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Flux (Bloc Party song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Flux'" is a song by English rock band Bloc Party. It was released as a single on 12 November 2007 and produced by Jacknife Lee, along with several other new songs, during the band's week in the studio after their performances at the Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds Festivals. The song uses mostly electronic instruments and features vocalist Kele Okereke's voice manipulated through Auto-Tune. It was first performed live on 26 September 2007 at Covington's Madison Theater.
CD1 of the set was only released as a free CD through the 14 November 2007 issue of 'NME'. The song peaked at number 8 in the UK Singles Chart as the band's fourth UK Top 10 single. "Flux" is featured on the re-released version of Bloc Party's second studio album 'A Weekend in the City' and on the North American version of their third album 'Intimacy'.
Music video
A music video for the song was directed by director Ace Norton, who has previously directed videos for The Willows, Norah Jones and Death Cab for Cutie. The video was published on 'NME's website on 17 October 2007. Like the Beastie Boys' music video for "Intergalactic", it pays homage to Japanese kaiju movies. It shows two giant silver robots falling in love while other monsters and robots destroy the city they are in. The band themselves do not appear in the video.
The video was filmed over two days in Boston with American performance troupe Kaiju Big Battel. Some of the Kaiju (Japanese for 'strange beast') characters in the video are the Call-Me-Kevin, Grudyin, Unibouzo, Vegetius, Giii the Space Pirate and Steam-Powered Tentacle Boulder. One of the characters has striking similarities to a Cylon.
Track listing
All lyrics by Kele Okereke, all music composed by Bloc Party (Kele Okereke, Russell Lissack, Gordon Moakes and Matt Tong).
Digital download
* UK single# "Flux"
# "On" (Principle Participant "Legs" Mix)
7"
CD1
CD2
12"
* Wichita / WEBB135T (United Kingdom) (clear vinyl)# "Flux" (Extended Version) 6:32
# "Flux" (Extended Instrumental) 6:27
# "Where Is Home?" (Burial Remix) 5:28
Personnel
* Jacknife Lee production, mixing, programming, keys ("Flux")
* Sam Bell recording, additional programming ("Flux")
* Eliot James production, engineering, mixing ("The Once and Future King" and "Emma Kate's Accident")
* Nilesh Patel at The Exchange, London mastering ("Flux", "The Once and Future King" and "Emma Kate's Accident")
* Dave Cooley mixing, mastering (live version)
* Gus Oberg recording (live version)
* Patrick Billiard recording assistant (live version)
* Tony Perrin management
* Simon White management
* Rut Blees Luxembourg photograph
* Work graphic design
* EMI Music publishing
* V2 Music marketing and distribution
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
Category:2007 singles
Category:Bloc Party songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Jacknife Lee
Category:2007 songs
Category:Wichita Recordings singles
Category:Songs written by Kele Okereke
Category:Songs written by Gordon Moakes
Category:Songs written by Russell Lissack
Category:Songs written by Matt Tong
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