Jon Fugler

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Jon Fugler
Birth nameJonathan Fugler
Born (1962-10-13) 13 October 1962 (age 60)
St Austell, Cornwall, England
Origin Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England
Genres Electronic, house, breakbeat, IDM, trip hop
Instrument(s) Vocals
Years active1988–present
Labels Creation, Strange Fruit,
Virgin, Astralwerks,
Appalooso, One Little Indian

Jon Fugler (born 13 October 1962 [1] in St Austell, Cornwall, England [2] ) is an English electronic musician and one of the co-founders of the electronic music group Fluke along with Mike Bryant and Mike Tournier. He first met other members of the band in High Wycombe where he had been involved, along with Tournier, in the band Skin. [2] Both Fugler and Bryant were students at Sir William Borlase's Grammar School in Marlow, Buckinghamshire. [3]

Notes

  1. Jon Fugler Discography at Discogs
  2. 1 2 BBCRadio One, Peel Sessions Artist Page: Fluke (link).
  3. One Little Indian Records, Fluke Biography (link Archived 2006-09-29 at the Wayback Machine )


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