Hyph11E - Barnacles (Kode9 Remix)

Catalogue // SBKT036
File Under // Electronic
Format // 12”
Street Date // 9th October 2020

• Surprise drop of industrial bashment and sick jungle/drill mutation from Shanghai and South London
• Follows Hyph11e’s killer split with Slikback, and Kode 9’s first workout since 2019
• RIYL Hakuna Kulala, Hyperdub, UK ‘nuum styles
• Mastered by Miles
• 300 copies

Shanghai’s forward-facing Svbkvlt turn out a killer surprise drop from Hyph11e and Kode 9 after their raucous Gooooose & Dj Scotch Egg throw down

Last spotted on a body-spinning split session with Slikback for Hakuna Kulala/Svbkvlt in 2019, Hyph11e’s Tess Sun renders her most polluted atmospheres over panel-beating mutant techno rhythms in ‘Barnacles’; spending the first half fulminating amorphous, cranky sound design before emerging from the chthonic murk with a foul head of industrial bashment.

As an avowed fan of Svbkvlt’s aesthetic, and a regular visitor to their region, Kode 9 is the ideal candidate to rework ‘Barnacles’, refitting it with signature wavey top line and recalibratiing the rhythm to a hybrid of rolling mid ‘90s hardcore breaks, nippy 2-step, and glyding UK Drill bass graffitti that firmly marks up his first outing since 2019’s ‘Digging In The Cart’ reworks of Japanese computer game soundtracks.

1. Barnacles
2. Barnacles (Kode9 Remix)