Flux (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Flux


Artist = Bloc Party
B-side = "Emma Kate's Accident", "The Once and Future King", "Where Is Home?"
Released = start_date|2007|11|12|df=yes
Format = Digital download, CD, 7" vinyl, 12" vinyl
Recorded = 2007 at The Garage
Genre = Post-punk revival
Alternative Dance
Length = 3:39
Label = Witchita - WEBB135
Writer = Bloc Party
Producer = Jacknife Lee
Certification =
Last single = "Hunting For Witches"
(2007)
This single = "Flux"
(2007)
Next single = "Mercury"
(2008)

"Flux" is a song by Bloc Party which was released as a single on 12 November 2007. It was produced by Jacknife Lee, along with several other new songs, [cite web | url = http://www.blocparty.net/2007/08/bloc-party-start-work-on-new-material.html | title = Bloc Party start work on new material! | accessdate = 2007-09-30 |date= 2007-08-26 ] during the band's week in the studio after their performances at the . 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. [cite web | url = http://youtube.com/watch?v=PvvYfDTFif4 | title = New exclusive Bloc Party song- Live in Covington, KY | accessdate = 2007-09-30 |date= 2007-09-26 ] [cite web | url = http://www.blocparty.net/2007/09/bloc-party-in-flux.html | title = Bloc Party in 'Flux'? | accessdate = 2007-09-30 |date= 2007-09-26 ] 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 chart.

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. [cite web | url = http://www.videostatic.com/vs/2007/week39/index.html#entry-39458348 | title =BOOKED: Bloc Party - Ace Norton, director | accessdate = 2007-09-30 ] [cite web | url = http://www.acenorton.com/ | title = Latest | accessdate = 2007-09-30 ] The video was published on "NME" on 17 October 2007. Like the Beastie Boys music video "Intergalactic", which it resembles stylistically, 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 (the newest Kaiju Hero).

Charts

Track listing

Digital download (United Kingdom)

# "Flux"
# "On" (Principle Participant Legs Mix)

7" (clear vinyl): WEBB135S (United Kingdom)

# "Flux"
# "The Once and Future King"

CD1: Wichita / WEBB135SCD (United Kingdom)

# "Flux"
# "Flux" (Live from the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden 03/Oct/2007)
# "Emma Kate's Accident"

CD: Wichita / NMECD07-05 (United Kingdom)

tracklist
collapsed =
headline = * Given away free with the start date|2007|11|14 issue of the NME
all_writing =
all_lyrics =
all_music =
title1 = Flux (JFK Remix)
length1 = 4:36
title2 = Flux (Punx Soundcheck "Tenebrae" Remix)
length2 = 5:02
title3 = Flux (Metal On Metal Remake)
length3 = 5:03
title4 = Flux (GoodBooks Magnetism Remix)
length4 = 5:06

CD: Wichita / WEBB135SJPN (Japan)

tracklist
collapsed =
headline =
all_writing =
all_lyrics =
all_music =
title1 = Flux (Extended 12" Mix)
length1 = 6:31
title2 = The Prayer (Phone Metal Jackin' Mix)
length2 = 5:03
title3 = Hunting For Witches (Fury666 Remix)
length3 = 3:39
title4 = Flux (JFK Remix)
length4 = 4:34
title5 = I Still Remember (Sebastian)
length5 = 4:30
title6 = Uniform (James Rutledge Remix)
length6 = 8:23
title7 = Where Is Home? (Burial Remix)
length7 = 5:32
title8 = Flux (Metal On Metal Remake)
length8 = 5:02
title9 = On (Principal Participant "Legs" Mix)
length9 = 7:50
title10 = The Prayer (Does It Offend You, Yeah? Remix)
length10 = 4:19
title11 = Flux (Good Books Magnetism Mix)
length11 = 5:07
title12 = I Still Remember (Music Box And Tears Mix)
length12 = 5:04
title13 = Flux
length13 = 3:37

12" (clear vinyl): WEBB135T (United Kingdom)

# "Flux" (Extended Version) - 6:32
# "Flux" (Extended Instrumental) - 6:27
# "Where Is Home?" (Burial Remix) - 5:28

Digital download (France)

# "Flux" (French Version)

Digital download (Germany)

# "Flux" (German Version)

References