HYPERDUB RECORDS – The record label of Steve Goodman and arguably (as these things invariably are) the centre of the grimey dubstep revival that became viral around the launch of Burial’s untitled/selftitled debut (2006). The first 10″ vinyl form hyperdub (HYP001) was delivered in in April 2004 by Kode9+Daddi Gee and there were numerous Kode collaborations on 10″ and 12″ in the interim.
A good primer on Hyperdub’s rise and the project more generally can be found here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/oct/22/hyperdub-steve-goodman
To cite that article directly on Hyperdub’s post Burial era;
‘The new Hyperdub sound is all about synthesisers…”It’s like hearing circuitry crying,” Goodman has said of this recent output, and for new signings Darkstar this idea of computer love is a real fascination.’
There is an obvious ‘mutation’ here form a music born of hedonistic abandon in a sea techno-cultural detritus to a more positively generative techno-synthesis.