Kode9 presents Hyperdub

Emerging from the 1990s underground – pirate radio, smoke-thick basements, and renegade academia – Kode9 has become one of the UK’s most singular forces. Author of the formative book Sonic Warfare (2010), which analyses the “politics of frequency,” he has, as producer, theorist, and founder of Hyperdub, shaped the trajectory of contemporary bass music, championing innovations that bridge jungle, footwork, UK garage, gqom, dubstep, and sounds yet to be named. Hyperdub’s catalogue – launching Burial and nurturing artists like Jessy Lanza, DJ Rashad, and Laurel Halo – remains a lodestar for the experimental and the club-ready alike. For Dekmantel 2026, Kode9 delivers a Hyperdub takeover that showcases the label’s 20+ year legacy – from its most iconic records to deep-cut gems – channelling a restless, future-facing energy into a set primed to warp space and time.