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----------------------------------------------------- 2010 Singles
----------------------------------------------------- Darkstar
Gold Format: 12" EP
Catalogue Number: HDB04?
Label: Hyperdub
Release Date: Fall 2010
First single from the bands debut album. "Gold" is a cover of an obscure Human League B Side originally produced by Martin Rushent and released in 1982 as the flip of "Mirror Man." Talking about the track to Kode9 James from Darkstar recently said "The Human League track was given to me by a friend, he used to play the dub at 33rpm instead of 45 so the break would be real slow and crunchy, he lent me the tune and i put the flip on 33rpm too, the vocal line was how you hear it in the single, the original is much quicker and it's a pretty obscure one from the Mirror Man ep. The Human League are great. We paid more attention to them after making the track, throughout the album we listened to four or five albums regularly and Travelogue was one of them. I'm not sure if we are real fans to be honest, I listen to some of it and think that it's brave but sometimes they get it so right. They've obviously got a strong vision to create a sound so uncompromising. Even though they were consistently in the charts it's a very particular way of writing, mixing and arranging. I don't think I've heard anything like it before or since. I don't neccesarily enjoy listening to it a lot of the time. It interests me though".
digital download only promo forthcoming / plus video forthcoming
For info on Darkstars debut album "North" click here ----------------------------------------------------- Ikonika
TBA Format: 12" EP
Catalogue Number: HDB04?
Label: Hyperdub
Release Date: Fall 2010
Final single from her debut wll feature remixes from J.O.H and Funkineven.
digital download only promo forthcoming For info on Ikonika's album and Fall US tour click here -----------------------------------------------------
LV Feat Okmalumkoolkat
Boomslang / Zharp Format: 12" EP
Catalogue Number: HDB041
Label: Hyperdub
Release Date: 11th October 2010
This single was conceived in South Africa with Kool Kat on vocals, and it’s LV’s take on the Kwaito house sound of South Africa.
digital download only promo forthcoming / video below
Download LV "OKZHARP mix" for Blackdown Feb 2010 here
----------------------------------------------------- DVA feat Fatima / DVA
Just Vybe / Step 2 Funk Format: 12" EP
Catalogue Number: HDB040
Label: Hyperdub
Release Date: 4th October
digital download only promo available now
Scratcha DVA is back on Hyperdub for the second time this year. This time on the lead track ‘Just Vybe’ he has Fatima who he’s borrowed from Eglo records to grace the track with her vocals.
Just Vybe is a very ‘pop’ moment for Hyperdub. It combines the stuttering funky drums of the earlier DVA/Hyperdub release ‘Natty’ as it’s template, and adds a big synthy melody of the kind Stevie Wonder would be proud of plus Fatima’s rich melodic and reflective lyrics. The retro musical depth plus Fatima’s soulful voice combine in an unexpectedly fresh and unusual way with the abstract house of DVA’s tough dancefloor production.
‘Step 2 Funk’ on the B side is nocturnal and moody, with dark ' heads down' kicks and toms and lightning strike snares, with the single word ‘funky’ repeated throughout to hypnotic effect .It’s got a dreamy widescreen quality as fx and abstract melodies weave in and out and drop off into wormholes.
teaser video (audio only)
----------------------------------------------------- KING MIDAS SOUND
Lost / Frequencies feat. Pupajim Format: 7" EP
Catalogue Number: HDB039
Label: Hyperdub
Release Date: September 27th 2010
digital download only promo available now
Directed by Niall O'Brien - video released June 2010 Lost is taken from the album "Waiting For You." The trio recently performed to much acclaim at Mutek 2010 and continue to tour. They are also remixing Echospace and preparing an entire remix album of "Waiting For You" with mixes from the likes of Flying Lotus, Kode9, Dabrye, Mala and many more. King Midas Sound's producer Kevin "The Bug" Martin was just featured on the cover of the July issue of The Wire - read about more about King Midas Sound and their debut album from late 2009 click here
----------------------------------------------------- COOLY G
Up In My Head / Phat Si Format: 12" EP
Catalogue Number: HDB038
Label: Hyperdub
Release Date: August 2010
digital download only promo available now
Cooly G, a semi-pro female footballer and UK house producer and DJ from Brixton, South London, describes her sound as having a “deephouse tribal dubstep vibe,” and you can see why – Cooly G’sproductions exist in their own hinterland – abstract post-garage beatsthat slowly shuffle into life, dubbed out, with her own cut up vocal snippets singing painterly half phrases. She’s the second female producer on Hyperdub alongside Ikonika and she released debut single for the label after a string of self-produced CDRs. The single got people pretty excited and she was immediately given single of the week in the Guardian Newspaper and a One to Watch in the Independent newspaper. The press buzz has continued - last year she was a cover star at XLR8R. Her new single for Hyperdub will drop after her first ever US dates.
