After Gerald Mandl and Florian Zwietnig got together as partners in crime under the moniker of Mediengruppe Telekommander in early 2002, Hamburg's indie label Enduro soon pricked up their ears, bringing out a debut EP featuring five tracks in December 2002. Their name consists of the german translation of "media-group" and a wordplay of the french word "télécommande" (engl.: remote-control). The release caused a stir in well-informed underground circles and beyond.

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