jUSTIN cREDIBLE, who wrote the majority of the track synopsis breakdown; I have merely refined the language as a native speaker. I am now retiring to a role as a cushy editor – thanks jUSTIN!

Without further ado, on to the review!

01 - Key Lime Heart
Dark like snow powers up with Key lime Heart. Some of you may already have had an opportunity to listen to this track, which was available as a free download on Ditto.TV to promote the live event. A crunchy bassline and a stomping beat are schmoozing Yukis vocals.

It's about a girl, who has lost her love.
She is hurt.
She was missleaded.
And she surely will never listen to what he said again.

As the song progresses the mood of the piece also fluctuates with an increasing confidence to match the lyrics.
Finally the dark, synth driven atmosphere becomes prominent, as Yuki's lyrics rise to full prominence.

02 - Runaway
A distorted bassline and a jumping beat are the basis of this number.
Yuki tells us about the city streets, which don't confort her anymore, as they play too hard and too mean.
So, not to be outdone, she tries to find her way back home all on her own.
The song's atmosphere keeps up a positive atmosphere while a distorted, squeaking melody carryies us through the song.

03 - Orleans
Shortly after the beginning When the bassline kicks in, this track instantly feels like coming home for any Fluke fan.
While every song on the album bears the “Fluke” signature to song degree or another, the constant driving bass on this track probably renders it the closest in feel to their previous work.
As Yuki repeats the words "Pulling me" (I thought it was “Bullet in me”? - Martin) this progressive masterpiece pulls us right into her world, full of rumbling basslines, distorted FX flying around everywhere and crunchy beat.

04 - Don't know why
Some japanese strings introduce Don't know why.
A rolling breakbeat accompanied by some acids round Yukis lyrics out.

She says:
- Stop! Won't you listen to me? you've got a one shot only opportunity.
- You wanna know what I see?
- a whole new world waiting there just for you and me.

Sure thing, why not!? The invitation is further extended when she sings:
"Let me take you there you got a whole new world waiting to be shared"
Well, we don't want to hesitate to follow in this instance as it leads into a stomping, acid driven, funky number where we'd be content to stay for a long long time!
Again, the track's Fluke factor is BIG.

05 - Trippin'
Yuki starts with the words
"I've got no money to buy me sounds
But I don't mind 'cause I got friends".
Yes, and those friends are called Jon Fugler and Mike Bryant aka 2Bit.
Directly from the start her "friends" introduce some mind-blowing beats hand in hand with a jumping bassline.
The song is driven forward by distorted guitars and Yuki's distinctive vocals telling us that she "ain't got no time for feeling sad" - neither have we :-)

06 - Loverlover
As the song introduces itself, we find ourselves surrounded by some ultrasmooth dub/reggae atmosphere.
Imho, this is a far more trippy number, than Trippin was supposed to be.
When Yuki finally articulates "Loverlover take a ride with me", the proposition sounds fairly appealing.
The song is a river, let yourself drift :-)

07 - No Angel
The melancholic atmosphere of No Angel gives us a moment to rest and think about our position.
Yuki is accompanied by some acoustic guitars and tells us about the seven deadly sins and her life as “No Angel”.

08 - You Got Me
Just when we thought, it could not get better, the stomping rhythm of "You got me" comes to life.
A bassline, which somehow reminded me of Hang Tough emphasizes Yuki's voice.
"You got me wanting
You got me waiting - anticipating"

09 - Believe
What could be said about "Believe"?
This is just the right tune for a cruise in your car, a trifle pensive, a little bit sad, but ultimately resolving on a note of hope and joy.
"There's something that I just got to find, before I get to where I wanted to go"

10 - Blue
It seems that, on every Fluke Album, the final track is always somewhat special.
Blue is no exception.
Yuki's lyrics are full of despair and sadness.
Gentle pianos accompany her melancholy.
"This ain't the way that it was meant to be" she whispers.
Will she find confidence again? Will she find hope?
You will find out - right out of Blue

Well, that's the rundown for now. I'll add the promo to the discography soon.

There will also be an announcement of the winner of the remix contest in the next week or so, along with the new tracks themselves!

Hang tough!

Martin and jUSTIN

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Perhaps one of the more amusing moments of last Saturday's gig was the introduction between Jon Fugler (after a few drinks) and alias jUSTIN cREDIBLE.

The conversation went a little like this:

[jUSTIN] Do you like my jUSTIN cREDIBLE mixes?
[Jon F.] You're jUSTIN cREDIBLE? YOU THIEVING BASTARD!

