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EC 080EP
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"Black Diamonds by Codec & Flexor was originally released in 2002 on Forte, the label of the strongly deplored Christian Morgenstern. It was huge back then, and ever since it's been a stand-out track in the sets of Michel de Hey. That's why now he decided to re-release the original with a version from the hottest remixer on the planet, Gregor Tresher. Of course there's also Michel's very own re-rub."
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CUTS 006EP
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Woody transforms Killermachine's "Do What You Want" into a classical minimal-tech hymn. He cuts the voice 'til it starts to stutter, and the freshening trance parts are accompanied by spacy bleep and zoink sounds, with the bassline assisting the track in a New Order style. The ultra dry start of the 3 Channels mix first loses its way and then finds itself back again in a net of confused and languorous deepness. Meanwhile, Elef Tsiroudis produces warm trance parts reminiscent of the '90s party decade --an absolutely killer track.
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KY 6111CD
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[deleted] This is the second full-length release from Cologne-based techno duo Sven Zalac and Matthias Freund. Codec & Flexor have been ranked among the absolute outsiders and infant terribles of the dark electronic/new wave-pop underground for a long time now. Killermachine is replete with tech-y beats, dirty guitar riffs crowned with spherical vocals and superior hooks. With this second album they take a more pop-like line, though strictly continuing their merging of indie rock and dark techno/electro. Highlights among others are tracks like "I'll Be Gone," harkening to mainstream references such as Depeche Mode and Northern Lite, amongst others. "Surface Of Sorrow," dedicated to the deceased Christian Morgenstern, impresses with black, atmospheric pattern.
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FORTE 022CD
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"Codec and Flexor that is Sven Zalac and Matthias Freund. That the two guys from Frankfurt moved to Cologne recently has certainly to do with their cooperation with Christian Morgenstern, owner of the label Forte Records, who has become a good friend to them. So it does not come as a surprise that their first album Tubed was produced by Christian Morgenstern at Forte Records. All of the ten tracks on the album show clear traces of Codec & Flexor's musical background, but are enriched with many electronic elements so that, if you wanted to label it, you could say Tubed is an electro rock record. Classical techno tracks like Robot Funk or Let It All Out alternate with calmer electronical and more classical rock oriented tracks like She. So even if the tracks may evoke very different reaction from wanting to dance to wanting to just listen, all in all Tubed sounds like a concept album as there is one idea behind it: rock music."
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