KODE 9 (Hyperdub) at Stealth (18/03/11)

Friday 18th March, 2011

WIGFLEX present...

Kode 9
Based in South London, Kode9s hyperdub sound is difficult to define, sometimes with beats, sometimes without, sometimes with a vocalist, sometimes without, the only continuity is the heavy sub bass. Currently, Kode9's DJ sets travel through a selection of dancehall influenced bass heavy skank, currently referred to as grime and dubstep. In 2006 he mixed the Dubstep Allstars Vol.3 CD compilation on Tempa records with vocalist Spaceape and released their debut album, 'Memories of the Future'.


Kode9 runs the record label Hyperdub (releasing artists such as the Burial, Joker, Zomby, Cooly G, Darkstar, The Bug, Warrior Queen and Ikonika).





For 4 years, Kode9 hosted the weekly Fwd>> show on Rinse FM, London's grime and dubstep pirate radio station, and is one of the rotating DJs at DMZ, the seminal dubstep night in London.

He has released tracks on Aphex Twin's Rephlex label, pioneering dubstep labels Tempa, Domino and his own Hyperdub imprint and has recently remixed artists such as Burial, Junior Boys, The Bug and local talent Geiom.


His DJ sets have helped spread the South London sound internationally, to East Asia, Europe, South America, North America and Australia, including headline shows at some of the world's top festivals including Sonar, Glastonbury, Outlook & Coachella.

His bass-heavy Essential Mix for Radio 1 dropped last week and is streamable via the BBC iPlayer until Saturday.

Check out the tracklisting:

Hype Wiliams — Your Girl Smells Chung When She Wears Dior [Hippos in Tanks]
Warren G — Regulate [Violator]
Ossie — Moves [Hyperdub]
Fhloston Paradigm — Chasing Rainbows [Saturn Never Sleeps]
Giorgio Moroder — The Wheel [Pye Records]
Attica Blues — What Do You Want (King Britt Remix) [Sony]
Kudu — Transit [Bitasweet]
Nubian Mindz — Future Past [2000 Black]
A Guy Called Gerald — Finley's Rainbox (4 Hero Remix) [Juice Box]
Kode9 — Green Sun [Hyperdub]
Kode9 + The Space Ape — Love is The Drug (feat. Cha Cha) [Hyperdub]
Funkystepz — Trouble [Hyperdub]
Kode9 — Black Sun (Partial Eclipse Mix) [Hyperdub]
Zed Bias — Basic Needs [Swamp 81]
DJ Rampage — Deep Inside (Rama Re-edit)
2562 — Cheater [When in Doubt]
Karizma — Outta Control [Defected]
Ossie — Set The Tone [Hyperdub]
Ill Blu — Meltdown [Numbers]
Zed Bias — Stubborn Phase [Swamp 81]
Funkystepz — Fuller [Hyperdub]
Hard House Banton — Sirens (Sami Sanchex Remix) [Dub Organizer]
Funk Bias — Last Forever [Swamp 81]
Champion — Loose Control [Hardrive]
DJ Naughty — Firepower [Kicks And Snares]
Funkystepz — Hurricane Riddim [Hyperdub]
DJ Naughty — Gearshift [Kicks And Snares]
Devine Collective — House Girls
Bok Bok — Look [NIght Slugs]
Kode9 + The Space Ape — OTherman [Hyperdub]
Riko — Woo Freestyle [Slaughter House Rydims]
Terror Danjah — Minimal Dub [Hyperdub]
L-Wiz — 442 Oz [Kapsize]
Addison Groove — Nautilus
Andreya Triana — A Town Called Obsolete (Mala Remix) [Ninja Tune]
Dok — West Coast [Hyperdub]
Grain — Untitled
Dok — West Coast VIP [Hyperdub]
Mala — Education [DMZ]
Terror Danjah — In The Biz [Aftershock]
Girl Unit — Wut [Night Slugs]
Mala — Bury The Boy [DMZ]
Gucci Mane — O Dog [Mosca Instrumental Remix]
Kode9 feat. Cha Cha — Time Patrol (Dub version) [Hyperdub]
Spooky — Spartan [Terror Danjah]
Morgan Zarate — Hookid [Hyperdub]
DJ Rashad — Itz not Rite [Planet Mu]
DJ Spinn — Lol [Planet Mu]

Also have a look at his interview for Red Bull Music Academy from back in 2007:

Here is the full lineup:

Kode 9 (hyperdub)
Floating Points (eglo/planet mu)
Cosmin TRG (rush hour/hessle audio/tempa)
Brackles (blunted robots/applepips)
Raffertie (super/planet mu)
Damu Live AV set (keysound/local action)
Morris Cowan (traum/super/zaubernuss/wigflex)
Spam Chop (wigflex)
Bobby Dozen
Synic

For more info check out the Facebook Event. Advance tickets are available from here.