In all fairness, it was said in a joking fashion. He also proclaimed that, by rights, he should be suing me. Let's hope it doesn't come to that!

Anyway, the mix that I am presenting today is the standalone and polished version of a track that was originally included in an earlier fusion mix.

jUSTIN subsequently created a YouTube video that combines footage from several Fluke tracks and posted it:


While Youtube comments are not known for their articulate nature, the sentiments expressed were pretty clear:

this is really awsom track but plz any one have this track mp3 i want to listen to it without net if any one have it mp3 plz upload it to me plz

or, my favourite:

LOVE this! Mike B (Fluke)

So, here it is, in MP3 format for your listening pleasure!

As always, I am assuming that anyone who is downloading this is enough of a Fluke fan to have BOUGHT THE ORIGINAL! If not, SHAME ON YOU!

Enjoy: jUSTIN cREDIBLE - Hang Tough vs. Amp (Fusion Mix)

comment from Martin
Many many thanks to jUSTIN for all the hard work he put in on what is an exceptional piece of work - quite a feat given the quality of the original source material!

comment from jUSTIN cREDIBLE
Hehe, yes, the introduction of my alias was really funny, even tough my heart stopped working for a moment :-P

jUSTIN

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Well, luckily for all you out there, the filmmakers (KK Outlet) who did the video for Fluke's piece at the Roundhouse, a reworking of Implog's Holland Tunnel Dive, have put the video on YouTube.

We hope to have some videos of our own shortly, but in the meantime, check this out!

comment from Alistair Douglas
Niiice! Cheers - going on the phone, on the I-Pod and getting burned into the back of my skull, good times!

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Ok, so last night was (as far as we are aware!) the first Fluke performance in a long long time! I've heard that there were technical problems with the live web streaming; if this was the case for you then I ofer my sincere condolences - the event was pretty spectacular with a vast array of talent. Of special significance for me were the excellent performances by John Hendicott (a name to watch out for) and Lex Lamb of Ventilator. However, for all Fluke fans there were two centres of attention that require comment. jUSTIN cREDIBLE, whose remix work many of you will be familiar with, had flown all the way from his home in Germany for the event and his flight landed at midday before he headed to my house for an afternoon of geeking about various Fluke records.

Our night began by rolling up at the roundhouse looking somewhat anxious - I mean it feels as if we essentially blagged tickets to this gig, so it was somewhat surreal. Especially so when we were greeted by none other than Musical Director J. Fugler upon arrival!

While chilling in the bar and putting out Twitter updates via mobile phone we caught a glimpse of Mike B. as he wandered through. Our discussion quickly degenerated into conversations about the merits of Special as opposed to General, relativity, but we were quickly rescued from this intellectual slump by the announcement that we should head into Doc Marten's Freedom Studio and our thoughts once more turned to Fluke/2Bit.

Upon receiving the programme for the night's entertainment we were also exceptionally pleased to learn that Mike Tournier had also created a musical accompaniment to a film. The piece, entitled “Joy - in Other Words” was a selection of interviews with the participants in the event giving their definitions of Joy (not Jazz). While these interviews did somewhat drown out Mike T's music, although we agreed with Jon Fugler that Joy could well be described as “being here tonight”! Perhaps more on Mike Tournier's composition in the coming weeks.

The piece quickly sped on through Sander Kleinenberg's excellent piece about about a deluded client of a call girl (“a nice sensitive guy like me”) to the highlight of our evening – the performance of Implog's Holland Tunnel Dive by Fluke.

The lights when down and Mike B., Jon F. and two saxophonists (one tenor and one alto) walked onto the stage. Mike B. hit the switch and the whole beast chugged into life with a thumping bassline, cued by a noise that sounds incredible similar to the opening Dr. Who credits at 0:00.

00:01 – The video screen comes on to reveal scenes from the G20 protest marches throughout London recently. Hard hitting scenes of police brutality and placard bearers continue throughout.
00:23 – Jon F. steps up to the mic to discover that the sound guys (who insisted on taking control from Mike Bryant) have decided that the performance would be better with no volume on his microphone. Jon does his best to continue in spite of this, but understandably looks a little thrown.
00:45 – Despite this we catch a vocal snippet that could equally as well have come from Slid: “oh what a ride”
01:00 – A noise that sounds incredibly close to a jet engine taking off fills the room
01:19 – The jet engine subsides to reveal a sweeping synth melody
01:33 – Jon F. steps up and they actually give him some volume as he tells us of the things missing in the world: no love, no respect, no equal rights
02:02 – A pulsating synth line in the upper octave joins over the top of the main bass.
02:30 - “No Cigar”
02:40 – The jet engine returns
03:05 – The jet engine dies down and the saxophones step up to play their tune over the remaining bassline
03:11 – Mike B. casts a sideways smile at Jon F. who does not look best pleased about the earlier mistake with the sound
03:50 – The track abruptly ends as the saxes hit their final note – a great deal of applause and whooping emanates from the audience who make up for their lack of size in terms of noise!

