Surely the longest-serving of UK dance outfits, Fluke have been a fixture on the national house scene for more than a decade now. In "Snapshot", the juddering synth riff is the techno equivalent of the 12-bar blues, a standard form that has become all too easy for lazy musicians to slip into. Fluke may sing, "It's easy to change/ Go out and get a new name/ Forget yesterday" in "Switch/Twitch", but it is clearly not proving that easy for them to develop beyond their old house style, notwithstanding odd moments such as the freeway glide of "Baby Pain" and the soulful choir on the closing, chill-out number, "Blue Sky". It's Nineties music for a Noughties world.
[4:09] 1. Fluke - Snapshot [7:22] 2. Fluke - My Spine [4:38] 3. Fluke - Another Kind Of Blues [5:28] 4. Fluke - Hang Tough [9:33] 5. Fluke - Switch / Twitch [6:45] 6. Fluke - YKK [5:19] 7. Fluke - Expo [6:35] 8. Fluke - Electric Blue [5:44] 9. Fluke - Baby Pain [5:58] 10. Fluke - Nebulus [5:49] 11. Fluke - Blue Sky