----------------------------------------------------- TERROR DANJAH / DOK feat TERROR DANJAH
Bruzin (VIP) / Hysteria Format: 12" EP
Catalogue Number: HDB037
Label: Hyperdub
Release Date: August 2010
digital download only promo available now
Master and long term veteran of Grime Terror Danjah returns to Hyperdub for a second time before his new album "Undeniable" drops on the label this fall. Info on that HERE. This pre-album single features a VIP of a track that's already been featured on Kode9's just released DJ DJ Kicks joint along with serious flipside. Check out a April 2010 mix and interview Terror did for URB - HERE
For more information on Hyperdub's 2010 single releases, album releases, tours and more scroll down the page.
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HYPERDUB Discography
Forthcoming TBA HDBTBA (2011 TBA): Kode9 and Spaceape - new album title TBA- info forthcoming
HDBTBA (TBA): King Midas Sound - Remix Album - full press info forthcoming
2010 Current and Forthcoming
HDBCD007 (November 2010): Terror Danjah - Undeniable - album - click here for info
HDBCD006 (October 2010): Darkstar - North- debut album- click here for press release / info
HDB04? (Fall 2010): Ikonika - TBA - full press info forthcoming
HDB04? (Fall 2010): Darkstar - Gold - full press info and video forthcoming
HDB041 (October 2010): LV Feat Okmalumkoolkat - Boomslang / Zharp - full info forthcoming / video above
HDB040 (October 2010): King Midas Sound Lost / Frequencies feat. Pupajim - press info and video above
HDB039 (September 2010): King Midas Sound Lost / Frequencies feat. Pupajim - press info above
HDB038 (August 2010): Cooly G Up In Your Head / Phat Si - press info above
HDB037 (August 2010): Terror Danjah Bruzin (VIP) / DOK feat Terror Danjah – Hysteria- press info above
2010
HDB036 (July 2010): Ill Blu Bellion / Dragon Pop
HDB035 (June 2010): Ikonika Video Delays / . They are all loosing the War / Psoriasis/ Look
HDB034 (April 2010): LV & Quarta330 - Hylo / Dong - Suzuran (LV & Quarta330 rmx) - press release above
HDB033 (April 2010): Ikonika - Idiot / Idiot (Altered Natives rmx) - press release above
HDBCD004 (April 2010): Ikonika - Contact, Love, Want, Have- debut album - click here for press release / info
HDB032 (March 2010): Kyle Hall - Natty / Ganja - press release above
HDB031 (Feb 2010): Terror Danjah - Acid / Terror Danjah feat D.O.K Pro Plus - press release below
HDB030 (Jan 2010): DVA - Natty / Ganja - press release below
2009
HDBCD003 (Dec 2009): King Midas Sound - Waiting For You - album CD - press release / info
HDB029 (Nov 2009): Ikonika - Sahara Michael / Fish - press release below
HDB028 (Oct 2009): Darkstar - Aidy's Girl Is A Compute - press release below
HDBCD005 (Oct 2009): Various Artists - 5 - double CD - press release above
HDB027 (Nov 2009): Hyperdub 5.5 EP - Mala - Level Nine / Cooly G- Weekend Fly
HDB026 (Oct 2009): Hyperdub 5.4 EP - Martyn - Mega Drive Generation / LD - Shake It
HDB025 (Oct 2009): Hyperdub 5.3 EP - Quarta330 - Bleeps From Outer Space / LV - Turn Away
HDB024 (Sept 2009): Hyperdub 5.2 EP - Joker & Ginz - Stash / Zomby - Tarantula / Samiyan - Roller Skates
HDB023 (Aug 2009): Hyperdub 5.1 EP - Kode9 & Spaceape feat Chacha - Time Patrol / Black Chow - Purple Smoke / Flying Lotus - Disco Balls
HDB022 (July 2009): Mark Pritchard & Om'Mas Keith - Wind It Up - 12” - press info
HDB020 (April 2009): Cooly G - Narst/Love Dub Refix/Love Dub - 12”
HDB019 (March 2009): LD - Traumatic Times/Woodblock - 12”
HYP009 (March 2009): Kode9 - Black Sun/2 Far Gone - 12”
HDB018 (Feb 2009): Joker - Digidesign/2000F & J Kamata -You Don't Know What Love Is - 12” 2008
HDB017 (November 2008): Quarta 330- Sabacco/Cardopusher - Homeless(Quarta330 rmx) - 12”
HYP008 (November 2008): Kode9 vs. LD - Bad/ 2 Bad - 12”
HDB016 (Dec 2008): Zomby - Spaceman/Kaliko/Test Me for a Reason/Aquafresh/Gloop/1 Up/Diamonds and Pearls - 12”