Well, jUSTIN and I are left somewhat speechless. It sounds incredibly sad/geeky, but as ardent followers of Fluke who have never had the chance to see them perform live, it was a true privilege to be present at such an exclusive event. The privilege is about to get even larger, however, as we were also invited to attend the after-show party, held at the exclusive club, The East Room in Shoreditch.

I'd like to add that, even in light of some small problems, we had a fantastic time seeing the show and these minor technical flaws did not in any way detract from my, or jUSTIN's, enjoyment of the event. Furthermore, Mike Wilson, the master-coordinator of the event, was doing this for the first time (DTFTFT) and getting 106 collaborators together with a massive technical web rig and everything going 100% to plan would have been near on impossible. Everyone did a fantastic job.

Anyway, we transferred over to the party venue in the exclusive party bus, jUSTIN almost making us miss it due to cravings for cigarettes (I ran into the shop practically yelling – “the coach is leaving NOW – WE ARE GOING TO MISS IT” - needless to say the coach then stood still for about 10 minutes and I felt like a total lemon, although I'm not entirely sure I can vouch for intersubjective empathy with citrus fruits).

While we were at the party we met a host of interesting people, but the highlight of the evening was, without a doubt, meeting the entirety of Fluke past and present. Jon Fugler, Mike Bryant, Mike Tournier and even Julian Nugent were there. Ok, Rachael Stewart didn't make an appearance, so perhaps entirety was a tiny understatement, but we are not complaining. We have signed copies of albums, programmes and even photographs posing with the band. We have achieved the pinnacle of Fluke geekdom.

The fruits of this conversation were many. Mike Tournier gave us updates on Syntax, on which there will be more in the next couple of weeks. He also gave us some interesting discography news which means we are able to confirm and deny two rumours respectively that occur in Marcolphus' discography.

Firstly, “Amp” was released as a single, with the tracklisting presented in the discography, but only in Australia. This may account for the difficulty verifying its existence.
Secondly, “Toot” is an utter hoax. No such single. Nobody. Never.

An interesting story from Mike T. also emerged in that when Setback on Oto was the first track where Fluke truly employed a vocalist. However, during the recording session she collapsed, albeit with no lasting problems!

Jon F. briefly hit the decks about 1am and pushed out some new Yuki tracks, again, more on which is to follow.

We eventually retired, two very happy individuals about 2am. Many thanks to all involved in the gig, but especially to Mike Wilson, Jon Fugler, Mike Bryant and Mike Tournier. We had a blast and you did it.

 

Did1

comment from Alistair Douglas
Nice write up, you guys were lucky to be there, I'm green with envy believe me lol. It's nice to see Mike T's still on talking terms with Mike B. and Jon, didn't know if it was a case of the Darren Emersons ;) Well, I hope your savour the memories, lucky sods lol

comment from jUSTIN cREDIBLE
I am looking at the pictures over and over again and still can't believe that all of this really happened. Thanks so much to Mike Wilson and "Fluke" who made this dream come true -"the guy from Germany :)" -

comment from Tim
Really sad I couldn't get the stream working. Thanks for the write-up, sounds like it was awesome! Any word of a new Fluke album? :)

comment from David Terrasidius
Awesome! Love Fluke and 2 bit pie. Hope to get another Fluke album soon! 90s electronica ftw! :)

comment from jUSTIN cREDIBLE
@Tim & David Terrasidius:
Well, i asked Jon Fugler about future "Fluke" releases.
It seems as if there is nothing "in the pipeline" to be released as "Fluke", but the Yuki Album is raring to go (Promo CDs seem to be out) and it appeared to me, as if they will concentrate on 2Bitpie/ 2Bit next.

jUSTIN

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Well, today's the big day.

As the culmination of months of work on behalf of the organisers, tonight's gig, which will be broadcast live on http://www.ditto.tv will be incredibly special.

Tune in at 7.30pm (BST) for Jon Fugler on the decks for a warm-up electronic starter, before the main course feast gets under way at 8.30!

