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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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