Codec & Flexor

Codec & Flexor are a German techno-pop duo consisting of Sven Zalac (Codec) and Matthias Freund (Flexor). Combining aggressive, EBM-influenced dance beats with new wave-inspired vocals, their debut album, Tubed, arrived in 2002. The album was issued in America the following year, amended to include their electroclash-era club hit "Time Has Changed." Their second full-length, the poppier Killermachine, followed in 2006. Before founding Codec & Flexor, Zalac and Freund played in an indie rock band called Atomic Comic during the early '90s. After playing their first gigs in 1993...