Karl Hyde (born 10 May 1957) is an English musician and artist. He is a founding member of British electronic group

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. Hyde has also released a solo album, made albums with

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and

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, and contributed towards the score for the London

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alongside Rick Smith. He is a founding member of the multi-discipline design and film collective

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and has published several books.

Career

Hyde moved to

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in the late 1970s to study at Cardiff College of Art. There he formed the new wave-

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band Freur in 1982 with Rick Smith and Alfie Thomas. The band released two albums, '' Doot-Doot'' (1983) and '' Get Us out of Here'' (1986), before relocating to

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, and renaming themselves

. They have continued to make music since. He contributed towards the score for the London

, alongside Underworld's Rick Smith who was the ceremony's Musical Director. In January 2013, Hyde announced the release date for his debut solo album, '' Edgeland.'' It was released worldwide on 22 April that year through

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. It was co-produced by

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. In 2014, Hyde collaborated with English musician and record producer

on the album ''

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,'' which was released on

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. The first single from this album, "The Satellites", was released in March 2014. Within weeks of the album's release, it was announced that a second album, '' High Life'', would be released on 30 June (1 July in North America), also through Warp. Hyde's daughter Tyler performs in the experimental rock band

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Discography

With The Screen Gemz

*I Just Can't Stand Cars / Teenage Teenage (7" Single, 1979)

With Freur

With Underworld

Solo album by Hyde

*'' Edgeland'' (

, 2013) – co-produced by

Singles by Hyde

*"Cut Clouds" (Universal, 2013) *"The Boy with the Jigsaw Puzzle Fingers" (Universal, 2013)

Albums with others

*''

'' (

, 2014) – with

*'' High Life'' (Warp, 2014) – with Brian Eno *''Fatherland (Original Music from the Stage Show)'' (

, 2017) – with

Publications

Publication by Hyde

*''I Am Dogboy: The Underworld Diaries.'' London:

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, 2016. . Contains diary entries, autobiographical writing, photographs and abstract poetry.

Publications paired with John Warwicker

*''Mmm ... Skyscraper I Love You: a Typographic Journal of New York.'' London: Booth-Clibborn, 2002. . *''In the Belly of Saint Paul.'' Underworld Print, 2003. .

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hyde, Karl 1957 births Living people English film score composers English male film score composers English electronic musicians English new wave musicians English male singer-songwriters Artists from Worcester, England Musicians from Worcester, England Writers from Worcester, England