Codex Machine
Man vs Monkey EP
© 2007 Codex Machine (634479599897)
Eclectic sample-based breakbeat, drawing from hip hop, funk, grime, easy listening, 80s indie, big booming bass, acid synths. old skool reggae and vintage Bollywood.
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The 4 tracks on this 12” vinyl ep are all sample-based breakbeat, but within that vary considerably, from “Man vs Monkey”, a thumping breaks treatment of an old skool reggae classic, to “You Can Never Escape the Underground”, where dancehall beats meet vintage Bollywood. Elements of hip hop, funk, grime, easy listening, 80s indie, big booming bass and acid synths may also be heard.
Codex Machine are Ms Codex, Dellamorte, and Speednik, a trio of musicians/producers/DJs with a shared vision of creating interesting, innovative and downright sexy electronica. They currently work out of North London. They have been played on the radio by Annie Nightingale, Huw Stephens, Rob da Bank and Bethan Elfyn (all BBC Radio 1), Jay Cunning on Kiss fm, Eddy Temple-Morris on XFM, as well as on various regional stations. They have been described as "brilliant", "cinematic", "gorgeous", "flippin' great" and “breakthrough gems.”
Codex Machine have recently achieved mainstream worldwide attention with an appearance on the “Annie Nightingale Presents Y4K” breaks compilation on Distinctive Records (home to Ils, General Midi & Hybrid), with their celebrated Mozart/Love collage piece, “Love Requiem”, alongside The Stanton Warriors, Plump DJs and The Orb.
Other events so far include a half-hour mix for 'Queen Of Breaks' Annie Nightingale, an appearance in her Top Ten Tracks Of 2005, half hour mixes for Huw Stephens on BBC Radio Cymru and Adam Walton on BBC Radio Wales, as well as Dellamorte's two current residencies at Rocksteady (with breaks giants The Drumattic Twins) and The Eden Collective at The Bedroom Bar in Shoreditch, London. Dellamorte also has a fortnightly show on the “i-breaks” record label’s prestigious radio station.