Because we live in a condition of ubiquitous music and media, and near infinite technological memory, it is much easier for local cultures to find an audience that resonates with their music, whether local or globally. — Kode9 Copy Share Image
I wrote a short article called "Yardcore" for that issue, too, as an attempt to talk about the Jamaican influence on garage, grime and… — Kode9 Copy Share Image
Hyperdub started in 2001 as a web magazine, but we also did a few events in the early days before becoming a label. — Kode9 Copy Share Image
There is an uninformed myth circulating just now that makes dubstep way too important in the musical universe - don't believe the hype. — Kode9 Copy Share Image
Technical devices or processes which receive intensified investment during cold or hot wars spread through societies contagiously once their monopoly by the state has… — Kode9 Copy Share Image
When a country is at war or in economic depression, underdevelopment or tightened security, it sets an affective tone or mood, which seeps through… — Kode9 Copy Share Image
Most music culture these days runs on systems and networks devised to deal with the aftermath of thermonuclear war. Music culture has a habit… — Kode9 Copy Share Image
Basically, there were three aspects of dub that influenced dubstep. The most important was playing the instrumental versions of vocal garage tracks, which was… — Kode9 Copy Share Image
Both analog and digital developments have intensified the viral nature of sonic culture. — Kode9 Copy Share Image
Dubstep didn't invent bass, it just zoned in on it. Bass, to varying depths, is the foundation to most dance musics. — Kode9 Copy Share Image
Audio virology is not a metaphor. It is to be taken literally. It maps real processes of mutation, transmission, contagion and memory within music… — Kode9 Copy Share Image
