He first met with other members of Fluke in High Wycombe where he had been involved, along with Jon Fugler, in a band called Skin.
[1] Tournier attended the John Hampden Grammar School, High Wycombe.
Little information is known of Tournier's history prior to his incorporation into Fluke in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, and remains a high point in his career.
[2] The band's conception was influenced by Tournier's interest in acid house music and particularly Cabaret Voltaire and Giorgio Moroder.
[2] Tournier stayed with Fluke until approximately 1998 when he left the group to collaborate with Jan Burton on Syntax's Meccano Mind.