"Flux" is a song by English

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band

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. It was released as a single on 12 November 2007 and produced by

Jacknife Lee Garret "Jacknife" Lee is an Irish music producer and mixer. He has worked with a variety of artists, including the Cars, U2, R.E.M., the Killers, Robbie Williams, Snow Patrol, Bloc Party, Two Door Cinema Club, AFI, the Hives, Weezer, One Direc ...

, 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

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and features vocalist

Kele Okereke Rowland Kelechukwu "Kele" Okereke (born 13 October 1981), also known :wikt:mononym, mononymously as Kele, is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the indie rock band Bloc Part ...

's voice manipulated through

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. 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 ''

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''. 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

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A Weekend in the City ''A Weekend in the City'' is the second studio album by British indie rock band Bloc Party. It was recorded at Grouse Lodge Studios in Westmeath, Ireland, in mid-2006 and was produced by Jacknife Lee. The album was refined and mixed at severa ...

'' and on the

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n version of their third album ''

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''. For Japan, the song was released as part of a 13-track

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, also entitled "Flux".

Music video

A music video for the song was directed by director

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, who has previously directed videos for The Willows,

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and

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. The video was published on ''NMEs website on 17 October 2007. Like the

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' music video for " Intergalactic", it pays homage to Japanese

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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

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. 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

, all music composed by

(

Russell Lissack Russell Lissack is an English musician. He is the lead guitarist of London-based indie rock group Bloc Party, whom he founded with Kele Okereke in 1999. He released a self-titled album with side project Pin Me Down in 2010, and was a touring memb ...

Gordon Moakes Gordon Peter Moakes (born 22 June 1976) is an English musician, best known as the bassist of rock band Young Legionnaire and former member of indie rock band Bloc Party. Bloc Party Moakes became a member of Bloc Party after responding to an ...

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

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) – 6:27 # "Where Is Home?" (

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Remix) – 5:28

Japan Remix Album

Personnel

– 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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Flux (Song) 2007 singles Bloc Party songs Song recordings produced by Jacknife Lee 2007 songs Wichita Recordings singles Songs written by Kele Okereke Songs written by Gordon Moakes Songs written by Russell Lissack Songs written by Matt Tong