2 Bit Pie are an English

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group formed in 2005 as a collaboration between

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and many other musicians, some of whom had previously worked with Fluke, and others who already had significant experience within the music industry, such as Andy Gray. The band's debut album titled '' 2Pie Island'' was released digitally on December 31, 2004. Later released physically on September 4, 2006. This was followed by a period of inactivity from the band's label,

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, before the singles "Nobody Never" and "Here I Come" were released in 2005. ''One Little Indian Records'', ''2 Bit Pie''
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History and line-up

2 Bit Pie is the direct descendant of Fluke, the group including both of the current Fluke members,

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Jon Fugler Jon Fugler (born 13 October 1962 in St Austell, Cornwall, England''BBC'' ''Radio One'', ''Peel Sessions Artist Page: Fluke''link.) is an English electronic musician and one of the co-founders of the electronic music group Fluke along with Mike ...

. Both Bryant and Fugler have a writing credit each for every song on ''2Pie Island'' with Andy Gray listed as an additional credit on "Fly" and "Nobody Never".''2Pie Island 2CD Edition Inlay Sheet'', ''Writing credits''. Gray had previously worked with

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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 vocals provided by Yukiko Ishii, formerly of Tokyo-based

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band She Shell, Dilshani Weerasinghe, of the Royal Opera, Louise Marshall, Margo Buchannon and Marli Buck.

Discography

Albums

*'' 2Pie Island'' (2006)

Singles

*"Nobody Never" (2005) *"Here I Come" (2006)

References

External links

2 Bit Pie fan site
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