Hyperdub
Encyclopedia
Hyperdub is a London
-based record label
, founded and run by Steve Goodman
, aka Kode9.
Artists who have released on Hyperdub include label owner Kode9 (who frequently collaborates with M.C. The Spaceape), Pressure, and Burial
, whose debut album was named album of the year for 2006 in The Wire
, as well as coming fifth in the Mixmag
Album of the Year list for the same year].
Journalist Martin Clark named Hyperdub as his dubstep label of the year in his 2007 Pitchfork Media
roundup, along with listing The Bug and LV's releases amongst his favourite of the same year.
London
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-based record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
, founded and run by Steve Goodman
Kode9
Kode9 is a London-based electronic music artist, DJ, and owner of the Hyperdub record label. An MC, The Spaceape, is a frequent collaborator...
, aka Kode9.
Artists who have released on Hyperdub include label owner Kode9 (who frequently collaborates with M.C. The Spaceape), Pressure, and Burial
Burial (musician)
Burial is the stage name of William Bevan, an electronic musician from London. His music contains elements of dubstep, 2-step garage, ambient and house music. His eponymous debut album was released in 2006 to critical acclaim...
, whose debut album was named album of the year for 2006 in The Wire
The Wire (magazine)
The Wire is a British avant garde music magazine, founded in 1982 by jazz promoter Anthony Wood and journalist Chrissie Murray. The magazine initially concentrated on contemporary jazz and improvised music, but branched out in the early 1990s to various types of experimental music...
, as well as coming fifth in the Mixmag
Mixmag
Mixmag is a British dance music and clubbing magazine. It styles itself as "the world's biggest selling dance music magazine", with an Audit Bureau of Circulations audited circulation of approximately 21,250...
Album of the Year list for the same year].
Journalist Martin Clark named Hyperdub as his dubstep label of the year in his 2007 Pitchfork Media
Pitchfork Media
Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork or P4k, is a Chicago-based daily Internet publication established in 1995 that is devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. Its focus is on underground and independent music, especially indie rock...
roundup, along with listing The Bug and LV's releases amongst his favourite of the same year.
Artists with releases on Hyperdub (in alphabetical order)
- The Bug
- BurialBurial (musician)Burial is the stage name of William Bevan, an electronic musician from London. His music contains elements of dubstep, 2-step garage, ambient and house music. His eponymous debut album was released in 2006 to critical acclaim...
- Cooly G
- Darkstar
- D.O.K.
- Funkystepz
- Hype Williams
- IkonikaIkonikaIkonika is an electronic musician, producer and DJ often associated with Hyperdub Records and the Dubstep genre.Her debut 12", "Please/Simulacrum" was released in 2008 on Hyperdub Records. She has released music on Planet Mu, as well as a remix of DJ Mujava’s "Township Funk", released by Warp...
- Ill Blu
- JokerJoker (musician)Joker is a UK-based musical artist who creates music in genres such as dubstep and grime. He was named "2009 king of bass music" by XLR8R Magazine and was featured in the September 2009 issue of The Wire magazine. He has contributed to two releases produced by the London-based record company Hyperdub...
- Kode9Kode9Kode9 is a London-based electronic music artist, DJ, and owner of the Hyperdub record label. An MC, The Spaceape, is a frequent collaborator...
- King Midas Sound
- LD
- L.V.
- MartynMartyn (musician)Martijn Deykers, known professionally as Martyn, is a Dutch producer and DJ from Eindhoven. He started his career by DJing drum and bass in 1996 but began to include more of a dubstep influence after first hearing Kode9's "Sine of the Dub". He released his first 12" singles in 2005, incorporating...
- Massive Music
- Pressure
- Quarta 330
- SamiyamSamiyamSam Baker, alias Samiyam, is an instrumental Hip-Hop producer from Ann Arbor, Michigan. He is best known for his work with experimental producer, Flying Lotus, and his 8-bit Video Game inspired Hip-Hop beats. In 2008, Samiyam released his debut album, Rap Beats Vol. 1. The album was self-released...
- Spaceape
- Terror Danjah
- ZombyZombyZomby is a dubstep producer who began releasing music in 2007. He has released music on the likes of Hyperdub and Werk Discs. In 2008, he released a full length album, Where Were U in '92?, inspired by the rave scene of the early 1990s...
