The reactivation of acid house/ electronic band Fluke has been one of 2024's most pleasant surprises. In April they released a single called Insanely Beautiful, which came with various versions including a rather smart Hardway Bros Meets Monkton remix. Now, October, they've suddenly dropped a second release from a forthcoming album, another song with a nominative deterministic title- Real Magnificent. In order to qualify for the Monday long song rule #1* I'm leading with a remix, the eight minutes forty four seconds of, yes, real magnificence that is the sLEdger Remix...
The sLEdger Remix opens with wobbly synth patterns and Jon Fugler's vocal speaking of 'magic in the air' and 'hope unlooked for came so suddenly'. At two minutes there's a stutter and the drums kick in, synth chords ascend ominously, Leah Cleaver's voice on top of it all, and more star chasing, throbbing cosmic disco fun. There are other versions- a sLEdger Dub, the JC Remix, and the hyperactive, multi- layered All Buttons In version by Fluke themselves.
The original version of Real Magnificent is also available, a slightly trimmer four minutes forty nine but no less impressive, sleek, sci fi progressive house/ cosmic disco, the twin vocals swirling around the drums, synths and keys, insistent and expansive.
You can get Real Magnificent and all the various mixes and remixes at Bandcamp. sLEdger released a single on Tici Taci at the start of the year, the mirror ball disco throb of Popper which I wrote about here. Otherwise known as Robin Dallison, sLEdger's Bandcamp page is here, packed with goodies to listen to/ download.
* Monday's long son rule #1 is that a song must be over six minutes forty nine seconds long.
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