2 Bit Pie
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2 Bit Pie are an English electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

 group formed in 2005 as a collaboration between Fluke
Fluke (band)
Fluke are an English electronic music group formed in the late 1980s by Mike Bryant, Jon Fugler and Mike Tournier with Julian Nugent as the band's manager...

 and many other musicians, some of whom had previously worked with Fluke, and others who already have vast experience within the music industry, such as Andy Gray
Andy Gray (musician)
Andy Gray is a British songwriter, composer, and record producer.-Film scores:*TT3D: Closer to the Edge *CSI Miami original song*Saab Saab North America...

.

The band's first release was "Nobody Never" which was released on 12" Vinyl
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...

 in 2005. This was followed by a period of inactivity before the announcement via the band's label, One Little Indian, that the band's debut album, 2Pie Island
2Pie Island
2Pie Island is the first and, currently, only album by British electronica group 2 Bit Pie, considered to be an incarnation of Fluke.-Track listing:...

was released on 4 September 2006.

History and lineup

2 Bit Pie is the direct descendant of Fluke, the group including both of the current Fluke members, Mike Bryant
Mike Bryant
Michael James Bryant is an English electronic musician and one of the co-founders of the electronic music group Fluke along with Jon Fugler and Mike Tournier...

 and Jon Fugler
Jon Fugler
Jon Fugler is an English electronic musician and one of the co-founders of the electronic music group Fluke along with Mike Bryant and Mike Tournier...

. Both Bryant and Fugler have a writing credit each for every song on 2Pie Island with Andy Gray
Andy Gray (musician)
Andy Gray is a British songwriter, composer, and record producer.-Film scores:*TT3D: Closer to the Edge *CSI Miami original song*Saab Saab North America...

 listed as an additional credit on "Fly" and "Nobody Never". Gray had previously worked with Korn
Korn
Korn is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. The current band line up includes four members: Jonathan Davis, James "Munky" Shaffer, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, and Ray Luzier. The band was formed as an expansion of L.A.P.D.The band released their first demo album,...

 and Paul Oakenfold
Paul Oakenfold
Paul Mark Oakenfold is a British record producer and a trance DJ.-Early Career: 1979–84:Paul Oakenfold's career was set to be a chef, after having hopes of becoming part of a band. He describes his early life as a "bedroom deejay" in a podcasted interview with Vancouver's 24 Hours, stating he grew...

 and is a firmly established figure in the music production industry. The group's vocals are provided by Jon Fugler, who was also the vocalist for Fluke, with additional singing provided by Yukiko Ishii, formerly of Tokyo based trip-hop band She Shell, Dilshani Weerasinghe, of the Royal Opera
Royal Opera, London
The Royal Opera is an opera company based in central London, resident at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Along with the English National Opera, it is one of the two principal opera companies in London. Founded in 1946 as the Covent Garden Opera Company, it was known by that title until 1968...

, Louise Marshall, Margo Buchannon and Marli Buck.
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