Remember, this will be your one chance to hear the Fluke / 2 Bit (Pie) interpretation of Implog's no-wave classic, Holland Tunnel Dive. There will be no repeats, no rewind, it's once only. DITTO. Doing IT Together... Once. As any Fluke fan knows, these performances are few and far between, so don't miss out on this rare opportunity.

Expect a full report, with photos, from the gig itself either tomorrow or the day after.

Updates throughout the day/evening (if I can get my phone working) will be posted on the twitter site: http://twitter.com/2bitpie - go follow!

comment from Tim
No matter what I try I can't get it to stream.. ARGH! :(

comment from Alistair Douglas
The stream didn't pick up until about ten past eight and even then, Quicktime... blegh! the stream was gappy and kept cutting out in the middle of stuff. What was a good show was really a little let down by that for me.

P.S. feel sorry for you Tim, 2 Bit were good ;) Who knows, maybe they recorded it for posterity, future DVD perhaps :P

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Just got the following updates through to the lineup for May 16th. All existing artists remain, but, in addition:

Agents of Change
International visual artists Agents of Change will be creating a new physical and multi-media work inspired by Farewell, Death Means Nothing At All by Henry Scott Holland

Josh Gabriel (formerly of Gabriel & Dresden)
A pioneer at the forefront of electronic music Josh is contributing a special piece to accompany Hope – Stem Cell Research, an animation by Spanish graphic artist Sofia Valez Alonso

BM2 (a collective of BLACK MARIAH and THE CRIMEA)
A very special live performance by BM2 as they interpret the legendary Dylan Thomas poem Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night. BM2 will be performing a newly composed piece of music and creating a new short film to accompany the performance

Maria Kesselman & James Gillespie
We are delighted to announce that acclaimed Opera singer and Performer Maria Kesselman will appear live in a collaboration with James Gillespie (aka Scope) interpreting Farewell with a special arrangement of Con Te Partiro

ditto.tv's current twitter status: Rocking to 2Bit/Flukes stunning re-take on ImpLOGs Holland Tunnel Dive for ditto. No Cigar. No Food In The Fridge. Start your engines folks.

ditto-twitter: http://twitter.com/dittotv
ditto Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=51658930835

comment from jUSTIN cREDIBLE
Yeah - less than two weeks now :-)

Justin

comment from Alistair Douglas
I notice the jukebox prior to the performances will be 'Curated' by monsieur Fugler as well. Looking forwards to it :D

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2bitpie.net is today proud to present the latest album from resident remixer/producer jUSTIN cREDIBLE. Those of you who have been around a while will have seen his previous work, such as the mINDFLOWER eP and, of course, his fantastic remix work.

His latest album kicks off with the eerie vocals of mY hEALING, before heading off into the 303-reminiscent rumblings of mESSAGE; for me this was a trip down acid-house highway. Shortly following is the slow, gradual build of mIND fLOWER, which fans will be familiar with from the aforementioned EP.

One of the reasons why jUSTIN's work finds itself well received here, is the clear Fluke influence that permeates his work. This is no clearer than in the titling of cAT mOON and the My Spine reference in the tempo raising, mY fEET dON'T tOUCH tHE gROUND.

Meanwhile, tracks such as pOWER uP! feature an awesome rave-like fluctuation over gently pulsating "piano" synths as iNTO tHE sKY tells us that we should close our eyes and follow him. As with The Chemical Brothers injunction, Come With Us, there is a strong incentive to comply.

Finally, the melancholy calling of sNOWFLAKE preceding the optimistic chords of lULLABY bring the album to a close.

I can't recommend this album enough; I've been working with it through my noise cancelling headphones and the bass is great!

So, without further ado, here's a tracklist and download link:

jUSTIN cREDIBLE - pOWER uP!

• 1. mY hEALING
• 2. mESSAGE
• 3. mIND fLOWER
• 4. cAT mOON (vOX mIX)
• 5. pOWER UP!
• 6. iNTO tHE sKY
• 7. sNOWFLAKE
• 8. mY fEET dON'T tOUCH tHE gROUND
• 9. lULLABY

Download here: jUSTIN cREDIBLE - pOWER uP!

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Amidst all the flurry of activity regarding upcoming Fluke concerts, remixes and competitions, I almost neglected to mention that Mike Tournier has also been busy and, for the past couple of weeks, there has been a new track on the Syntax Myspace site.

The track is called The River and is fairly chilled. Hopefully there will be some news on an official release for the next Syntax production soon.

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