__NOTOC__ Hyperdub is a British,

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-based

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record label and former webzine, founded by

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, a.k.a. Kode9. The label was formed in 2004, and grew out of the UK's early

dubstep Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in South London in the early 2000s. The style emerged as a UK garage offshoot that blended 2-step rhythms and sparse dub production, as well as incorporating elements of broken be ...

scene. Artists signed to the label have included

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Cooly G Merrisa Campbell, known by her recording alias Cooly G, is a British singer, rapper, producer and DJ, living in London. She has released two albums of bass music on Hyperdub: ''Playin' Me'' (2012) and ''Wait 'Til Night'' (2014). Music Her full- ...

Dean Blunt Roy Nnawuchi, better known by his pseudonym Dean Blunt, is a British singer-songwriter, musician and contemporary artist. He is best known for his current solo work as well as his previous work as part of avant-garde duo Hype Williams (along ...

, DJ Rashad, DVA, Fatima Al Qadiri, Ikonika,

Jessy Lanza Jessy Lanza is a Canadian electronic songwriter, producer, and vocalist from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She has released three albums, '' Pull My Hair Back'' (2013), '' Oh No'' (2016) and '' All the Time'' (2020), to critical praise on UK label H ...

, Klein, Laurel Halo and Zomby. '' RBMA'' called Hyperdub "one of the UK’s most celebrated underground labels."

History

Kode9 initially founded Hyperdub as a webzine in 1999, which blended a focus on forward-thinking UK dance music with theoretical writing. The label was founded in 2004; its first release was “Sine of the Dub”, a collaboration between Kode9 and The Spaceape. Subsequent releases established the label as an influential label within the UK’s early

scene, including

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debut album, which ''

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'' magazine named their number one album of 2006.''Rewind 2006'', The Wire no. 275, January 2007. The label would then become associated with styles such as UK funky and Chicago footwork through its signing of artists like

and DJ Rashad. More recently, the label has signed diverse artists working across electronic music, including Laurel Halo, Fatima Al Qadiri,

, and Klein.

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