Do Alter Ego have any good songs besides "Rocker?"

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― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Monday, 9 May 2005 21:48 (twenty-one years ago)

lots.

they have a song called 'betty ford' that is way, way better than 'rocker'.

― stirmonster (stirmonster), Monday, 9 May 2005 21:52 (twenty-one years ago)

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― irrigation can save your people (irrigation can save your peopl), Monday, 9 May 2005 21:55 (twenty-one years ago)

half their output! ok, maybe not half... but alter ego are classic and insanely good. almost none of it is as *catchy* as rocker, but that's a different question.

― philip sherburne (philip sherburne), Monday, 9 May 2005 21:56 (twenty-one years ago)

also check acid jesus, sensorama and roman flugel's side projects eight miles high, roman iv and solyent green.

mr. flugel is one of the greatest producers techno has and will hopefully not be remembered just for the novelty hits 'rocker' and 'geht's noch'.

― stirmonster (stirmonster), Monday, 9 May 2005 21:57 (twenty-one years ago)

agree on most everything stirmonster said. especially look for Soylent Green on Playhouse.

― biznotic, Monday, 9 May 2005 22:15 (twenty-one years ago)

They did a really good remix of a Human League song.

― donut debonair (donut), Monday, 9 May 2005 23:49 (twenty-one years ago)

oh my god yeah. that mix turned out to be even better when i heard the original and realized how bad it was.

― philip sherburne (philip sherburne), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 00:07 (twenty-one years ago)

the soylent green record is fantastic!

could anyone recommend stuff similar to it?

― manuel (manuel), Tuesday, 10 May 2005 03:33 (twenty-one years ago)

two years pass...

lol "any good songs besides 'Rocker'"

― That one guy that quit, Thursday, 21 June 2007 20:48 (eighteen years ago)

one year passes...

blurrrrrrrrrrrrgh

― ǝɟɟɐzǝɟ (☪), Thursday, 11 December 2008 10:25 (seventeen years ago)

that last soylent green record is excellent, wouldn't mind it on vinyl. i see playhouse have reissued the ronan IV singles too.

― fela cooties (haitch), Thursday, 11 December 2008 10:36 (seventeen years ago)

Gary from this year, and the accompanying remixes are excellent. Ditto Transphormer from 2004 or therabouts.

I actually heard Rocker again the other day and it really hasn't aged well in comparison to a lot of other 2004-era electrohouse. Something to do with not having a proper kick drum, perhaps.

― Matt DC, Thursday, 11 December 2008 10:42 (seventeen years ago)

Alter Ego's 1990s output is mostly quite good, especially Decoding the Hacker Myth from 1996. It's a perfect midpoint between early 90s German trance, electro, and IDM (the sort of IDM that's melodic and pretty and not wanky at all). When I first heard "Rocker" I thought it must be by some other Alter Ego, because these guys had pretty much disappeared for so many years, and "Rocker" didn't really sound like the 90s Alter Ego.

― Tuomas, Thursday, 11 December 2008 10:48 (seventeen years ago)

According to discogs.com Decoding the Hacker Myth was reissued in 2006, so it shouldn't be too hard to find a copy.

― Tuomas, Thursday, 11 December 2008 10:54 (seventeen years ago)

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