HDB015 (September 2008): Ikonika - Millie/Direct - 12”
HDB014 (July 2008): King Midas Sound - Cool Out/One Ting(Dabrye rmx)/Lost(Flying Lotus rmx) - 12”
HDB012 (June 2008): Samiyam - Return/ Trick Platform/Moon Shoes/Cheesecake Backslap - 12” Vinyl
HDB011 (February 2008): LV feat. Dandelion - CCTV/Dream Cargo - 12”
HYP007 (March 2008): Kode9 & the Spaceape - Konfusion/ Konfusion dub - 12”
HDB010 (March 2008): Darkstar - Need You/ Squeeze My Lime - 12”
HDB009 (February 2008): Zomby - Mu5h/ Spliff Dub(Rustie rmx) - 12”
HDB008 (February 2008): Ikonika - Please'/ 'Simulacrum - 12” 2007 HDBLP002 (November 2007): Burial - Untrue - LP
HDBCD002 (November 2007): Burial - Untrue – CD
HDB007 (October 2007): Quarta 330 - Sunset Dub/ Bleeps from Outta Space Kode9 - 9 Samurai [Quarta 330 8bit remix] - 12”
HDB006 (September 2007): The Bug feat. Killa P. & Flow Dan – Skeng/Skeng [Kode9 remix] - 12”
HDB005 (October 2007): LV. feat Errol Bellot – ‘Globetrotting’/ LV. feat. Dandelion – ‘Takeover’[dub] - 12”
HDB004 (June 2007): Burial – Ghost Hardware/Shutta/Exit Woundz- 12”
HDBLP001 (May 2007): Burial – Burial - LP
HYP006 (March 2007): Massive Music – Find My Way[Kode9 remix]/ Kode9 & the Spaceape – Quantum - 12” 2006 HYPCD001 (October 2006) : Kode9 & the Spaceape – Memories of the Future – CD
HYP005 (September 2006): Kode9 + the Spaceape – Curious/Portal - 10”
HDB003 (August 2006): Burial – Distant Lights/Distant Lights(Kode9 rmx)/Pirates/Gutted - 12”
HDBCD001 (May 2006): Burial – Burial – CD
HYP004 (March 2006): Kode9 + the Spaceape – Backward/9 Samurai - 10”
HDP001 (Feb.06): Kode9 feat. the Spaceape – Fukkaz - Hyperdubplates MP3 only (available at www.bleep.com/hyperdub) 2005 HDB002 (October 2005): Pressure feat. Warrior Queen – Money Honey - original/remix - 12”
HYP003 (August 2005): Kode9 + the Spaceape – Kingstown’(vox)/Kingstown(dub) - 10”
HDB001 (March 2005): Burial – South London Burroughs/Southern Comfort/Broken Home/Nite Train - 12”
HYP002 (November 2004) : Kode9 + Daddi Gee - Spit(vox)/Spit(dub) - 10”
HYP001 (April 2004) : Kode9 + Daddi Gee - Sign of the Dub/Stalker -10”
Selected Related Remixes from HYPERDUB artists
Animal Collective – Summertime Clothes L.D Remix (Domino) 2009 Animal Collective – Summertime Clothes Zomby Remix (Domino) 2009 Lee Scratch Perry vs Kode9 – Yellow Tounge (On U Sound) 2009 Burial / Four Tet –Moth/Wolf Club (Text Records) 2009 DJ Majuva - Township Funk (Ikonika's Nexus-6 Mix) (Warp) 2009 Franz Ferdinand - Ulysess (Zomby Gloop Remix) (Domino) 2009 Bloc Party – Where is Home ? (Burial Remix) 2008 Dabrye – Get Dirty (Kode9 Remix) (Ghostly International) 2008 Junior Boys – Double Shadow (Kode9 Remix) (Domino) 2007 Thom Yorke - And It Rained All Night (Burial Remix) (XL) 2007
Interviews Ikonika – XLR8R - Feature / Interview (June 2010)- LINK Ikonika – The Fader - Feature / Interview (Spring 2010)- LINK Ikonika – Self Titled - Feature / Interview (April 2010)- LINK Ikonika – CMJ - Feature / Interview (April 2010)- LINK Ikonika – URB - Feature / Interview (April 2010)- LINK Terror Danjah - URB (April 2010) - LINK Ikonika - Fact (March 2010) - LINK Ikonika - Pitchfork (March 2010) - LINK Ikonika - Quietus (March 2010) - LINK Ikonika - Knowledge (March 2010) - LINK Terror Danjah OneThirtyBPM (March 2010) - LINK Kyle Hall XLR8R (March 2010) - LINK King Midas Sound – Fader (December 2009) - LINK King Midas Sound – Urb (December 2009) - LINK King Midas Sound – Self Titled (December 2009) - LINK King Midas Sound – Textura (December 2009) - LINK Kode9 - Pitchfork (November 2009) - LINK King Midas Sound – Quietus (November 2009) - LINK Darkstar – Dummy Magazine (November 2009) - LINK Darkstar – Fact Magazine (November 2009) - LINK Darkstar – Stool Pigeon (November 2009) - LINK Kode9 - Times UK (October 2009) - LINK Hyperdub posse (various