5-467: Stephen Samuel Gordon (17 June 1970 – 2 October 2014), known as The Spaceape , was a British poet and MC. He is known for his work on the electronic music label Hyperdub , and in particular for his frequent collaborations with labelmate Kode9 . He was described by The Guardian as "a pioneering Hyperdub artist," while Pitchfork Media stated that "if first-wave UK dubstep had a voice, it belonged to Stephen Gordon." Gordon died on 2 October 2014 at
10-593: The age of 44, following a battle with a rare form of cancer. Gordon was involved with much of the earliest music released by pioneering dubstep label Hyperdub , run by friend and frequent collaborator Steve Goodman a.k.a. Kode9 . Throughout his career, he also collaborated with Burial , The Bug , Martyn , Redshape, Dub Gabriel, the Echologist, Jerry Dammers , Spatial AKA Orchestra, and Junior Boys . According to Pitchfork , "[the] Spaceape lent his ten-ton doomsayer croak to dozens of definitive works of music and
15-481: The label have included Burial , Cooly G , Dean Blunt , DJ Rashad , DVA , Fatima Al Qadiri , Ikonika , Jessy Lanza , Klein , Laurel Halo and Zomby . RBMA called Hyperdub "one of the UK's most celebrated underground labels." Kode9 initially founded Hyperdub as a webzine in 1999, which blended a focus on forward-thinking UK dance music with theoretical writing. The label was founded in 2004; its first release
20-515: Was "Sine of the Dub", a collaboration between Kode9 and The Spaceape . Subsequent releases established the label as an influential label within the UK's early dubstep scene, including Burial 's self-titled debut album, which The Wire magazine named their number one album of 2006. The label would then become associated with styles such as UK funky and Chicago footwork through its signing of artists like Cooly G and DJ Rashad . More recently,
25-506: Was positioned as the Linton Kwesi Johnson of the post- 7/7 , surveillance-state UK." Gordon was married with one daughter. He died on 2 October 2014 from a rare form of cancer. Hyperdub Hyperdub is a British, London -based electronic music record label and former webzine , founded by Steve Goodman , a.k.a. Kode9. The label was formed in 2004, and grew out of the UK's early dubstep scene. Artists signed to
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