Decoder is the collective

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drum and bass Drum and bass (also written as drum & bass or drum'n'bass and commonly abbreviated as D&B, DnB, or D'n'B) is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by fast breakbeats (typically 165–185 beats per minute) with heavy bass and sub-ba ...

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Darren Beale and Mark Caro.

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. 1997 saw release of Decoder's ''Decoded EP''. Decoder's releases appeared on various labels, including Breakbeat Culture with

Markee Ledge Markee Ledge (born ''Mark Davies''; 1974 in Springburn, Glasgow, Scotland) is a founding member of British electronic music group Kosheen. Markee began his musical production career on Ruffneck Ting as Substance releasing projects such as 'H ...

as Decoder & Substance, Tech Itch Recordings,

BS1 Records Tom Casswell, better known as TC and also as Tommy Boy, is an English drum and bass producer, singer and DJ. He left school and started making music inspired by the sounds of the Bristol scene and the music and atmosphere of St. Paul's, the ar ...

Hard Leaders Kickin Records is an independent record label founded by Peter Harris (who died in 2008) in 1988.Ben CardeKickin Records founder and independent champion Peter Harris has died.January 9, 2008 Music Week The record label released music by artists ...

, 31 Records and Audio Couture. Decoder also produced for

Peshay Paul Pesce, better known as Peshay, is a British drum and bass and electronic music producer and DJ. Early life Peshay is of British and Italian heritage. His first introduction to music was at an early age through his mother who was a well ...

's ''Miles From Home''. Beale's next release, the ''Encrypted EP'', reached number three in

Fabio Fabio is a given name descended from Latin ''Fabius'' and very popular in Italy and Latin America (due to Italian migration). Its English equivalent is Fabian. The name is written without an accent in Italian and Spanish, but is usually accented ...

Grooverider Raymond Bingham (born 16 April 1967 in Streatham, London, England), better known as Grooverider, is a British drum and bass DJ. He and DJ partner Fabio are regarded as "originators" of the scene.

'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. Decoder was also responsible for remixes of tracks such as

Photek Rupert Parkes (born 6 September 1971), known as Photek, is a Los Angeles-based British electronic music DJ/record producer, and TV and film score composer. Photek was born and raised in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. Photek has contributed music ...

's "Rings Around Saturn",

Adam F Adam Fenton (born 8 February 1972) is an English record producer and DJ who has worked across various genres. He is also the co-founder of the drum and bass label Breakbeat Kaos along with DJ Fresh. He found initial success with the 1990s dru ...

's "Dirty Harry" and

Alan McGee Alan John McGee (born 29 September 1960) is a Scottish businessman and music industry executive. He has been a record label owner, musician, manager, and music blogger for ''The Guardian''. He co-founded the independent Creation Records label, r ...

's "The Chemical Pilot". Beale later went on to form a new band called

Kosheen Kosheen are a British electronic music group based in Bristol, United Kingdom. The group consist of singer-songwriter Sian Evans, songwriter-producer Markee Ledge and producer-songwriter Darren Decoder. The name Kosheen derives from the name of ...

with

Discography

Albums

*''Dissection'' (1998) *''Encounters — Decoder & Substance (w/

)'' (1999) *''Concussion'' (2003)

References

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