Alter Ego is a German music group, comprising Roman Flügel and Jörn Elling Wuttke. They achieved notability in 2004 with their track "Rocker", which became one of the year's defining

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, and getting played on rotation amongst the most popular DJs such as

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. The track peaked at #32 in the

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. In the 2004 ''Groove Magazine'' Readers Poll, Alter Ego won three categories, taking out the award for 'Best Single' for "Rocker", 'Best Album' for ''Transphormer'', and also 'Best Live Act'. French group Black Strobe took out 'Best Remix' honours with their

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of "Rocker". Though the two remain friends, Alter Ego have not been active since the release of their final album in 2008. In interviews, Flügel suggested that the hiatus occurred because the two simply stopped enjoying working professionally, and following their own projects was the best way of both securing their friendship and keeping their work interesting. In 2005, Roman Flügel went on to produce the track "Gehts Noch?", which was a worldwide hit, and was regularly played by many international DJs. Since Alter Ego became inactive, Flügel signed to Dial Records and released three full length solo albums so far, along with several EPs released on various other labels and collaborations with like-minded artists such as

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and Daniel Avery, who count Flügel's work as inspirations. In contrast to the harsh, electro-house style that made "Rocker" and "Gehts Noch?" successful, Flügel's recent work is inspired chiefly by techno and

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Selected discography

Albums

* ''The Lost Album'' (2012) * ''What's Next?!'' (2008) (remix album) * ''Why Not?!'' (2007) * ''Transphormed'' (2005) * ''Transphormer'' (2004) * ''Decoding the Hacker Myth'' (1996) * ''Alterism'' (1996) * ''Memories from Overseas'' (1995) * ''Alter Ego'' (1994)

Singles

* "Rocker" niversal CD(2005) (AUS #91) * "Rocker" ltra 12"(2005) * "Betty Ford EP" (2000) * "Slaughterhouse" (2000) * "Absolute" (1997) * "The Evil Needle" (1997) * "Decoding the Hacker Myth Remixes, Vol. 1" (1996)

Remixes

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References

External links

ongaku.de
- Official website
Alter Ego
at Yahoo! Music * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alter Ego (Band) German electronic music groups