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Thursday October 2nd 2003 12:09 AM PST

HOLY SHIT!!! Did anybody else hear the new FLUKE (other than Will, and BTW thanks for telling me about this) I know i am going to catch hell for attempting to write a music review, but damn. I'm always turned on by angst, so when fluke started sounding more like something between front 242, KMFDM and a little Trent Reznor, you better fuckin expect me to like it. These guys brought you every fuckin sound you're hearing in all those shit car commericals, including Atom Bomb, which finally has hit as the new big shit in every BAD (and i mean really SHITTY) trailer for every piece of shit hollywood is trying to sell the male 12 to 21 demographic. I don't mean to make this a fuckin history lesson, but remember Wipeout. Wipeout had been out for over a year when i finally found it, and at that point Atom Bomb was already an OLD song. All i can think of now is saying... "what the fuck is Red Bull?" as you flew your fuckin AG system past billboard after billboard. So as always i've missed the point. The new Fluke entitled "puppy" is still the same heart pounding techno, but you will get something you don't expect. They've really pumped up the low end. There is more distortion and base on this one than i could ever imagine. The overall sound is much more dark. I'll say that their numbing loops almost border on Daft Punk, but they are not that happy. I don't think i'm making any sense, but i will say that this is the first album i've heard in a long time that isn't just overproduced bullshit.

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Actually it was WipeoutXL. But where can I download the MP3's ;-)

Posted by: Jason D-

Sorry Jason, I woulda forwarded you my email that I sent to Dave, but I don't have your email address :( I trust Dave will forward it to you for me though. I agree with what you said though, Dave. This new Fluke album is the first electronica album in, shit, years probably, that I've heard that I was not only not disappointed by, but was actually surprised and impressed by. Fluke took it up a notch since "Risotto", which is more than I can say for just about every other electronica group that was putting out stuff back when it started to catch on around 96-97 or so. I could be wrong, but damn if I can think of any electronica albums that have really blown me away in the last couple years. I will say Underworld remains consistently good, but they've never surpassed "dubnobasswithmyheadman" as far as I'm concerned. There's nothing quite like a really great electronica album. Its just too bad that almost all the former greats don't seem to be either able or willing to put them out any more.

Posted by: Yams

hey, i want it too!

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