DJ Hyper (born 23 February 1977) is a British DJ,

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and

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, known for his use of live bass, guitars and uncompromising vocals. He has done remixes for artists such as BT and

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and his music has been featured on TV and in trailers and video games. Hyper has releases on labels such as

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, and

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. He has also performed as a band featuring The Prodigy's members

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and Jim Davies along with co-producer John Ross on drums. Their first studio album ''We Control'' advanced Hyper to the stages of festivals, including

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, The Glade, the

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and Coliseo Ciudad de Atarfe in

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. Their second album ''Suicide Tuesday'' was released in September 2008. Hyper is currently under his own Kilowatt label.

Music career

Hyper released his debut album ''We Control'' in 2005, where he incorporated live instrumentation such as guitars and bass and fused it with his newer electronic sound. The album led to a world tour, which included

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in Japan,

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in Denmark and even

in his native United Kingdom. In 2009, Hyper released the single "Pitch Bitch" with JHz on Kilowatt Recordings. The song was used on the trailer Warner Brothers Film The Losers. Also in 2009, Hyper released a remix of German electronic musician Pet's song "Cloud Nine". In 2005, his music appeared in the video game Need for Speed Most Wanted and then again in the 2013 game

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. He also remixed

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's original score for the Nightlife expansion pack. In 2006, he made a track for the video game

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entitled "Hot Rockin'", which seems to be a different take on his similar track "Replica". "Hot Rockin'" was made exclusively for MotorStorm and never officially released anywhere. In 2008, his track "Replica" was featured in the video game Midnight Club: Los Angeles. On 28 March 2011, Hyper released a new single, "The End", taken from his third album, ''The Panic'', which itself was released in April 2011 via Distinctive Records. In 2013 Hyper released his best-selling album to date, ''Lies'', where he experimented with the power of dynamic and strings elements. The album received worldwide acclaim from artists and bloggers alike. In 2014, Hyper released an orchestral re-interpretation of 8 tracks featured in ''Lies'' to create “Symphony of Lies” in collaboration with Chris White. In 2018, "Spoiler" from ''Lies'' was featured in the E3 trailer for the video game ''

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'' from ''

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.'' Hyper's music has been featured in television shows such as ''

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'' and ''

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''. It was also featured in the advertising campaign for the movie, ''

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''. Hyper has a singular focus on producing and crafting high end, polished sound tracks encompassing full orchestral pieces featuring dramatic instrumentation and the latest in electronic crossover. Hyper's approach to music curation is to create the defining moment of inspired sound that enhances motion picture content thus translating that moment into a lasting consumer sensory memory.

Discography

Studio albums

* 2006: ''

We Control ''We Control'' is the debut studio album produced by English musician DJ Hyper or simply known "Hyper" and was released in 2006. The single "We Control" is featured on the popular 2005 racing game ''Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005 video game), ...

'' * 2008: '' Suicide Tuesday'' * 2011: ''The Panic'' * 2012: ''The Panic'' (Instrumentals) * 2013: ''Lies'' * 2014: ''Symphony of Lies'' * 2015: ''Bully''

Remix albums

* 2000: '' Y3K: Deep Progressive Breaks'' * 2000: '' Y3K: Soundtrack to the Future'' * 2001: ''Bedrock Breaks'' * 2003: ''Bedrock Breaks - Fractured'' * 2004: ''Wired'' * 2006: ''Inthemix Is Six (Along with Bass Kleph)'' * 2007: ''Rewired''

EPs

* 2006: ''Twisted Emotion'' * 2007: ''Catnip'' * 2008: ''Centre Attraction'' * 2012: ''Machine'' * 2019: ''Cyberpunk'' * 2021: ''Control''

Singles

* 1999: "Blaze It Up" * 2003: "Catnip" * 2003: "Slapper" * 2004: "Outsider" * 2005: "Come With Me" * 2007: "No Rockstars" * 2007: "Worst Case Scenario" (Hyper Vs. Victory Pill) * 2009: "Pitch Bitch" (Kilowatt Recordings) * 2011: "The End" * 2011: "My World"

References

External links

* * Remixers Club DJs Breakbeat musicians English DJs English electronic musicians English record producers 1977 births Living people Electronic dance music DJs {{electronic-musician-stub