artists)– DJ Mag (July 2009) - LINK Darkstar – Fader (September 2009) - LINK Cooly G – XLR8R Funky cover story (September 2009) - LINK King Midas Sound– Shook (June 2009) - LINK Joker – The Guardian (June 2009) - LINK Cooly G – Fabric Blog (June 2009) - LINK Kode9 - The Wire (May 2009) Kode9 Interview Unedited Transcript - LINK Cooly G – RWD magazine (May 2009) - LINK Kode9 - E Music (April 2009) Kode9 Interview with Phillip Sherburne - LINK Kode9 - Los Angeles Times Blog (April 2009) - LINK Ikonika – Wah Magazine (March 2009) - LINK Kode9 - Fact Magazine (March 2009) Interview - LINK Ikonika – Fact Magazine (October 2008) - LINK Burial – The Wire (December 2007) Unedited Transcript - LINK Burial – The Guardian (October 2007) - LINK
Other Stuff - including Downloads Ill Blu KCRW mix (June 2009) - @ URB Kode 9 Fact Mix (“mostly ’94-’96 jungle” - June 2009) - @ FACT King Midas Sound – Guardian (December 2009) VIDEO - LINK Hyperdub - Resident Advisor (#1 best labels of 2009) (December 2009) - LINK Burial - Fact Magazine ('Untrue' #1 album of the '00s) (December 2009) - LINK King Midas Sound – Fact Magazine (November 2009) MIX - LINK Darkstar – Pitchfork top tracks of 2009 (December 2009) - LINK Hyperdub - DJ Mag (label of the year) (November 2009) - LINK Ikonika – Urb - Influences (November 2009) MIX - LINK Burial - Guardian ('Untrue' #10 album of the '00s) (November 2009) - LINK Kode 9 Bubble N Squeak Mix (October 2009) - @ XLR8R Hyperdub 5 - Rolling Stone (October 2009) - LINK Hyperdub 5 - Pitchfork (best new music) (October 2009) - LINK Hyperdub - 5 years - Guardian UK (October 2009) - LINK Essential Hyperdub Records - Fact (October 2009) - LINK Darkstar – RBMA (2009) MIX - LINK Ikonika Free unreleased MP3 "Phonelines" (July 2009) - @ XLR8R
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Who: Various Artists
Title: 5 - 5 years of Hyperdub Format: 2 x CD Label: Hyperdub Records HDBCD005 When: October 20th 2009
The Hyperdub virus surfaced in 2001 in Brixton, South London, disguised as a web zine, featuring in depth interviews with artists, tracing the influence of Jamaican music on London's underground electronic music culture. In 2004, it used Kode9 (meat puppet of the virus) as host to mutate into a record label with the first 10" release 'Sine of the Dub', a beatless cover version of Prince's 'Sign of the Times'. From this stark, ultra minimal and bass heavy pirate DNA, the virus grew a rhythmic skeleton and artificial flesh, spreading through trade in sonic fluids and cloned code, oscillating between nocturnal, dread fuelled skank to irradiated dayglo synth, while maintaining the low end pull and camouflage of a sad tune. Gene splicing kode from jungle, 2step, dubstep, grime, reggae, dancehall, hip hop, house and techno in unpredictable fashion, each next Hyperdub release has ended up becoming a bit of a cliff hanger for the World Health Organization.
WHO Disease Kontrol Agency - Epidemiological report on the Hyperdub virus:
2001 - initial pattern recognition of mongrel DNA
2004 - noctural audio lifeforms spotted in South London
2006 - first signs of mass exposure
2007 - congealment of removable dayglo exoskeleton
2009 - concentrated dosage camouflaged as anniversary 2xCD compilation coded "5"
'5' celebrates the fifth anniversary of this slightly odd, mutant label and its collection of aesthetic freaks, with a 2 CD compilation from all the artists who have released on Hyperdub (Burial, Kode9 & Spaceape, The Bug, Ikonika, Zomby, Rustie, Joker, Darkstar, Samiyam, LV, LD, Cooly G, Quarta 330, King Midas Sound, Black Chow Chow), plus a few cosmic twins (Mala, Martyn, Flying Lotus). Both CDs capture the full spectrum of 'roots and futurist' music that has become Hyperdub's signature, from the drowned world, weird garage of Burial through to the bleeps, blurps and off-key funk of recent releases.
