Marc Bedikian – Qui Peut Le Plus [COD3 QR]
Unmixed Editorial Music Review
By Nina Katashvili-Malik
The artist behind:
He grew up on Prince. He fell into Hip-Hop’s groove. He plummeted into early-2000s electronics. That is Marc Bedikian - Marseillle-based producer with his debut track on Cod3 QR.
“That was my turning point,” he says. From that plunge, Marc built a sound of his own — haunted by Detroit Techno, cracked open by Richie Hawtin’s experiments, fueled by Josh Wink’s raw energy, hardened by Gary Beck’s power, refined by James Holden’s finesse, and stretched wide by Laurent Garnier’s trust and faith in music.
He pays homage and he pushes forward. With “Qui Peut Le Plus” appearance on COD3 QR he sets up a confrontation. Deep textures root and tensions escalate.
from the Editor:
To me, it sounds like a distant memory, the ghost of a lost kingdom of warriors that once roamed the earth. It echoes the spirit of true techno: urgent, unrelenting. Each beat sharpens, building, dragging us closer to the edge.
And then, it stretches. Anticipation becomes unbearable. The body leans in, the mind lets go. You can’t resist but fully tune into the music, fully tune out of this world.
And then it drops. Melody holds its ground with synths guiding it. From this moment onward we are carried deeper into the unknown. It doesn’t end—it unfolds. It feels less like a track and more like an excavation of the self. Soul-searching with a kick drum.
“Qui Peut Le Plus” translates as who can do more. The answer is here: the music can.
The Context:
COD3 QR - a label based in France, doesn’t care about ‘playlisting’. It isn’t feeding algorithms. It’s Laurent Garnier and Oliver Way’s reminder of what a label should be: a home for seekers, explorers, the ones still digging for gems. They cut through the noise with one truth :“If it’s good, it’s good. The music is the message.”
In May, they brought to us four tracks [QR]D.143.LWSHM.25 that tell the story of techno across continents: K’ Alexi Shelby, DJ Bone, Marc Bedikian, Squal G. Bedikian’s debut sits among them, not as an outsider breaking in but as a voice fully ready to belong.
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Marc Bedikian might be dropping his first release but it sure is not whispering from the edges. He plants his flag. His track is not just a placeholder. It proves that techno can still hold memory, still hold urgency, still hold beauty and power all at the same time.
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