Decoder (duo)
{{Short description|English music production duo}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Decoder
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| alias = Atlas{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}
Beyond Reality{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}
Koda{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}
Psykis{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}
Pure White{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}
Wild Orkid{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}
Orca{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}
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| origin = Bristol, United Kingdom
| genre = Drum and bass
| occupation = Producer
| years_active = 1991–present
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| associated_acts = Kosheen
| website =
| current_members = Darren Beale and Mark Caro
| past_members =
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Decoder is the collective stage name of drum and bass jungle producers Darren Beale and Mark Caro.{{cite web|last=Cooper|first=Sean|title=Decoder {{!}} Biography|url=http://allmusic.com/artist/decoder-p224563/biography|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=5 January 2011}}
Biography
Beale started his career in 1991 using various aliases, creating some old-school hardcore tracks. He continued with fine tuning the deep jungle sounds under the Orca and Koda aliases on Lucky Spin Records and its sister label, Deejay Recordings, releasing "Tranquility to Earth" in 1994. In 1995 he first used the Decoder pseudonym, pioneering the dark or 'tech step' style of drum & bass, often on Mark Caro's label Tech Itch Recordings. {{Cite web |last=Saeger |first=Eric W. |title=Tech Itch |url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/tech-itch-6333470 |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=Miami New Times |language=en}}
1997 saw the release of Decoder's Decoded EP. Decoder's releases appeared on various labels, including Breakbeat Culture with Markee Ledge as Decoder & Substance, Tech Itch Recordings, BS1 Records, Hard Leaders, 31 Records and Audio Couture.
Beale's next release, the Encrypted EP, reached number three in Fabio & Grooverider's "Rollers Top Ten" chart in 1998. The Encrypted EP, along with "Headlock", "Deception" and Decoder's collaboration with Mark Caro, EKO, followed. The debut album, Dissection, appeared on Hard Leaders Records in 1998.{{cite web|last=Bush|first=John|title=Dissection — Decoder {{!}} Album Review|url=http://allmusic.com/album/dissection-r383013|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=5 January 2011}} Decoder was also responsible for remixes of tracks such as Photek's "Rings Around Saturn", Adam F's "Dirty Harry" and Alan McGee's "The Chemical Pilot".
Beale later went on to form a new band called Kosheen with Markee Ledge. {{Cite web |last=admin |date=2016-01-25 |title=Markee Ledge: A Life's Realization |url=http://beatselectormagazine.com/markee-ledge-a-lifes-realization/ |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=BEATSELECTOR Magazine |language=en-US}}
Discography
=Albums=
- Dissection (1998)
- Encounters — Decoder & Substance (w/ Markee Ledge) (1999)
- Concussion (2003)
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Category:English drum and bass musicians