CD1 features all unreleased tracks. It kicks off with the jilted lovers rock of King Midas Sound. 'Meltdown' is a sneak preview of their forthcoming album on Hyperdub and catches them at their most seductive, all opiated, blissful lament. Next up, Kode9 & Spaceape lift the tempo and are joined by Shanghai based singer Chacha for this rework of 'Time Patrol', the video for which has been circulating online for the last year. It’s one of their catchiest outings to date with whispered vocal hook, infectious riff and fractured rhythm.
Darkstar preview their forthcoming album with the much in demand 'Aidy's Girl is a Computer', a post-Burial slice of melancholy tron-garage, all lush tingling synths and downcast melodies. The tempo then drops again for the oozing, lopsided, crunch funk and crying synthesizers of Samiyam's 'Roller Skates', the irresistible, walking bassline groove of astro-traveller, Flying Lotus's 'Disco Balls' and the driving J-Pop bass of Black Chow. The pace picks up with Cooly G's broken uk house rhythm, 'Weekend Fly', with its spare, upfront drums and her vocals dubbed back to haunt the mix, flowing into Zomby's 'Tarantula', a creeping mutation of 80s electro and uk funky with its beautifully delayed snare, snapping you into the groove. Martyn's low slung 'Mega Drive Generation' is all about the devastating, discordant synth wash that gradually drowns the track in unease. Next up, LV deliver some infectious, bleepy roots reggae, with a perfect skittering beat that just echoes off into the future. Special guest Mala from Digital Mystikz, graces '5' with a characteristically low end lynch pin. 'Level Nine' with its stop start rhythm, bassline pull, descending strings and splashes of colour, captures why we love his sound so dearly. LD's 'Shake It' lifts the pace with a techy, polyrhythmic roller before we switch into the weird and wonderful chip-dub world of Quarta 330 who brings us 'Bleeps from Outer Space'. CD1 rolls out with 2 wonderful slices of synth-funk earworm with Ikonika's g-funk/half-step mutation 'Sahara Michael' and the cat-like synths of Joker & Ginz's banger, 'Stash'.
CD2 features highlights from the last 5 years of releases from the label. A '9 Samurai' sandwich, the CD starts with Kode9's original version from 2006 and ends with Quarta330's 8bit simulacrum. In between, there are 2 tracks from the mighty Burial, 'Distant Lights' and the previously vinyl only dance floor roller from his very first 12", 'South London Boroughs'. The CD also features 2 previously unreleased tracks with the seminal hauntological version of The Specials 'Ghost Town' covered by Kode9 and the Spaceape back in 2005 in a 'Sine' minimal, style, and the angry sino-dub, 'Fukkaz' also from 2005, which The Bug & Spaceape recently covered on the album London Zoo. In addition, there are mongrel dancefloor classics such as Joker's 'Digidesign', Ikonika's 'Please', Darkstar's 'Need You', 2000F & J Kamata's 'You Don't Know What Love Is', Rustie's mash-up of Zomby's 'Spliff Dub', Zomby's fairground ride 'Kaliko', Kode9 & LD's 'Bad' and the woozy perfection of Samiyam's 'Return'.
The stats then: 2 CDs. 5 years. 31 tunes, 17 of which previously unreleased. A whole lot of love.
Conclusion: Celebrate Hyperdub's birthday. This virus makes you feel better.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SINGLES RELEASE info ---------------------------------------------------- ILL BLU
Bellion / Dragon Pop Format: 12" EP
Catalogue Number: HDB036
Label: Hyperdub
Release Date: July 2010
digital download only promo
This is the debut release on Hyperdub for Ill Blu, one of Funky’s most celebrated and promising production duo from North London, who formed in 2008, who have had a string of underground hits as well as recent remixes for the likes of Cheryl Cole and Hot Chip under their belts.
On side A ‘Bellion’ is a great example of funky at it’s most effectively simple and maximalist. It’s memorable, clear, Bell-like melody is reflected in the sub bass line and heavy mid range chords while the percussive drums add to the intensity making the whole track inescapably infectious.
In contrast ‘Dragon Pop’s relentless lattice of congas, snares, deep bass drum and percussion seems minimal, but at the same time there is no space for melody within the tracks construction, it’s just intense.
----------------------------------------------------- IKONIKA
Edits EP Format: 12" EP
Catalogue Number: HDB035
Label: Hyperdub
Release Date: June 28th 2010
digital download only promo
The second of three vinyl (and digital) releases taken from Ikonika’s recent and highly-praised ‘Contact, Want. Love, Have’ album. It’s a simple concept; four tracks, edited down by Ikonika for functional DJ purposes, housed in a full colour sleeve. Includes ‘Video Delays’, ‘They Are Still Losing The War’, ‘Psoriasis’, and ‘Look (Final Boss Stage)’.
