Decoded Feedback

Decoded Feedback is a Canadian musical project which incorporates styles of electro-industrial and aggrotech. The duo releases music on the North American distributor Metropolis Records, and the European record label Out of Line.

Decoded Feedback
Decoded Feedback at the Nocturnal Culture Night festival in Germany, 2015.
Background information
OriginCanada
GenresEBM
Aggrotech
Futurepop
Dark electro
Electro-industrial
Years active1993–present
LabelsZoth Ommog, Metropolis Records, Bloodline Records, Hard Records, Dying Culture Records
MembersYone Dudas
Marco Biagiotti

History

Decoded Feedback was formed in 1993 by the Italian Marco Biagiotti and the Hungarian Yone Dudas while they were both living in Italy.[1] Their demo tape entitled Decoded Feedback was reviewed by the Belgian industrial music magazine Side-Line, which led to the group being signed to the European label, Hard Records.[2] The group relocated to Toronto, Canada in 1995[1] 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.[1] Zoth Ommog released Decoded Feedback's second disc, Technophoby, in 1997. Since then, American industrial music distributors Metropolis Records 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).[3] The album Aftermath was released in 2010 and disKonnekt in 2012.

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.[4]

Live

Decoded Feedback conducted their first U.S. tour in 1998[1] and have played several live shows in Europe. The band spent the greater part of 2001 touring with Noisex and Sonar and again in 2003 with Haujobb. They have played the M'era Luna Festival, 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 and Blutengel. 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 the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto for a short time, but otherwise the duo had no formal music training.[1] They originally experimented with the fusion of punk and electro, but over time developed a more cold, industrial-oriented sound. By the time Evolution was released, they had attempted to create a blend of industrial and electronic body music, 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 trend.

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. Decoded Feedback's music is popular within the darker electronic music scene, especially among fans of electro-industrial music. Comparable artists include fellow Metropolis Records acts Haujobb, Wumpscut, Suicide Commando and Front Line Assembly, as well as Zoth Ommog acts X Marks the Pedwalk and Evil's Toy.

Members
  • Marco Biagiotti - vocals, lyrics, samples, sequences, arrangement, basses and drums.
  • Yone Dudas - keyboards, sequences, arrangement, samples, basses, drums and lyrics.

Discography
  • Decoded Feedback - (CS) 1993 - no label
  • Elektroküte – (CS mini album) 1994 - no label
  • Overdosing – (CD album) 1996 - Hard Records, Cleopatra • (CD album) 2002 - Dying Culture
  • Technophoby – (CD album) 1997 - Zoth Ommog, Metropolis Records
  • Bio-Vital – (CD album) 1998 - Zoth Ommog • 1999 Metropolis
  • Evolution – (CD) 1999 - Zoth Ommog, Metropolis
  • Mechanical Horizon – (CD album) 2000 - Metropolis, Bloodline
  • "Reflect in Silence" – (CD maxi) 2000 - Bloodline
  • "Phoenix" – (CD maxi) 2002 - Out of Line
  • Shockwave – (CD album, enhanced) 2003 - Metropolis • (CD album, enhanced) 2004 - Irond
  • BioMechanic – (2xCD) 2004 - Metropolis
  • Combustion – (CD album, enhanced) 2005 - Out of Line, Metropolis • (CD album, enhanced) 2005 - Irond
  • Aftermath – (CD album) 2010 - Metropolis
  • disKonnekt - (CD album) 2012 - Metropolis
  • Dark Passenger - (CD album) 2016 - Metropolis

Other projects
  • Hyberia – 2005, soundtrack
  • Red Men Rising – 2005, soundtrack, (Yone Dudas solo)

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.[3]

References
  1. Christian, Chris (12 March 1998). "Interview with Yone of Decoded Feedback". Sonic Boom. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  2. Van Isacker, Bernard (3 Feb 2016). "Decoded Feedback returns with 'Dark Passenger' album". Side-Line. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  3. "Red Men Rising". Winnepeg Film Group. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  4. "Decoded Feedback Bio". ReverbNation. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
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