October 2009 heralds the release of '5', a 32 track double CD marking Hyperdub's five years of life as a record label. Honouring past, present and future in equal measure, '5' is comprised of one disc of prior highlights, and one of freshly-composed material contributed by Hyperdub artists and close friends.
The first disc contains 16 brand new compositions from a heavyweight line-up which includes Burial, Cooly G, Darkstar, Flying Lotus, Ikonika, Joker & Ginz, King Midas Sound, Kode9 & The Spaceape, Mala, Martyn, and Zomby. The second disc features 16 key tunes from the Hyperdub back catalogue, many making their first ever appearance on CD and long since sold out of their original 12" vinyl versions. Also included is Kode9 & The Spaceape's previously-download-only 'Fukkaz', and their semi-legendary unreleased reading of 'Ghost Town', in which The Specials' anthemic lament is given a similar deconstructed bass treatment as that inflicted upon Prince's 'Sign O' The Times' to such dramatic and remarkable effect on the label's debut release in 2004.
After half a decade of consistent artistic and commercial success for all Hyperdub's releases, there is little need in these pages to talk up the import of their influence upon the current electronic music landscape - we can leave that in the hands of the denizens of the international print & web press, who have been fulsome indeed in their aniticpation of '5' right from the moment the project was first announced. |
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