----------------------------------------------------- LV & QUARTA330
Hylo / Dong - Suzuran (LV & Quarta330 rmx) Format: 12" EP
Catalogue Number: HDB034
Label: Hyperdub
Release Date: April 26th 2010
digital download only promo
Here are two collaborative tracks from Tokyo based Quarta 330 and L.V.made when the two met the day after the Hyperdub 5th Anniversary party in November. They reflect the kind of collaboration where the best of both groups comes to the surface, as Quarta’s 8 bit abstraction and melody contrasts nicely with L.V’s lush melodies and shuffling rhythms.
Hylo contrasts 8 bit melodies made from rebuilt gameboys and sonar-like bleeps with the crunchy snap of a reverse drum beat and lush chords, breaking down into a sonorous melody before stepping up the pace once more. It’s an energetic mix of brittle and lush sounds.
The double A side – ‘Suzuran’ is a remix of Quarta 330’s remix of Japanese Chiptunes artists ‘Dong’, a completely mongrel mix. Here LV place the slurring space pop of the Japanese vocoder vocals inside a remix constructed from syncopated drums and offkey bleeping melodies. The results are catchy and alien, as sweetness contrasts with the tenseness of the setting.
----------------------------------------------------- IKONIKA
Idiot / diot (Altered Natives rmx) Format: 12" EP
Catalogue Number: HDB033
Label: Hyperdub
Release Date: April 2010
digital download only promo
Ikonika starts a series of 12”s which replace the need for a double vinyl LP with cuts from the album and remixes from some of our favorite recent producers.
This is the first one, with the track ‘ Idiot’ as the lead. ‘ Idiot’ is already something of a hit with those who’ve heard it being djed out, combining hard soca drum and pairing them up with lush ecstatic melodic synth harmonies and a driving bass with a strange 8 bit melody that stumbles and trips around the rhythm, it’s completely alien at first, but it’s potent enough to stick in your ears so that you might catch yourself singing a version of it. It’s a unique and fantastic combination.
On the B side, Altered Natives, aka North London producer Danny Native, who’s tracks Rass Out was one of 2009’s best, comes with a remix that seems to reflect 20 years of British house music back on itself. Just using the bleeps from the original track, he echoes and morphs his own melody over stepping dubby kicks and snares and a dark, driving bassline.
see also info on upcoming IKONIKA debut album here
----------------------------------------------------- KYLE HALL
Kaychunk / You Know What I Feel Format: 12" EP
Catalogue Number: HDB032
Label: Hyperdub
Release Date: March 2010
digital download only promo
After his remix of Darkstar’s ‘Aidy’s Girl is a Computer’ for Hyperdub at the end of last year, Hyperdub wanted an ep from Kyle Hall, and these two fantastic tracks are the outcome.
Just 18 years old and hailing from Detroit Michigan, Kyle Hall’s been getting alot of attention after releasing several eps on his own Wild Oats label plus a one sided single for Omar S’ FHXE label, However, this is his first full ep for another label.
Both tracks on the E.P. are in an interzone between live and mechanical music, full of details and fills that give his music a playful hands on feel.
On side A, ‘Kaychunk’ wraps lush arpeggios and classic warm Detroit strings around shuffling syncopated drums into an upbeat track that’s almost a mirror image of UK funky.
On side B,‘You know what I feel ‘ combines 2 step kicks that sound like rain hitting wood, with big clouds of bitter sweet chords, a seesawing bassline and a rich swooning melody that echoes Stevie Wonder’s synth period soul.
Kyle Hall feature - XLR8R
Kaychunk single review - Littlewhiteearbuds
Kaychunk single review - Resident Advisor
Kaychunk single review - CokeMachineGlow
Kyle Hall - myspace
----------------------------------------------------- TERROR DANJAH
Acid / Pro Plus feat D.O.K Format: 12" EP
Catalogue Number: HDB031
Label: Hyperdub
Release Date: February 2010
digital download only promo
Hyperdub has long been a fan of grime don Terror Danjah's razor sharp productions, his unparalleled, skittering rhythm science, deadly riffs, brilliant technicolour synth squiggles, 'Gremlin cackle' signature and general ear for a catchy tune.
On this first E.P. for Hyperdub, he showcases 2 strains of his many skills. 'Acid' cranks up the energy, with an ascending synth crashing into stuttering drums and synths. They play hide and seek with each other for a bit, before the track unexpectedly breaks into a 4 / 4 house rhythm, and then shatters into pieces again. On the flipside, 'Pro Plus', Terror is joined by long time collaborator D.O.K for a slice of their classic sound - an infectious, twisted sickly sweet synth melody wrapped around syncopated, stop start drums to mean effect.
DVA
Natty / Ganja Format: 12" EP
Catalogue Number: HDB030
Label: Hyperdub
Release Date: January 2010
digital download only promo
DVA aka Scratcha is a Grime Producer from East London.
He has been producing and DJing within the music industry since he left school in 1998. His former DJ name was 'Scratch', when he was mixing with D Double E, but, on Double's recommendation, changed his name to 'Scratcha'.
