Decoded Feedback is a

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musical project which incorporates styles of

electro-industrial Electro-industrial is a music genre that emerged from industrial music in the early 1980s. While EBM (electronic body music) has a minimal structure and clean production, electro-industrial tends to have a grittier, complex and layered sound wi ...

and

aggrotech Electro-industrial is a music genre that emerged from industrial music in the early 1980s. While EBM (electronic body music) has a minimal structure and clean production, electro-industrial tends to have a grittier, complex and layered sound wi ...

. The duo releases music on the North American distributor

Metropolis Records Metropolis Records is a record label founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1993 by the late Dave Heckman. The label's all-electronic format closely tracked with European contemporaries, such as Off Beat, and, since 1995, has been instrumenta ...

, and the European

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Infacted Recordings.

History

Decoded Feedback was formed in 1993 by the Italian Marco Biagiotti (vocals, lyrics, samples, sequences, arrangement, basses and drums) and the Hungarian Yone Dudas (keyboards, sequences, arrangement, samples, basses, drums and lyrics) while they were both living in Italy. The duo met in an industrial night club in Budapest, Hungary and developed a friendship through EBM and industrial music that led to a collaboration for producing original music. Their

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entitled ''Decoded Feedback'' was reviewed by the

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industrial music magazine Side-Line, which led to the group being signed to the

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label, Hard Records. The group relocated to Toronto, Canada in 1995 and a year later Hard Records released their first full-length CD, ''Overdosing''. Due to format changes at Hard Records, the label began letting go of most of their signed artists but Hard Records' Christian Rosén liked their music so much that he introduced the band to Torben Schmidt at

Zoth Ommog Zoth Ommog Records was a German Industrial music record label which was owned by the parent label Music Research. The company was established by German music producer Andreas Tomalla (aka Talla 2XLC) in 1989 and later handed over to producer Torbe ...

. Zoth Ommog released Decoded Feedback's second disc, ''Technophoby'', in 1997. Since then,

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industrial music distributors

have released domestic versions of all subsequent Decoded Feedback albums. In 2000, Biagiotti and Dudas signed to the record label Bloodline to release ''Mechanical Horizon'', which was preceded by the first ever Decoded Feedback single, "Reflect in Silence". Three years later, Decoded Feedback switched to their current European record label, Out of Line, and released ''Shockwave'', which was preceded by a single, "Phoenix". In 2005, they released ''Combustion'' as well as contributing the soundtrack for the Cindy Murdoch's short zombie film, ''Red Men Rising'' (music credited to Yone). The 2010s yielded three albums: ''Aftermath'', released in 2010, ''disKonnekt'' in 2012, and ''Dark Passenger'' released in 2016. The single from ''Dark Passenger'' entitled "Waiting for the Storm" inspired the creation of and provided the working title for the full-length feature film
Strangers at the Door
' by director Rogelio Salinas. Several of their albums have ranked on the German Alternative Charts including ''Bio-Vital'', released in 1998, ''Shockwave'', voted #3 Top International Album of 2003, and ''Aftermath'' voted #5 on May 27, 2010 and staying on the DAC for 7 weeks reaching #2.

Live

Decoded Feedback conducted their first U.S. tour in 1998 and have played several live shows in Europe. The band spent the greater part of 2001 touring with

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and

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and again in 2003 with

Haujobb Haujobb is a German electronic musical project whose output has ranged drastically within the electronic music spectrum, from electro-industrial to ambient and techno. They have become a staple crossover act, bringing several forms of electro ...

. They have played the

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, the Blacksun Festival in the USA, Infest 2005, and the Out of Line Festival, as well as touring with fellow Metropolis Records bands

God Module God Module is an American dark electronic band founded in 1999 from Orlando, Florida. Since 2006 they have been based out of Washington state. God Module is currently signed to Metropolis Records. History God Module was formed in 1999 by Jasy ...

and

Blutengel Blutengel (german: Blood Angel) (stylized as BlutEngel) is a German electronic music group formed by singer Chris Pohl (also of the groups Terminal Choice, Tumor, and Miss Construction and the owner of the Fear Section label) after he had to le ...

. In Toronto, Canada, at the EBM Fest 2008, they played as a DJ set because Marco was not present.

Philosophy and style

Yone studied at

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in Toronto for a short time, but otherwise the duo had no formal music training. Both Yone and Marco cite early electronic music - e.g.:

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and

Kraftwerk Kraftwerk (, "power station") is a German band formed in Düsseldorf in 1970 by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider. Widely considered innovators and pioneers of electronic music, Kraftwerk were among the first successful acts to popularize the ...

- as well as

new wave music New wave is a loosely defined music genre that encompasses pop-oriented styles from the late 1970s and the 1980s. It was originally used as a catch-all for the various styles of music that emerged after punk rock, including punk itself. La ...

as influences. Yone cites

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and punk rock as further influences, while Marco cites an affinity for

gothic rock Gothic rock (also called goth rock or simply goth) is a style of rock music that emerged from post-punk in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. The first post-punk bands which shifted toward dark music with gothic overtones include Siouxsie a ...

