Hype Williams (band)
Hype Williams is a British electronic music band consisting of Inga Copeland and Dean Blunt.
The names of the musicians are pseudonyms , biographical data are not known. The two musicians come from Great Britain - Inga Copeland is said to be a native of Russia - but live and work in Berlin . The band name is derived from Hype Williams , the international video and film director. In contrast to this, Inga Copeland and Dean Blunt produce a consciously radical cheap aesthetic in their music, music videos and live performances. Her style is in the low fidelity , abstract, leftfield and experimental genre . Inga Copeland's real name was given as Karen Glass by her previous record company Hippos In Tanks , but it is not known. Dean Blunt works solo under the pseudonyms Paradise Sisters, Ramirez and Roy Nnawuchi.
Discography
Albums
- 2010: Find Out What Happens When People Stop Being Polite, And Start Gettin Reel (De Stijl)
- 2010: Untitled (Carnivals)
- 2010: Junt / Deez Ruins You See (Hobo Cult Records)
- 2011: One Nation (Hippos In Tanks)
- 2012: London 2012 (self-published)
- 2016: 10/10 (self published)
- 2017: Guccistreams 2 (self-released)
- 2017: Chalice (self-published)
Singles & EPs
- 2009: High Beams EP (self-released)
- 2010: Han Dynasty I (De Stijl)
- 2010: Do Roids And Kill E'rything (Second Layer Records)
- 2010: Dior EP (self-released)
- 2011: Kelly Price W8 Gain Vol II ( Hyperdub )
- 2011: Rise Up (Second Layer Records)
- 2012: Meet Shangaan Electro (in collaboration with Demdike Stare, Honest Jon's Records)
Web links
- Hype Williams at Discogs (English)
- Article about Hype Williams by Spex (July 7, 2011)