Renowned as one of the most innovative producers in his scene, DVA has worked with and recorded vocals for 99% of the top UK urban acts. His most recent release entitled "The Voice of Grime Volume 1" featured 22 UK singing acts, a rarity in the instrumental dominated Grime genre. Independently released by him, the album attracted massive amounts of attention to his music and featured artists. "It was the first compilation of its kind so I got a lot of respect from it and a lot of other job offers came from it as well".
DVA is also Rinse FM’s breakfast show host, a producer with a unique take on the UK Funky bug, blending the stiff 8-bar funk of grime with a super-supple rhythmic sensibility, sewing neon colours with a laid back precision into his tracks.
'Natty' is a prime example; drums stagger like they’re about to topple over, squelchy bass synths lock together a tough tribal drum pattern, liquid metal trickles around in the mix, and these contrasting elements react with explosive results on the dancefloor.
On 'Ganja', a cartoonish ring-tone-friendly synth melody worms its way around tight soca-esque drums and housey organ stabs. Factor in the depth-charge 808 subs, steel drums and sparingly used ragga chat and you've got a technicolour Hyperdub debut fresh for 2010.
DVA myspace
Read about DVA in XLR8R's 2009 cover story on Funky
IKONIKA
SAHARA MICHAEL / FISH Format: 12" EP
Catalogue Number: HDB029
Label: Hyperdub
Release Date: November 17th 2009
Hyperdub’s original female producer Ikonika comes with this long awaited release, that lives up to it’s expectations with two brilliant tracks. This release is a tentative 12” before her debut album drops in 2010.
On Side A, Sahara Michael seems cryptic at first, but on repeated listens it falls into focus revealing it’s complex soul, marrying bright (dis) chords which contrast with the warm undertow of harmonies that flow throughout. The track steps into a bridge passage with a melody that recalls the ‘funky worm’ melodies of prime G-Funk, extending the theme of contrasting polar opposites that the track plays with.
The B side ‘Fish’ reminds of early Detroit techno at its most abstract and painterly. Smears of bright vibrating chords flash frantically across the mix, building into thick harmonic meshes backed by a hard drum pattern before they solidfy into a triumphant melody. Ikonikclastic.
----------------------------------------------------- DARKSTAR
AIDY’S GIRL IS A COMPUTER Format: 12" EP
Catalogue Number: HDB028
Label: Hyperdub
Release Date: 20th October 2009
Darkstar’s last single on Hyperdub, ‘Need You’, released early in the summer of 2008, was Pitchfork’s # 1 dubstep single of the year, and turned many towards their developing melancholic sound. Championed by Radiohead, they recently returned the nod of appreciation by recording a version of ‘Videotape’ for Mary Anne Hobbs’ new Planet Mu collection, ‘Wild Angels’ .
Now the much-anticipated vinyl release of ‘Aidy’s Girl Is A Computer’ is at last set, having first made its presence felt 12 months ago as part of Darkstar’s contribution to last year’s Radio One Hyperdub showcase broadcast. On ‘Aidy’s Girl…’, the duo confidently define and refine their catchy melodic sound with a song that’s perfectly pop, while at the same time possessed of strange and intriguing bittersweet machine soul.
Over at the other side, Detroit teenage wunderkind and Omar S protégé Kyle Hall recalibrates the original into a blissful robotic Motor City house opus on his Oats B So Good remix, with a massaging bass line that sounds like sunshine on melting wax
Track Listing
Aidy’s Girl Is A Computer
Aidy’s Girl Is A Computer (Kyle Hall Remix)
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KODE9 : Spring 2010 USA TOUR
Sat March 27th: Mezzanine, 444 Jessie St, SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Tues March 30th: (Le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleeker St, NEW YORK, NY
Thurs April 1st: Magic Stick, 4140 Woodward Ave, DETROIT, MI
Fri April 2nd: Double Door, 1572 N.Milwaukee Ave, CHICAGO, IL
Sat April 3rd: BarFly Loft, 711 Hennepin Ave, MINNEAPOLIS, MN
Kode9’s sound is difficult to define, sometimes laden with beats, sometimes without, sometimes with a vocalist, sometimes without – the only continuity is the heavy sub bass. Currently, Kode9’s sometimes unpredictable dj sets travel through a selection of dubstep, grime, synth-driven hiphop and the emerging variant of percussive UK House, aka 'funky'. Since 2001, his dj sets have helped spread the South London sound internationally, across East Asia, Europe, South America, North America and Australia. In 2006 he mixed the Dubstep Allstars Vol.3 CD compilation on Tempa records with Spaceape and their debut album, ‘Memories of the Future’. For 4 years, he hosted the weekly Fwd>> show on London pirate radio station Rinse Fm and is one of the rotating djs at the seminal nights DMZ and Forward>> in London. As a producer, he has released tracks on Aphex Twin’s Rephlex label, pioneering dubstep label Tempa, Soul Jazz, Domino, On U Sound and his own Hyperdub imprint and has remixed artists such as Lee 'Scratch' Perry, the Junior Boys and Dabrye feat. MF. Doom. The most recent single under his own name 'Black Sun', came out in March 2009 on Hyperdub and his cut 'Time Patrol' was featured on the much acclaimed Hyperdub "5" album this past October. Kode9 has consistently been working on new material so you can expect him to play both special dubs and new Hyperdub releases in his sets.
