Steve Goodman, known as Kode9 (born 1973) is a Scottish electronic music artist, DJ, and founder of the Hyperdub record label. He was one of the founding members of the early dubstep scene with the late MC and former collaborator The Spaceape. He has released three full-length albums: Memories of the Future (2006) and Black Sun (2011), both with The Spaceape, and Nothing (2015).
As owner of Hyperdub, Goodman has signed artists such as Burial, DJ Rashad, Zomby, and Fatima Al Qadiri. Goodman has a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Warwick and has published a book, Sonic Warfare: Sound, Affect, and the Ecology of Fear, in 2009.
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Links to Peel[]
Digital Mystikz's Mala on Kode 9 & Daddi Gee's 'Sign of the Dub'
Peel was an early radio supporter of Kode9, giving airtime in the last year of his life to a promo 10” of debut single “Sign Of The Dub”, co-credited to vocalist Daddi Gee (aka The Spaceape, Stephen Samuel Gordon), the historic first release on the influential Hyperdub label, which became an important hub for dubstep and related music, including subsequent Festive 50 artist Burial. On 12 October 2004, the first show of Peel’s final week of Radio One programmes, there was a chat room competition to win copies of the 10”. The lead track, a moodily atmospheric cover version of “Sign Of The Times” by Prince, would later appear as "Sine" on Kode9's debut album (with Spaceape), "Memories Of The Future" (2006).
In 2014, Mala of Digital Mystikz selected the original 10" for a record box he picked from John Peel’s Record Collection as part of a series for JohnPeelArchive. In a related video, he describes the release as “both hugely influential and inspirational, not just in this type of music but I think in general”.
Festive Fifty Entries[]
- 2024 Festive Fifty: Eyes Go Blank #16
Sessions[]
- None
Other Shows Played[]
Kode9 + Daddi Gee - Sign Of The Dub (Hyperdub HYP001 A) 2004
- 13 April 2004 (And Daddi Gee): Sign Of The Dub (10" EP) Hyperdub
- 19 May 2004 (And Daddi Gee): Sign Of The Dub (10" EP) Hyperdub
- 18 June 2004 (BBC World Service) (And Daddi Gee): : Sign Of The Dub (10" EP) Hyperdub
- 02 December 2004 (Rob Da Bank) (And Daddi Gee): Sign Of The Dub (10" EP) Hyperdub
- 16 December 2004: Kingstown Dub (during Digital Mystikz set on Keeping It Peel tribute night)