But all this toil wouldn’t make a difference if the music wasn’t there to back it up. Though the label deals in everything from minimal techno to electro-disco, the defining sound—for Get Physical and M.A.N.D.Y. alike—is an austere, spacious and melodic kind of tech-house. It’s almost a stripped-down version of trance, an influence that Jung readily admits. “We were Frankfurt kids and were going to places like [seminal trance club] the Omen and listening to Sven Väth. But the sound was nothing like today’s trance. It was more powerful and emotional, with ups and downs and beginnings and ends. There’s no denying that it’s affected us, particularly in the way we structure our songs—not with big breaks and drum rolls or whatever trance is now, but with the idea of taking risks to convey emotion.”

Fair enough—but what’s up with that name? Is M.A.N.D.Y. some coy reference to Barry Manilow, just as Get Physical could be construed as an homage to Olivia Newton-John? “We never bothered with a name for a long time, but eventually we did need to come up with something quickly for this remix we did, and M.A.N.D.Y. was it. We thought it sounded like a self-confident girl that goes out a lot or something. Five years later, I was at some party in Zurich and the question came up, and some guy said, ‘It stands for ‘me and you,’ right?’ I was thinking, Fuck, that’s right! But I said, ‘Yes, of course that’s what it means!’ So credit goes to some unknown Swiss guy.”

Fixed: Get Physical is at Studio B May 9. 2008.