Kode9 runs the record label Hyperdub known for releasing artists such as Burial, Ikonika, Darkstar, King Midas Sound / The Bug, Samiyam, and Zomby as well as remixes from the likes of Flying Lotus and Dabrye. Fall 2009 marked the 5th anniversary of Hyperdub Records and 2010 is already shaping up to be a heavy year for the label with five singles and two albums already in the pipeline (see above for more details).
Kode9 - Pitchfork Interview (November 2009) - LINK Kode9 - Times UK Interview (October 2009) - LINK Kode9 - The Wire Interview (May 2009) Kode9 Interview Unedited Transcript - LINK
Kode9 discusses the new album briefly with XLR8R TV
Kode 9 & Spaceape - Time Patrol
----------------------------------------------------- Artist: KODE9 and the SPACEAPE When: July 2009
07 July: Miami, FL @ The White Room 08 July: Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy
09 July: Austin, TX @ Beauty Bar
10 July: San Francisco, CA @ 103 Harriet St
11 July: Portland, OR @ Branx
Based in South London, Kode9 & the Spaceape is a unique producer/vocalist collaboration that vibrates the parts other artists don’t reach, whether through their high octane DJ/MC sets or their grounding-shakingly deep Bass Fiction Live sets. Their first infamous collaboration was released in 2004, a murky, beatless cover of Prince's 'Sign of the Times' known as 'Sine of the Dub'. In 2006, they released their first album together, 'Memories of the Future'. Kode9 & the Spaceape have played together all over Europe, at the Sonar Festival in Barcelona in 2007, and Mutek Festival in Montreal in 2007 & 2008. They have also recorded live studio sets for BBC Radio 1 in the UK. While Kode9 has been a regular visitor to the US in the last couple of years, most recently in April 2009, touring with Flying Lotus in LA, San Francisco, Coachella and at the Museum of Natural History in New York, this summer sees his first tour with vocalist Spaceape in the States.
Kode9’s hyperdub sound is difficult to define, sometimes with beats, sometimes without, sometimes with a vocalist, sometimes without – the only continuity is the heavy sub bass. Currently, Kode9’s sometimes unpredictable dj sets travel through a selection of dubstep, grime, synth-driven hiphop and the emerging variant of percussive UK House, aka 'funky'. Since 2001, his dj sets have helped spread the South London sound internationally, across East Asia, Europe, South America, North America and Australia. In 2006 he mixed the Dubstep Allstars Vol.3 CD compilation on Tempa records with Spaceape and their debut album, ‘Memories of the Future’. For 4 years, he hosted the weekly Fwd>> show on London pirate radio station Rinse Fm and is one of the rotating djs at the seminal nights DMZ and Forward>> in London. As a producer, he has released tracks on Aphex Twin’s Rephlex label, pioneering dubstep label Tempa, Soul Jazz, Domino, On U Sound and his own Hyperdub imprint and has remixed artists such as Lee 'Scratch' Perry, the Junior Boys and Dabrye feat. MF. Doom. His most recent single 'Black Sun', came out in March 2009 on Hyperdub.
Spaceape is a vocal/video artist whose dubtronic styles span between deep, granulated spoken word, mesmeric chanting, whispered rhymes through to hyped up MC'ing. Working mostly with Kode9, Spaceape tells abstract, open ended stories from another dimension. He has also featured on high profile collaborations such as on Burial's first album, The Bug's London Zoo Album, Martyn's recent Great Lengths and also Brenden Moeller.
Kode9 also runs the record label Hyperdub known for releasing artists such as Burial, The Bug, Samiyam, Ikonika, Darkstar and Zomby as well as remixes from the likes of Flying Lotus and Dabrye. 2009 is the 5th anniversary of Hyperdub Records and October will see the release of an anniversary 2 CD compilation entitled simply 'Five' featuring classics from the back catalogue, and a new tunes from all the artists on the label, as well as friends such as Mala from Digital Mystikz, Martyn and Flying Lotus.
On side A, ‘Kaychunk’ wraps lush arpeggios and classic warm Detroit strings around shuffling syncopated drums into an upbeat track that’s almost a mirror image of UK funky. 
On the flipside, '
DVA aka Scratcha is a Grime Producer from East London.
