Name: Escapology
Brand: Kode9

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CD-HYP-004

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2022-09-30

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Supplier US

Redeye

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Sales:8.875

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5056321638021

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2023-03-24

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Artist

Kode9

Genre US

Electronic

Label US

Hyperdub Records

Kode9, born in Glasgow, Scotland, is a renowned artist and DJ. With a passion for music from an early age, he began his DJing career at 16, blending various genres such as reggae, breaks, hip hop, jazz, funk and house. As the breakbeat hardcore, jungle and drum’n’bass scenes emerged in the 90s, Kode9 embraced these styles and has been captivating audiences with his infectious beats ever since.

Having performed across the UK during the 90s and making his way to London in 1997, Kode9 became deeply influenced by the darker strains of the emerging 2step garage scene. Today, he not only continues to mesmerize crowds with his energetic sets but also runs *Hyperdub*, a highly regarded record label.

If you enjoy artists like Ikonika, Pinch or Zomby among others from this genre-defying musical landscape that blends elements of dubstep with experimental sounds and bass-heavy rhythms then you are sure to appreciate Kode9's unique style.

‘Escapology’ - Kode9's first album since 2015's ‘Nothing’ – is the first audio document of a wider project, Astro-Darien, ongoing since last year. His most ambitious work yet as a multi-disciplinary artist, ‘Escapology’ is the soundtrack album to the sonic fiction Astro-Darien, which will be released in October on Hyperdub sub-label Flatlines.The music reconfigures Astro-Darien's tense, off-world atmospheres into slices of high definition, asymmetric club rhythms, woven through thrilling sound design and vertiginous sonics.

‘Escapology’ is just one entry point into of the Astro-Darien universe, which had begun to surface in 2021 as a two-week audiovisual installation on the main dance floor at club space Corsica Studios in South London, and as a multi-channel diffusion on the 50 speaker Acousmonium at the invitation of INA-GRM in Paris, the institution founded in 1951 by the musique concrète pioneer Pierre Schaeffer, composer Pierre Henry and the engineer Jacques Poullin. The artwork for both ‘Escapology’ and Astro-Darien was produced by Kode9’s long-time collaborators Lawrence Lek (digital world design), and Optigram (typography and gfx). CD is the only physical format for this release, packaged in a transparent blu-ray style disc case.

Escapology

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