@hyperdubrecords operates at the bleeding edge of electronic music.
Since launching in 2004, the label has been shaped as much by philosophy, cybernetics and futurism as dubstep, grime and footwork.
Our latest video essay traces the story of Kode9's groundbreaking imprint, from its origins as an underground webzine to its role in platforming artists like Burial, DJ Rashad, Cooly G, Dean Blunt, Laurel Halo and more.
Watch on Youtube via 🔗 in bio.
Credits:
Writer - @michaellawson____
Editors - @faheezy_ , @___jerrydobson
Script Editors - @bellaquilina , @tompliments
Motion Graphics - @dderham_
Narrator - @joellerobinson
Sound Mix - Guy Clarke
📸: @version111a Orson Sieverding
For Loraine James the magic of music making is all about the journey rather than the destination.
By throwing all her musical loves into the pot – whether that be pop, grime or ambient – the prolific producer unashamedly ensures that the end result is the only possible artistic statement.
Her new album (out last week), ‘Detached From the Rest of You’ is a stunning case in point. “I do it for my own enjoyment,” she tells an impressed @anton.spice …
Photos: @diarasow
Read the full feature in the Spring/Summer ‘26 issue of Disco Pogo.
@setfiretoloraine new album 'Detached From The Rest Of You' is out today. It's excellent and contrasts nicely to 'Gentle Confrontation' her last album - just great songs, minimal, lots of space. It's great. The guests - as you can hear here work really well with her too. With great authentic performances
#newmusicfridays #hyperdub #lorainejames
Loraine James construyó su reputación sobre una electrónica que siempre prefirió la insinuación al estruendo. En los últimos años esa tendencia se ha agudizado hasta abrazar un minimalismo digital que encuentra en la reducción de elementos su mayor potencia expresiva. ‘Detached From The Rest Of You’ surge de un período en el que la productora londinense batallaba con la desconfianza en sus propias capacidades, una sensación de insuficiencia que la llevó a replantearse los fundamentos de su escritura. La colaboración previa con Anysia Kym en el EP ‘Clandestine’ le proporcionó herramientas propias de las estructuras pop y ese aprendizaje atraviesa ahora todo el trabajo como una corriente subterránea que aflora en formas de canción más ceñidas. James describió este álbum como su disco de estrella pop IDM. La etiqueta contiene una verdad incómoda: la exposición de la voz propia, situada más arriba en la mezcla, supone un acto de afirmación que contradice la modestia que siempre ha caracterizado su figura pública.
https://www.mindies.es/review/loraine-james-detached-from-the-rest-of-you-critica-de-su-nuevo-disco/
#lorainejames #hyperdub #detachedfromtherest
Loraine James releases Detached From The Rest Of You this week via Hyperdub, here she interviews collaborator Miho Hatori of Cibo Matto, before the tables are turned. Peer Review: Loraine James Interviews Miho Hatori… and vice versa. @setfiretoloraine@mihohatori@hyperdubrecords . Read further via link in bio. #thequietus #culturecountered
“When you name something, you give it power…” 💭
That old axiom proved true for dubstep back in the mid-2000s, as this once-variant of 2-step garage came into its own as a genre around that moniker. While UKG centred itself around the language and imagery of fantasy and seduction (Twice As Nice, Champagne Dance, et al) and grime took advantage of middle-class fears regarding the people and sounds rising from London tower-blocks, dubstep—both the word and the music—sounded like the science-fiction future ravers had predicted for years.
Yet like all early forms of rave music, dubstep was essentially functional: tunes by DJs for DJs, to smash the dance and pirate radio sets. It was the album format that freed dubste to comment on city life, urban decay, War On Terror paranoia and the meaning of the music itself, and few early dubstep albums had more to say than Kode9 & The Spaceape’s ‘Memories Of The Future’, released in 2006.
Thank you, Kode9 🫡
R.I.P Spaceape 🕊️
Read @sach_sonraw ’s full feature at the 🔗 in bio.
📸: Slide 1: @drumzofthesouth
@setfiretoloraine and @mihohatori on this excellent new single from Loraine's forthcoming album 'Detached From The Rest Of You' - theres a link to that and the @bandcamp listening party in the bio or use these
Party link:
/merch/loraine-james-detached-from-the-rest-of-you-listening-party
Preorder: https://lorainejames.lnk.to/Detached
#hyperdub #lorainejames #mihohatori #newmusic
Twenty years ago, the mysterious Burial left an indelible mark on music with two ghostly albums - one a masterpiece - that lingered in the shadows, romanticising drizzly zone 3 London late at night.
Paul Mardles lauds the elusive raver who was born too late to rave and hears from some of his associates and biggest fans…
Read the full feature in the Spring/Summer issue of Disco Pogo magazine out now.
You can pick up a copy in our online store or in the best independent magazine and record shops in the UK and around the world 🌎
Photos: @georginacookphoto , Ilya Semenov, Jadon Johnson, LKHTK, Waqar, Kaede Nakamura
Words: Paul Mardles
Back in stock at hyperdub.bandcamp.com
And
DJ HARAM - BESIDE MYSELF - TAPE exclusive
AYA - HEXED LP
BURIAL - RODENT 10
BURIAL - SUBTEMPLE 10
NAZAR - GUERILLA CD
TERROR DANJAH- DARK CRAWLER LP
700 BLISS - NOTHING CD
KMS - WITHOUT CD
VA - NEXT LIFE 3LP
Small amounts
NAZAR - DEMILITARIZE LP & CD
NAZAR - ENCLAVE 12
DOON KANDA - LABYRINTH LP
PROC FISKAL - SLEEKIT 12
PROC FISKAL - LOTHIAN BUSES 12
SPINN - OFF THAT LOUD 12
PROC FISKAL - INSULA CD
NAZAR - GUERILLA LP
JESSY - YOU NEVER SHOW YOUR LOVE 12
"I wanna go back to the club."
In our latest Exchange, we sat down with @setfiretoloraine , the London artist whose work moves fluidly between club music and introspective sound design.
After navigating creative blocks and time away from the dance floor, she speaks about slowly finding her way back to the energy—and the people—that first drew her in.
Head to the 🔗 in bio for the full Exchange.