Discography
| Catalogue number | Format | Release date | Artist | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HYP001 | 10" | Apr 2004 | Kode9 Kode9 Kode9 is a London-based electronic music artist, DJ, and owner of the Hyperdub record label. An MC, The Spaceape, is a frequent collaborator... + Daddi Gee |
Sign of the Dub / Stalker |
| HYP002 | 10" | Oct 2004 | Kode9 Kode9 Kode9 is a London-based electronic music artist, DJ, and owner of the Hyperdub record label. An MC, The Spaceape, is a frequent collaborator... + Daddi Gee |
Spit (vox) / Spit (dub) |
| HDB001 | 12" | May 2005 | Burial Burial (musician) Burial is the stage name of William Bevan, an electronic musician from London. His music contains elements of dubstep, 2-step garage, ambient and house music. His eponymous debut album was released in 2006 to critical acclaim... |
South London Boroughs e.p. |
| HYP003 | 10" | Aug 2005 | Kode9 Kode9 Kode9 is a London-based electronic music artist, DJ, and owner of the Hyperdub record label. An MC, The Spaceape, is a frequent collaborator... + The Spaceape |
Kingstown (vox) / Kingstown (dub) |
| HDB002 | 12" | Oct 2005 | Pressure (feat. Warrior Queen Warrior Queen (singer) Warrior Queen is a vocalist in reggae influenced styles including dub and dubstep. She has collaborated with artists such as The Bug, Sunship, Vex'd, and Skream... ) |
Money Honey (original) / Money Honey (remix) |
| HDP001 | MP3 MP3 MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression... |
Feb 2006 | Kode9 Kode9 Kode9 is a London-based electronic music artist, DJ, and owner of the Hyperdub record label. An MC, The Spaceape, is a frequent collaborator... + The Spaceape |
Fukkaz (vocal) |
| HYP004 | 10" | Mar 2006 | Kode9 Kode9 Kode9 is a London-based electronic music artist, DJ, and owner of the Hyperdub record label. An MC, The Spaceape, is a frequent collaborator... + The Spaceape |
Backward (vox) / 9 Samurai |
| HDBCD001 | CD | May 2006 | Burial Burial (musician) Burial is the stage name of William Bevan, an electronic musician from London. His music contains elements of dubstep, 2-step garage, ambient and house music. His eponymous debut album was released in 2006 to critical acclaim... |
Burial Burial (Burial album) Burial is the eponymous debut album by the dubstep producer Burial. It was released in 2006 on Kode9's Hyperdub records to critical acclaim, including being named "Album of the Year" by The Wire magazine... |
| HDB003 | EP Extended play An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact... |
Aug 2006 | Burial Burial (musician) Burial is the stage name of William Bevan, an electronic musician from London. His music contains elements of dubstep, 2-step garage, ambient and house music. His eponymous debut album was released in 2006 to critical acclaim... |
Distant Lights EP |
| HYP005 | 10" | Oct 2006 | Kode9 Kode9 Kode9 is a London-based electronic music artist, DJ, and owner of the Hyperdub record label. An MC, The Spaceape, is a frequent collaborator... + The Spaceape |
Curious (feat. Ms Haptic) / Portal |
| HYPCD001 | CD | Oct 2006 | Kode9 Kode9 Kode9 is a London-based electronic music artist, DJ, and owner of the Hyperdub record label. An MC, The Spaceape, is a frequent collaborator... + The Spaceape |
Memories of the Future |
| HYP006 | 12" | May 2007 | Massive Music Kode9 Kode9 Kode9 is a London-based electronic music artist, DJ, and owner of the Hyperdub record label. An MC, The Spaceape, is a frequent collaborator... + The Spaceape |
Find my way (Kode9 Kode9 Kode9 is a London-based electronic music artist, DJ, and owner of the Hyperdub record label. An MC, The Spaceape, is a frequent collaborator... remix) Quantum (edit) |
| HDB004 | EP | Jul 2007 | Burial Burial (musician) Burial is the stage name of William Bevan, an electronic musician from London. His music contains elements of dubstep, 2-step garage, ambient and house music. His eponymous debut album was released in 2006 to critical acclaim... |
Ghost Hardware |
| HDB005 | 12" | Oct 2007 | LV. feat Errol Bello LV. feat. Dandelion |
Globetrotting Takeover (dub) |
| HDB006 | 12" | Sept 2007 | The Bug feat. Killa P. & Flow Dan |
Skeng/Skeng (Kode9 Kode9 Kode9 is a London-based electronic music artist, DJ, and owner of the Hyperdub record label. An MC, The Spaceape, is a frequent collaborator... remix) |
