Karl Hyde

English musician (born 1957)

Karl Hyde

Hyde performing in 2016

Background information
Birth name| Karl Hyde
Born|  (1957-05-10) 10 May 1957 (age 68)[1][2]
Origin| Bewdley, Worcestershire, England[3]
Genres|

* Electronic
* trance
* progressive house
* experimental

Occupations|

* Singer
* musician

Instruments|

* Vocals
* guitar
* synthesizer

Years active| 1978–present
Website| karlhyde.com

Musical artist

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 his Underworld bandmate Rick Smith.[4]

He is a founding member of the multi-discipline design and film collective Tomato and has published several books.

## Career

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Hyde 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 renaming themselves as Underworld in 1987. In 1992, the band had relocated to Romford, Essex, after the addition of Darren Emerson to their line-up. After Emerson left the band in 1998, Hyde and Smith remained active as a duo, and have continued to record 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

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Hyde's daughter Tyler Hyde performs in the experimental rock band Black Country, New Road.[17]

## Discography

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### With the Screen Gemz

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

### With Freur

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Main article: Freur § Discography

### With Underworld

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Main article: Underworld discography

### Solo album by Hyde

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* Edgeland (Universal, 2013) – co-produced by Leo Abrahams

### Singles by Hyde

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

### Albums with others

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* 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

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### Publication by Hyde

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* 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

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* 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

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1. ^ Jeffries, David. "Karl Hyde Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
2. ^ Montgomery, Hugh (23 October 2011). "How We Met: Rick Smith & Karl Hyde". The Independent. London. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
3. ^ "Karl Hyde: 'It's interesting how one's moral compass can shift when you become a parent' | Music". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
4. ^ a b Baltin, Steve (8 December 2011). "Underworld Named Music Directors of 2012 Olympics". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
5. ^ "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.
6. ^ Montgomery, Hugh (14 November 2010). "How We Met: Rick Smith & Karl Hyde". The Independent.
7. ^ a b "Freur". WalesMusic. BBC Wales. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
8. ^ "Underworld's Karl Hyde announces solo album Edgeland: stream the first track inside". FACT Magazine. 24 January 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
9. ^ Unterberger, Andrew The SPIN Interview: Underworld SPIN. 15 March 2016
10. ^ "Karl Hyde to release first solo album". Chaos Control. 2013. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
11. ^ Geslani, Michelle (24 January 2013). "Underworld's Karl Hyde announces solo debut album, Edgeland". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
12. ^ Blistein, Jon (4 March 2014). "Brian Eno and Underworld's Karl Hyde Launch 'The Satellites'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
13. ^ Minsker, Evan (4 March 2014). "Listen: Brian Eno and Underworld's Karl Hyde: "The Satellites"". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
14. ^ Henry, Dusty (28 May 2014). "Brian Eno and Karl Hyde announce new album, High Life, stream "DBF"". Retrieved 29 May 2014.
15. ^ Gardner, Lyn (16 June 2017). "Fatherland: look back in anger, love and pride". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
16. ^ "Coachella 2023 Weekend 2 Lineup & Schedule: All the Set Times You Need to Know". Pitchfork. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
17. ^ "Black Country, New Road: sax and violins from Britain's most prestigious new band". NME. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2022.

## External links

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* Official website

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Underworld

* Karl Hyde
* Rick Smith

* Baz Allen
* Bryn Burrows
* Pascal Consoli
* Darren Emerson
* Darren Price
* Alfie Thomas

Studio albums|

* Underneath the Radar
* Change the Weather
* Dubnobasswithmyheadman
* Second Toughest in the Infants
* Beaucoup Fish
* A Hundred Days Off
* Oblivion with Bells
* Barking
* Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future
* Drift Series 1
* Strawberry Hotel

Live albums|

* Everything, Everything
* Live in Tokyo
* Live Here Now series

Compilations|

* 1992–2002
* The Bells the Bells
* 1992–2012 The Anthology
* A Collection

Digital projects|

* Riverrun
* Drift

Soundtracks|

* Breaking and Entering
* Sunshine
* Frankenstein
* Isles of Wonder

Singles and EPs|

* "Underneath the Radar"
* "Stand Up"
* "Mmm…Skyscraper I Love You"
* "Rez"
* "Spikee"
* "Dark & Long"
* "Cowgirl"
* "Dirty Epic"
* "Born Slippy"
* "Rowla"
* "Pearl's Girl"
* "Born Slippy Nuxx"
* "Juanita"
* "Moaner"
* "Push Upstairs"
* "Jumbo"
* "King of Snake"
* "Bruce Lee"
* Beaucoup Fish Singles
* "Cowgirl (Live)"
* "Two Months Off"
* "Dinosaur Adventure 3D"
* "Born Slippy .NUXX 2003"
* "Crocodile"
* "Scribble"
* "The First Note Is Silent"
* "Caliban's Dream"
* Teatime Dub Encounters

Other songs|

* "And I Will Kiss"

Videography|

* Everything, Everything
* Book of Jam – Video
* The Bells the Bells
* Barking – The Films
* Drift Series 1 – The Films

Related articles|

* Discography
* Freur

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