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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Not a bad album, I don't own 'Six Wheels On My Wagon' but I do own 'Risotto' and 'Puppy'. With this album you can tell there is a slower pace, and is a very ambient album. This album may seem short with only 8 tracks, but they're all pretty long. In my opinion, 'Bullet' 'O.K' and 'Squirt are the best tracks here, and I like the mix of 'Squirt' better on this album than the one in 'Risotto'. 'Squirt' is on par for funny lyrics with such tracks as 'Frontier Psychiatrist' from 'The Avalanches', and 'Perpetual Dawn' by 'The Orb', and the ambient sound works better with it, however the version of 'Setback' is better on 'Risotto' because here it gets a bit boring. O.K. is another ambient track, however is probably the fastest track and probably the best on this album.
Not bad overall, but 'Risotto' and 'Puppy' are by far better, still worth the money though!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Opening with the magnificent 'Bullet', Fluke's follow up to 'Six wheels on my Wagon' is another winner.
A somewhat more varied and experimental album it struggles at times to match it's more revered predecessor, nevertheless it maintains interest form the listener. With long ambient tracks like 'Setback' and 'OK' this album has a more space-like feel to it.
Worth buying, compared to most of their rivals output.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Fluke - 'Oto'
13 July 2000
Format:Audio CD
Fluke has managed to quietly remain hidden within the realms of electronica within the US. Oto is perhaps a perfect example of what electronica can be - trance, dance, ambience, and a combination of the like. The first track is one of the most amazing trance tracks I have ever heard. It evolves into an incredible package of energy and tranquility at the same time. Fluke challenges the listener to focus on what is happening within their music. The rich textures and layers of sound will amaze any audiophile or headphone jockey.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Cats with gloves don't catch mice
26 Jun 2000
Format:Audio CD
On "Oto", the band's third proper album, Fluke makes some effort to get away from the carbon copy of Underworld's sound that characterized "Six wheels on my wagon". However, for all those who think Fluke is defined by high-energy dance music, "Oto" will prove a disappointment. Much of the music is downtempo, and Fluke raise the tempo only for "Bullet" and "O.K.". This mix of dub rhythms, deep bass lines, and ambient sounds ambitious, but the song material often isn't there. The remix versions of "Bullet" and "Tosh", which can be found on the corresponding CD-single releases, are far more clubby and powerful than the album versions. The lyrics alternate between being 'super-smashing great' ("Tosh") and being downright silly ("Cut"). The most memorable aspects are the vocal performances, featuring vocoder voices, robotic murmerings, seductive talk-singing, and even some soulful delivery ("Setback"). "Oto" is not an immediately rewarding album, but it grows on you. I recommend you to save this disc for later and to buy "Risotto" first.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
We'll stop. Usual tricks.
6 Jan 2002
Format:Audio CD
What other reviewers write off as "downtempo" is the key to Fluke's genius on this album- a subtle, progressive sound that sweeps the listener away into a world a little more magical than our own- from the subdued, almost childlike melody that begins "Bullet" right to the slow-building anthem "Wobbler" and into the beautiful female vocalizations ending "Setback".
Inevitable comparisons are drawn between "Oto", and Fluke's subsequent work, "Risotto"- if for no other reason than "Squirt" and "Setback", which appear (in different forms) on both albums. But comparing the two is unfair because of the different moods present. "Risotto" is (for the most part) upbeat, high-energy electronica at it's best (especially for those who crave more than just a good beat). "Oto" is infinitely more subtle, and more than a tad darker than "Risotto", and the lyrics reflect that.
"Oto" is a masterpiece of progressive trance, containing wonderful lyrics from the repition of the word "Super" in Tosh (something you gotta read to believe) to the dark, almost apocalyptic world we create from the lyrics in "Setback". Out of the eight songs on the 55-minute "Oto", all but "Cut" are beautiful and well-crafted, the latter being a bit weak and repetitive, but is still heads and shoulders above the mindlessly weak music that sits on the charts these days.
Buy "Oto". Now. And prepare to go to a world full of darkness and danger and even a little glimmer of hope somewhere underneath everything else.
Inevitable comparisons are drawn between "Oto", and Fluke's subsequent work, "Risotto"- if for no other reason than "Squirt" and "Setback", which appear (in different forms) on both albums. But comparing the two is unfair because of the different moods present. "Risotto" is (for the most part) upbeat, high-energy electronica at it's best (especially for those who crave more than just a good beat). "Oto" is infinitely more subtle, and more than a tad darker than "Risotto", and the lyrics reflect that.
"Oto" is a masterpiece of progressive trance, containing wonderful lyrics from the repition of the word "Super" in Tosh (something you gotta read to believe) to the dark, almost apocalyptic world we create from the lyrics in "Setback". Out of the eight songs on the 55-minute "Oto", all but "Cut" are beautiful and well-crafted, the latter being a bit weak and repetitive, but is still heads and shoulders above the mindlessly weak music that sits on the charts these days.
Buy "Oto". Now. And prepare to go to a world full of darkness and danger and even a little glimmer of hope somewhere underneath everything else.
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