| HDB007 | 12" | Oct 2007 | Quarta 330 Kode9 Kode9 Kode9 is a London-based electronic music artist, DJ, and owner of the Hyperdub record label. An MC, The Spaceape, is a frequent collaborator... |
Sunset Dub 9 Samurai Remix |
| HDBCD002 | CD | Nov 2007 | Burial Burial (musician) Burial is the stage name of William Bevan, an electronic musician from London. His music contains elements of dubstep, 2-step garage, ambient and house music. His eponymous debut album was released in 2006 to critical acclaim... |
Untrue Untrue Untrue is the second album by the producer known as Burial. It was released on 5 November 2007 as a 13-track Digipack CD and a nine-track 2xLP from which some of the beatless pieces were edited. The album marked a development in Burial's sound; it employed pitch-shifted and time-stretched vocal... |
| HDB008 | 12" | Feb 2008 | Ikonika Ikonika Ikonika is an electronic musician, producer and DJ often associated with Hyperdub Records and the Dubstep genre.Her debut 12", "Please/Simulacrum" was released in 2008 on Hyperdub Records. She has released music on Planet Mu, as well as a remix of DJ Mujava’s "Township Funk", released by Warp... |
Please / Simulacrum |
| HDB009 | 12" | Feb 2008 | Zomby Zomby Zomby is a dubstep producer who began releasing music in 2007. He has released music on the likes of Hyperdub and Werk Discs. In 2008, he released a full length album, Where Were U in '92?, inspired by the rave scene of the early 1990s... |
Mu5h / Spliff Dub (Rustie remix) |
| HDB010 | 12" | Apr 2008 | Darkstar | Need You / Squeeze My Lime |
| HYP007 | 12" | Apr 2008 | Kode9 Kode9 Kode9 is a London-based electronic music artist, DJ, and owner of the Hyperdub record label. An MC, The Spaceape, is a frequent collaborator... & the Spaceape |
Konfusion |
| HDB011 | 12" | Aug 2008 | LV feat Dandelion | CCTV / Dream Cargo |
| HDB012 | 12" | Jul 2008 | Samiyam | Return EP |
| HDB014 | 12" | Oct 2008 | King Midas Sound | Cool Out |
| HDB015 | 12" | Sep 2008 | Ikonika | Millie / Direct |
| HDB016 | 12" | Dec 2008 | Zomby | Zomby EP |
| HYP008 | 12" | Dec 2008 | Kode9 Kode9 Kode9 is a London-based electronic music artist, DJ, and owner of the Hyperdub record label. An MC, The Spaceape, is a frequent collaborator... vs. LD |
Bad / 2 Bad |
| HDB017 | 12" | Nov 2008 | Quarta330 Cardopusher |
Sabacco Cardopusher - Homeless (Quarta330 rmx) |
| HDB018 | 12" | Feb 2009 | Joker Joker (musician) Joker is a UK-based musical artist who creates music in genres such as dubstep and grime. He was named "2009 king of bass music" by XLR8R Magazine and was featured in the September 2009 issue of The Wire magazine. He has contributed to two releases produced by the London-based record company Hyperdub... 2000F & Jkamata |
Digidesign You Don’t Know What Love Is |
| HDB019 | 12" | Mar 2009 | LD | Traumatic Times / Woodblock |
| HYP009 | 12" | Mar 2009 | Kode9 Kode9 Kode9 is a London-based electronic music artist, DJ, and owner of the Hyperdub record label. An MC, The Spaceape, is a frequent collaborator... |
Black Sun / 2 Far Gone |
| HDB020 | 12" | May 2009 | Cooly G | Narst / Love Dub |
| HDB021 | 12" | Jun 2009 | King Midas Sound | Dub Heavy - Hearts & Ghosts |
| HDB022 | 12" | Jul 2009 | Mark Pritchard & Om'Mas Keith | Wind It Up |
| HDB023 | 12" | Aug 2009 | Kode9 Kode9 Kode9 is a London-based electronic music artist, DJ, and owner of the Hyperdub record label. An MC, The Spaceape, is a frequent collaborator... & The Spaceape Black Chow Flying Lotus Flying Lotus Flying Lotus, is an experimental multi-genre music producer from Winnetka, California. His debut album, 1983, was released on Plug Research Records in 2006... |
Hyperdub 5.1 EP |
| HDB024 | 12" | Sep 2009 | Joker Joker (musician) Joker is a UK-based musical artist who creates music in genres such as dubstep and grime. He was named "2009 king of bass music" by XLR8R Magazine and was featured in the September 2009 issue of The Wire magazine. He has contributed to two releases produced by the London-based record company Hyperdub... & Ginz Zomby Samiyam |
Hyperdub 5.2 EP |
