Alter Ego
Releasing arguably the first album of "listening techno" in Germany (their 1994 self-titled debut) and building on the style with subsequent releases, Roman Flügel and Jörn Elling-Wuttke are the exception that proves the rule in boom-boom dominated Deutschland. Better known and revered in England, where dance-based electronic music of a home-listening stripe has been the norm for nearly a decade, Alter Ego have also managed to influenced countrymen and labelmates such as Hardfloor and Yokota to move away from Germany's increasingly commercial trance/techno scene and into headier, more experimental climes. The pair signed to Sven Väth's trance-dominated Harthouse label in 1993, after releasing a self-titled full-length on their own Klang Elektronik (under the name Acid Jesus) which caught Väth's attention. Flügel was a jazz drummer prior to his work with Wuttke, and the pair met in the late '80s as a result of the snowballing German trance scene. They began producing tracks in the studio Wuttke was piecing together, and had an immediate hit as Acid Jesus with their first single, "Move My Body."
By the time they'd signed with Harthouse, however, Flügel and Wuttke were no longer interested in pursuing the club side of dance-based electronic music. Turned off by the German trance and techno scenes' steady commercialization, Flügel and Wuttke sought to innovate German techno out of redundancy by diversifying. Originally slated for release on Harthouse ambient sublabel Recycle or Die, Alter Ego got a main label release instead, and together with the subsequent Decoding the Hacker Myth, succeeded in slowing the pace of German techno and adding a cachet of new influences (U.K. ambient techno outfits such as B12 and the Black Dog, hip-hop and electro, jazz and soul). Decoding the Hacker Myth was reissued in 1996, coupled with a bonus disc of remixes by the likes of Luke Slater, Two Lone Swordsmen, and Matt "Dr. Rockit" Herbert's Wishmountain project. Flügel has also released an EP and full-length as Ro70 on David Moufang's Source label, and both Flügel and Wuttke continue to release tracks under such side-project pseudonyms as Sensorama, Primitive Painter, and Eight Miles High for Ladomat, R&S, and Klang. They also worked on production for Väth's Contact LP.
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Higher State Of Consciousness, Vol. 2
Josh Wink, Max Cooper, Alter Ego
House - Released by Strictly Rhythm Records on 10 May 2023
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Decoding the Hacker Myth
Techno - Released by Alter Ego Recordings on 27 Oct 2006
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Best of Alter Ego
House - Released by Alter Ego Recordings on 27 Feb 2015
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Rocker
Drum & Bass - Released by Alter Ego Recordings on 3 Jul 2015
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Alvin Lucier: Two Circles
Alter Ego, Alvin Lucier, Simone Conforti
Classical - Released by Mode Records on 2 Dec 2016
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Transphormer
Electronic - Released by Alter Ego Recordings on 9 May 2000
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The Lost Album
Techno - Released by Alter Ego Recordings on 27 Feb 2015
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What's Next?!
Techno - Released by Alter Ego Recordings on 26 May 2008
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Darkside
Electronic - Released by This Is Hardstyle on 16 Dec 2022
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Gate 23 (Lost on Arrival...)
Techno - Released by Alter Ego Recordings on 3 Apr 2015
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Alter Ego EP
World - Released by Asterisco Records on 26 Jul 2019
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Plastic Man
Rock - Released by Egostical Recordings on 18 Jul 2022
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Amplificado
World - Released by Editora de Musica Global, C.A. on 1 Jan 1994
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Sciarrino: Esplorazione del bianco
Alter Ego, Oscar Pizzo, Paolo Ravaglia, Marco Rogliano, Manuel Zurria
Chamber Music - Released by Stradivarius on 27 Jan 1997
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Transphormer
Techno - Released by Alter Ego Recordings on 27 Feb 2015
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Betty Ford
Techno - Released by Alter Ego Recordings on 5 Jun 2015
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Transphormed
Techno - Released by Alter Ego Recordings on 18 May 2012
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The Luke Slater Remixes
Techno - Released by Alter Ego Recordings on 29 Jan 2016
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Daktari
Electronic - Released by Alter Ego Recordings on 27 Feb 2015
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Hunter Of The Night
Frontliner, Killshot, Alter Ego
Electronic - Released by This Is Hardstyle on 16 Dec 2022
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