. Both members have also cited the tensions that exist between sexes and international boundaries, as well as their unique backgrounds, as a driving force behind their music - especially in an attempt to create their own unique style. They originally experimented with the fusion of punk and electro, but over time developed a more cold, industrial-oriented sound. While the band acknowledges that they are heavily influenced by danceable club music, they never set out explicitly to create dance music, but strive to strike a combination of "strength and beauty" in their compositions. By the time ''Evolution'' was released, they created a blend of industrial and

electronic body music Electronic body music (acronymized to EBM) is a genre of electronic music that combines elements of industrial music and synth-punk with elements of disco and dance music. It developed in the early 1980s in Western Europe as an outgrowth of bo ...

, with "interwoven dance floor textures and symphonic melodies". This sound culminated with ''Mechanical Horizon'', but turned sharply with ''Shockwave'', an album that was seen as something of a return to an older style. ''Combustion'' continued this tren

Decoded Feedback's music is popular within the darker electronic music scene, especially among fans of

music. Comparable artists include fellow Metropolis Records acts

Wumpscut Wumpscut (stylised as :wumpscut:) is a gothic influenced electro-industrial music project from Germany. It was founded in May 1991 by Bavarian disc jockey Rudolf "Rudy" Ratzinger (born 3 June 1966). History Rudy Ratzinger is the creative force ...

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and

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, as well as

acts

Leæther Strip Leæther Strip is a Danish musical project founded on 13 January 1988 by Claus Larsen. Its influence has been most felt in the electronic body music and electro-industrial genres. Leæther Strip was one of the earliest and most prominent acts ...

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, and Evils Toy. During the 1990s the band identified with M.A.C.O.S. (Musicians Against Copywriting of Samples), a movement that asserted that the fair use of sampled portions of music and movies should be legally available for reuse in artistic works.

Discography

*''Decoded Feedback'' - (CS) 1993 - ''no label'' *''Elektroküte'' – (CS mini album) 1994 - ''no label'' *''

Overdosing A drug overdose (overdose or OD) is the ingestion or application of a drug or other substance in quantities much greater than are recommended.

'' – (CD album) 1996 - Hard Records,

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• (CD album) 2002 - Dying Culture *'' Technophoby'' – (CD album) 1997 -

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*'' Bio-Vital'' – (CD album) 1998 - Zoth Ommog • 1999 Metropolis *''

Evolution Evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. These characteristics are the expressions of genes, which are passed on from parent to offspring during reproduction. Variation ...

'' – (CD) 1999 - Zoth Ommog, Metropolis – #12

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RPM Charts *'' Mechanical Horizon'' – (CD album) 2000 - Metropolis, Bloodline – #36 CMJ RPM Charts *" Reflect in Silence" – (CD maxi) 2000 - Bloodline *"

Phoenix Phoenix most often refers to: * Phoenix (mythology), a legendary bird from ancient Greek folklore * Phoenix, Arizona, a city in the United States Phoenix may also refer to: Mythology Greek mythological figures * Phoenix (son of Amyntor), a ...

" – (CD maxi) 2002 -

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*''Shockwave'' – (CD album, enhanced) 2003 - Metropolis, Out of Line • (CD album, enhanced) 2004 - Irond *''BioMechanic'' – (2xCD) 2004 - Metropolis, Out of Line *''

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'' – (CD album, enhanced) 2005 - Out of Line, Metropolis • (CD album, enhanced) 2005 - Irond *''Aftermath'' – (CD album) 2010 - Metropolis,

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*''disKonnekt'' - (CD album) 2012 - Metropolis, Dependent *''Dark Passenger'' - (CD album) 2016 - Metropolis, Infacted Recordings

Other projects

*''Hyberia'' – 2005, soundtrack *''Red Men Rising'' – 2005, soundtrack, (Yone Dudas solo) *''Strangers at the Door'' - 2017, soundtrack The above soundtracks have not been released in any format other than in the movies themselves. ''Hyberia'' is a short 3 minute film by Francis T who directed the music videos for the Decoded Feedback songs "Phoenix" and "Hyberia" (the latter of which uses audio elements from the soundtrack). ''Red Men Rising'' is a 15 minute film about zombies, the soundtrack to which was recorded by Yone Dudas. ''Strangers at the Door'' is a feature film directed by Rogelio Salinas who also produced the band's music video for the song "Another Loss" from the album ''disKonnekt''.

References

External links

*
Decoded Feedback entry
at

' website * * {{Authority control Canadian industrial music groups Italian musical groups Electro-industrial music groups Musical groups established in 1993 1993 establishments in Canada Metropolis Records artists Zoth Ommog Records artists Dependent Records artists