"Another graeat release from Kode 9. These tracks see him shifting away from dubsteb, especially in the 2 bad version, more housy and dancefloor-friendly. Well worth a download
Hyperdub is a label that came very gradually into being. Existing first as a blog, then purely as an outlet for Kode 9's fearsome reductions of dubstep and grime to their barest essentials, its output was sparse until the emergence of mystery producer Burial propelled it into the wider public eye. Since then it has grown exponentially, taking on a motley crew of artists orbiting — but never quite exactly part of — the U.K.… more »
It's not an exaggeration to say that UK "bass music" — that shifting configuration of subgenres spanning UK garage, grime, dubstep, funky and still more, nameless styles — simply wouldn't be the same without the existence of the Hyperdub label. Run by Steve Goodman (aka Kode9), Hyperdub has had its greatest success with Burial, whose ghostly, uncanny tracks hover wraithlike at the margins of genre, broadcasting vintage 2step rhythms through an ambient fog suggestive of… more »