| HDBCD005 | 2xCD | Oct 2009 | Various Artists | 5: Five Years of Hyperdub 5: Five Years of Hyperdub 5: Five Years Of Hyperdub is a 2 CD compilation album of material the Hyperdub Records back catalogue. The first CD consists of unreleased material, and the second contains tracks considered classics or highly influential within the genre. Pitchfork Media listed it as the 27th best album of... |
| HDB025 | 12" | Oct 2009 | Quarta 330 LV ft. Dandelion |
Hyperdub 5.3 EP |
| HDB026 | 12" | Oct 2009 | Martyn Martyn (musician) Martijn Deykers, known professionally as Martyn, is a Dutch producer and DJ from Eindhoven. He started his career by DJing drum and bass in 1996 but began to include more of a dubstep influence after first hearing Kode9's "Sine of the Dub". He released his first 12" singles in 2005, incorporating... LD |
Hyperdub 5.4 EP |
| HDB027 | 12" | Dec 2009 | Mala Cooly G |
Hyperdub 5.5 |
| HDB028 | 12" | Oct 2009 | Darkstar Darkstar (duo) Darkstar are an electronic music trio. Since 2007, they have released music on Hyperdub and 2010 Records. They received strong critical praise for their initial releases. In 2009, their track "Aidy's Girl Is a Computer" was named by The Guardian as "one of the singles of the year" and in the top... |
Aidy's Girl Is a Computer |
| HDBCD003 | CD | Nov 2009 | King Midas Sound | Waiting for You |
| HDB029 | 12" | Nov 2009 | Ikonika | Sahara Michael / Fish |
| HDB030 | 12" | Feb 2010 | Scratcha DVA | Natty / Ganja |
| HDB031 | 12" | Feb 2010 | Terror Danjah | Acid / ProPlus |
| HDBCD004 | CD | Feb 2010 | Ikonika | Contact, Love, Want, Have |
| HDB032 | 12" | Mar 2010 | Kyle Hall | Kaychunk / You Know What I Feel |
| HDB033 | 12" | Apr 2010 | Ikonika | Idiot |
| HDB034 | 12" | Apr 2010 | LV & Quarta 330 / Dong | Hylo / Suzuran (LV & Quarta 330 Remix) |
| HDB035 | 12" | Jul 2010 | Ikonika | Edits EP |
| HDB036 | 12" | Jul 2010 | Ill Blu | Bellion / Dragon Pop |
| HDB037 | 12" | Aug 2010 | Terror Danjah & DOK | Bruzin VIP / Hysteria |
| HDB038 | 12" | Aug 2010 | Cooly G | Up In My Head / Phat Si |
| HDB039 | 7" | Sept 2010 | King Midas Sound | Lost |
| HDB040 | 12" | Oct 2010 | DVA | Just Vybe (Soule:Power Mix) / Step 2 Funk |
| HDB041 | 12" | Oct 2010 | LV & Okmalumkoolkat | Boomslang / Zharp |
| HDBCD006 | CD/LP | Oct 2010 | Darkstar Darkstar (duo) Darkstar are an electronic music trio. Since 2007, they have released music on Hyperdub and 2010 Records. They received strong critical praise for their initial releases. In 2009, their track "Aidy's Girl Is a Computer" was named by The Guardian as "one of the singles of the year" and in the top... |
North North (Darkstar album) North is the debut album of Darkstar. The album was released on October 18, 2010-Track listing:# "In the Wings" – 2:53# "Gold" – 4:20# "Deadness" – 4:39# "Aidys Girl Is a Computer" – 5:11# "Under One Roof" – 4:31# "Two Chords" – 3:58... |
| HDBCD007 | CD | Nov 2010 | Terror Danjah | Undeniable |
| HDB042 | 12" | Nov 2010 | Ikonika | Ikonoklast |
| HDB043 | 12" | Dec 2010 | Darkstar | Gold |
| HDB045 | 12" | Dec 2010 | Terror Danjah | Undeniable EP 1 |
| HDB046 | 12" | Dec 2010 | Terror Danjah | Undeniable EP 2 |
| HDB047 | 12" | Dec 2010 | Terror Danjah | Undeniable EP 3 |
| HDB048 | 12" | Dec 2010 | Terror Danjah | Undeniable EP 4 |
| HDB044 | 12" | Jan 2010 | Morgan Zarate | Hookid |
| HDB049 | 12" | Feb 2011 | Funkystepz | Fuller / Hurricane Riddim |
| HDB013 | 12" | Mar 2011 | Burial Burial (musician) Burial is the stage name of William Bevan, an electronic musician from London. His music contains elements of dubstep, 2-step garage, ambient and house music. His eponymous debut album was released in 2006 to critical acclaim... |
Street Halo EP |
| HYP010 | 12" | Mar 2011 | Kode9 Kode9 Kode9 is a London-based electronic music artist, DJ, and owner of the Hyperdub record label. An MC, The Spaceape, is a frequent collaborator... + The Spaceape |
Otherman / Love Is The Drug |
| HYPCD002 | CD/2xLP | April 2011 | Kode9 Kode9 Kode9 is a London-based electronic music artist, DJ, and owner of the Hyperdub record label. An MC, The Spaceape, is a frequent collaborator... + The Spaceape |
Black Sun |
| HDB050 | 12" | June 2011 | Ossie | Set The Tone |
| HDB051 | 12" | June 2011 | D.O.K. | West Coast EP |
| HDB052 | 12" | July 2011 | Hype Williams | Kelly Price W8 Gain Vol.II EP |
| HDB053 | 12" | September 2011 | Walton | Walton EP |