Five Years Of Hyperdub

The prestigious London label turns five! As a treat, Hyperdub released "5: Five Years Of Hyperdub" end of last month, a 2-Disc Compilation of their finest bits. With it, Hyperdub takes a look back at the past years in which they have largely contributed to shaping the dubstep scene, while giving a glimpse of the future, where the label will undoubtedly increase their influence on the genre.
Disc 1 compiles exclusive, unreleased tracks by Burial, Kode 9 and Zomby among others. Five of these tracks are said to be released as singles. Disc 2 is a bundle of Hyperdub's most popular releases. Online record stores like Boomkat can't keep up with the sales and are out of stock.
I've listened to it and am impressed by the wide range and unique vibe. It's packed with all the big names and many big tunes of the label and genre, so there's no way of going wrong. Burial delivers strong as usual with a new and exclusive track "Fostercare" as well as two - "South London Boroughs" and "Distant Lights" - re-mastered. I won't say I looooove all songs on the record, but I can't remember a handful of albums where that was ever the case. 7.5/10 from me.

Buy "5: Five Years Of Hyperdub" here.

Here's my selection of favorites old and new:

Burial - Fostercare

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Flying Lotus - Discoballs


Darkstar - Aidy's Girl's A Computer


Joker & Ginz - Stash


Zomby - Kaliko


Kode 9 & Spaceape - 9 Samurai



Along with all this, Kode 9 recently contributed a half-hour mix made up of UK Garage and 2-step from the years 1999-2002 to the XLR8R podcast.

Download Kode 9's Bubble 'N' Squeak Mix

5 Years of Hyperdub

Hyperdub, the label started by Kode9, will be 5 years old this October. Hyperdub's first release was Burial's South London Boroughs EP, and since then Kode9's continually been picking and choosing artists that are "both on the fore and the fringes of the dubstep scene" - exposing and re-exposing phenomenal artists like Burial, The Bug, Samiyam, Zomby (who will be in NYC on Sat nite with Animal Collective), Cooly G, Quarta 330, Ikonika, King Midas Sound, Flying Lotus and Joker.

To celebrate, they're releasing '5 Years of Low End Contagion,' a double CD containing unreleased tracks one one CD and highlights from the previous 5 years on the other. Or if you're the vinyl type, the previously unreleased tunes will be issued on vinyl EPs in special sleeves once a week (starting Aug 31st) until the October release of the CDs and digital tracks. You can preorder everything over at BLEEP.

When the CDs hit, the unreleased CD will contain all the tracks released on vinyl as well as a few more previously unreleased tracks from the likes of Kode9, Flying Lotus, Martyn, Joker, Zomby, Mala and others.


At this point if you're not already planning on snapping up this mega-comp, then peep this tracklist for the 5 vinyl EPs:

Hyperdub 5.1 EP - 12"Vinyl (HDB023) Released: 31/08/09
Kode9 & The Spaceape ft. ChaCha - ‘Time Patrol’
Black Chow – ‘Purple Smoke’
Flying Lotus – ‘Disco Balls’

Hyperdub 5.2 EP - 12"Vinyl (HDB024) Released: 07/09/09
Joker & Ginz – ‘Stash’
Zomby – ‘Tarantula’
Samiyam – ‘Roller Skates’

Hyperdub 5.3 EP - 12"Vinyl (HDB025) Released: 14/09/09
Quarta330 – ‘Bleeps From Outer Space’
LV feat dandelion – ‘Turn Away’

Hyperdub 5.4 EP - 12"Vinyl (HDB026) Released: 21/09/09
Martyn – ‘Mega Drive Generation’
LD – ‘Shake It’

Hyperdub 5.5 EP - 12"Vinyl (HDB027) Released: 28/09/09
Mala – ‘Level Nine’
Cooly G – ‘Weekend Fly’


5 Years Of Hyperdub - 2x CD Compilation
CD#1 - A CD compilation including all the tracks featured on the 5 EP's. Plus several additional previously unreleased tracks.
CD#2 - A 16 track compilation of older hyperdub music, much of which has never been released on cd before.

(courtesy of Bleep and Resident Advisor)


This looks to be one of the best compilations I've ever seen - I highly recommend getting on top of this because production is probably limited and it will definitely sell out. DON'T SLEEP!

Kode 9 interview

Steve Goodman aka Kode 9 talks about his upcoming book "Sonic Warfare", his past years as a teacher and the amount of crap music that gets sent to him on a regular basis.



Massive Music - Find My Way (Kode 9 Remix)


Kode 9 & The Spaceape - Quantum


Kode 9 on Beatport

Wawawappwapp

Here's a cool short bbc documentary about the origins of dubstep and what makes it so unique. Features interviews with some of the scenes big names, like Kode 9 and Skream. The clip was made around the time the genre became hugely popular in the UK and has some of its solid insiders explaining the phenomenon behind it.



A few classics mentioned in the vid:

Skream - 0800 Dub



Skream - Midnight Request Line

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Kode 9 & Spaceape - Nine Samurai