CD REVIEW: 2 BIT PIE, 2 PIE ISLAND

Mar 20, 2007 10:01 AM, By Jason Jurgens

2 Bit Pie is like an electronic co-op. Mike Bryant and Jon Fugler (both of Fluke) and She Shell siren Yuki pulled the friend card for 2 Pie Island, assembling musicians such as vocalist Jan Burton (Syntax) and former Bush drummer Robin Goodridge. Big beats and operatic flavor ("Soto Mundo") or dark guitar fueled by thick distortion ("Nobody Never") drive the energetic rock-based electronic music. The beats are haunting and sometimes otherworldly yet reminiscent of Depeche Mode and Fluke. And Fugler and Yuki share vocal duties, playing off one another as if they were instruments.

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