When a country is at war or in economic depression, underdevelopment or tightened security, it sets an affective tone or mood, which seeps through into everyday life via all kinds of channels. — 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
Because we live in a condition of ubiquitous music and media, and near infinite technological memory, it is much easier for local cultures to… — Kode9 Copy Share Image
The acceleration and saturation leads to things becoming outmoded, or out of fashion before they've even happened. That's a pretty complicated situation. Hype becomes… — Kode9 Copy Share Image
