Karl Hyde (born 10 May 1957) is an English musician, composer and artist. He is a founding member of British electronic group Underworld. Hyde has also released a solo album, made albums with Brian Eno and Matthew Herbert, and contributed towards the score for the London 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony alongside Rick Smith.[4]
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| Birth name | Karl Hyde |
| Born | 10 May 1957[1][2] |
| Origin | Bewdley, Worcestershire, England[3] |
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| Years active | 1978–present |
| Website | karlhyde |
He is a founding member of the multi-discipline design and film collective Tomato and has published several books.
Career
editHyde grew up in Bewdley, England.[5] He moved to Cardiff in the late 1970s to study at Cardiff College of Art.[6] There he formed the new wave-synthpop band Freur in 1982 with Rick Smith and Alfie Thomas.[7] The band released two albums, Doot-Doot (1983) and Get Us out of Here (1986), before relocating to Essex, and renaming themselves Underworld. They have continued to make music since.[7]
He contributed towards the score for the London 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, alongside Underworld's Rick Smith who was the ceremony's Musical Director.[4]
In January 2013, Hyde announced the release date for his debut solo album, Edgeland.[8][9] It was released worldwide on 22 April that year[10] through Universal. It was co-produced by Leo Abrahams.[11]
In 2014, Hyde collaborated with English musician and record producer Brian Eno on the album Someday World, which was released on Warp.[12] The first single from this album, "The Satellites", was released in March 2014.[13] 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),[14] also through Warp. In 2017, he collaborated with the director Simon Graham and the playwright Simon Stephens to produce the play Fatherland at the Royal Exchange in Manchester.[15]
Hyde performed at Coachella 2023.[16]
Personal life
editHyde's daughter Tyler performs in the experimental rock band Black Country, New Road.
Discography
editWith the Screen Gemz
edit- I Just Can't Stand Cars / Teenage Teenage (7" Single, 1979)
With Freur
editWith Underworld
editSolo album by Hyde
edit- Edgeland (Universal, 2013) – co-produced by Leo Abrahams
Singles by Hyde
edit- "Cut Clouds" (Universal, 2013)
- "The Boy with the Jigsaw Puzzle Fingers" (Universal, 2013)
Albums with others
edit- Someday World (Warp, 2014) – with Brian Eno
- High Life (Warp, 2014) – with Brian Eno
- Fatherland (Original Music from the Stage Show) (Universal, 2017) – with Matthew Herbert
Publications
editPublication by Hyde
edit- I Am Dogboy: The Underworld Diaries. London: Faber and Faber, 2016. ISBN 978-0571328659. Contains diary entries, autobiographical writing, photographs and abstract poetry.
Publications paired with John Warwicker
edit- Mmm ... Skyscraper I Love You: a Typographic Journal of New York. London: Booth-Clibborn, 2002. ISBN 978-1873968581.
- In the Belly of Saint Paul. Underworld Print, 2003. ISBN 978-0954613105.
References
edit- ^ Jeffries, David. "Karl Hyde Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
- ^ Montgomery, Hugh (23 October 2011). "How We Met: Rick Smith & Karl Hyde". The Independent. London. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
- ^ "Karl Hyde: 'It's interesting how one's moral compass can shift when you become a parent' | Music". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ a b Steve Baltin (8 December 2011). "Underworld Named Music Directors of 2012 Olympics". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ "Karl Hyde: 'It's interesting how one's moral compass can shift when you become a parent'". The Guardian. 7 June 2017. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ Montgomery, Hugh (14 November 2010). "How We Met: Rick Smith & Karl Hyde". The Independent.
- ^ a b "Freur". WalesMusic. BBC Wales. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
- ^ "Underworld's Karl Hyde announces solo album Edgeland: stream the first track inside". FACT Magazine. 24 January 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- ^ Unterberger, Andrew The SPIN Interview: Underworld SPIN. 15 March 2016
- ^ "Karl Hyde to release first solo album". Chaos Control. 2013. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- ^ Geslani, Michelle (24 January 2013). "Underworld's Karl Hyde announces solo debut album, Edgeland". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- ^ Blistein, Jon (4 March 2014). "Brian Eno and Underworld's Karl Hyde Launch 'The Satellites'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- ^ Minsker, Evan (4 March 2014). "Listen: Brian Eno and Underworld's Karl Hyde: "The Satellites"". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- ^ Henry, Dusty (28 May 2014). "Brian Eno and Karl Hyde announce new album, High Life, stream "DBF"". Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ Gardner, Lyn (16 June 2017). "Fatherland: look back in anger, love and pride". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "Coachella 2023 Weekend 2 Lineup & Schedule: All the Set Times You Need to Know". Pitchfork. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.