Decoder may refer to:
Decoder is the self-titled debut album by post-hardcore band Decoder. It was released on January 17, 2011 and is the only release by the band aside from the standalone "Dreamwalker" demo song that the group released prior.
After this album, members Spencer Pearson and Bryce Sypes would leave and the band changed their name to Lead Hands in 2012, eventually breaking up later that year.
Decoder is the stage name of drum and bass and jungle producer Darren Beale and Mark Caro.
Beale started his career in 1991 using various aliases creating oldschool hardcore tracks. He continued fine tuning the deep jungle sound 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 the release of Decoder’s Decoded EP, which achieved press recognition with a number eighteen placing in NME’s "Vibes Singles of the Year" chart.
Decoder releases appeared on various labels, including Breakbeat Culture, Tech Itch Recordings, Hard Leaders, 31 Records and Audio Couture. Decoder also provided production for Peshay's Miles From Home.
Beale’s next release, the Encrypted EP, reached number three in Fabio & Grooverider’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 and went on to receive critical acclaim in the industry. Decoder was also responsible for remixes of tracks such as Photek’s "Rings Around Saturn", Adam F’s "Dirty Harry" and Alan McGee’s "The Chemical Pilot".
Transcend unto this mind all the knowledge of your dreams
How can it be both inside the same dream?
How can it be How can we be in the same dream?
How much more can we change
These buildings are shifting, this glass is rippling
The water is above us, yet it will not fall
Why is it all out of focus
I thought this was perfect now I see its flaws
Step by step, brick by brick
I will turn this world into what I see fit
I can be anything, I will become everything
Captivated by the sounds of the lost souls
Their voices are ever-haunting
Who are these faces? Why do they stare at me?
Look away, look away
Why is this crumbling at my face
How much more can we change
These buildings are shifting, this glass is rippling
The water is above us, yet it will not fall
Why is it all out of focus
I thought this was perfect now I see its flaws
I open my eyes to the world and everything changes
Now everything's perfect (Now I see its flaws)