Fluke Bio

Fluke Musical Biography 

 

Hailing from England, electronic band Fluke first came together in the late 80s. Their founding members were Mike Bryant, Mike Tournier, and Jon Fugler. Julian Nugent served as their manager.

 

Before Fluke came into fruition, however, Fugler and Bryant had been playing in punk bands together for years. To that end, they both worked in The Leaky Radiators and The Lay Figures. When they met Tournier and discovered he had similar musical aspirations and tastes, Fluke was officially complete.

 

By 1988, Fluke’s first single, “Island Life,” was released as a white label vinyl. Still searching for their unique sound, the single was not indicative of the band’s later works nor was it a success with audiences. Despite the single’s poor reception, they went on to release “Thumper” as well as “Joni/Taxi.” The latter sampled from “Big Yellow Taxi” by music star Joni Mitchell.

 

These later singles were better received by album-buying audiences, and Fluke earned the ever-important record deal. Signed under Creation Records, “Philly” marked their first CD single.

 

Shortly after, The Techno Rose of Blighty hit the shelves. This album was followed up by a live album, Out (In Essence). With this second release, Fluke left Creation for Circa Records.

 

The band took a short hiatus but returned with the breakout single “Slid” in 1993. So popular was the song, that it was even included in the feature film Sliver with Sharon Stone, William Baldwin, and Tom Berenger.

 

The same year, they also released another full length album, Six Wheels On My Wagon. It was deemed by many to be a groundbreaking release for the techno genre.

 

One year later, they came out with The Peel Sessions, then Oto in 1995.

 

By 1996, their popularity really began to pick up with the single “Atom Bomb” on the Risotto album. Once again finding their way onto various film soundtracks, “Atom Bomb” was utilized in everything from The Saint with Val Kilmer and Elisabeth Shue to X-Men with the all star cast of Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Halle Berry, and others.

 

Other hits on this popular album included “Absurd” and “Goodnight Lover.”

 

Despite their success, Tournier decided to leave the band for Syntax, which eventually broke up in 2005.

 

Reeling from the loss of Tournier, it took six years before their next album, Puppy, was released. It would prove to be their last.

 

Known for their live performances, they have often been compared with the Chemical Brothers, who also utilize lasers and dramatic visuals onstage.

 

Not widely known to mainstream audiences, their biggest exposure to date was the featuring of their track (which was renamed Zion) in The Matrix Reloaded with Keanu Reeves, Carrie Anne Moss, and Laurence Fishburne.




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