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A musical exploration of the Scottish Space port idea
Hyperdub's courage and ambition continues in safe hands, suggests SIMON DUFF
Kode9 in action
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SIMON DUFF relishes the cross contamination of Damien Hirst’s greatest hits by street artists from France and the US
In view of the grooming gangs inquiry, SIMON PARSONS feels the relevance of this powerful examination of trauma suffered at Medomsley Youth Detention Centre
JOHN GREEN doubts the motivations of a US war photographer who never questions why, or for whom, she is producing images of imperialist conflict
MARIA DUARTE reviews Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Hedda, The Mastermind, and Regretting You
TONY CONWAY welcomes a thrilling and concise history of Hope not Hate, that is also a manual full of tactical advice
PAUL DONOVAN welcomes an inspiring account of living with deafness that has important lessons for the treatment of deaf people in today’s UK
Kode9
Escapology
(Hyperdub)
STEVE GOODMAN, aka Kode9, is head of Hyperdub, the highly influential South London record label whose artists include 700 Bliss, aya, Burial, Nazar and OKZharp.
Kode9 has released four albums for the label, the previous being Nothing, from 2015. A futuristic corporate hotel concept backed by influences from grime, early dubstep, UK hardcore, Chicago footwork and hypnotic science fiction movie sound design.
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