Hype Williams (band)

Hype Williams is a music and art group best known for consisting of UK-born artist Dean Blunt and Russian-born artist Inga Copeland (aka Lolina) between 2007 and 2012.[5] Supposedly founded in 2005 as a "relay" project passed between artists every five years, the group has given few interviews, leaving music journalists and the media in doubt as to the exact nature of the project.[2][5]

This article is about the band. For the American director, see Hype Williams.

Hype Williams
OriginLondon/Berlin[1][2]
Genres
Years active2005 (allegedly)–present[5]
Labels
Members
  • Denna Frances Glass
  • Slaughter
  • Silvermane
Past members

Background, style and career

The group's work encompasses widely experimental music releases marked by a lo-fi sound, including their 2011 album One Nation on Hippos in Tanks, and distinctive video pieces, including the defunct YouTube channel pollyjacobsen, which featured a bizarrely cryptic range of content.[1] Their work has drawn irreverently on popular culture and incorporated opaque imagery and contexts,[5] as well as an idiosyncratic online presence.[5] In 2011, they were signed to Hyperdub.[5]

In 2016, Glass announced that Blunt and Copeland were no longer part of the project, which would be continuing with other members.[6] The group's lineup has remained obscure, although Blunt's artistic style has been heard within newer releases, and a variety of other names have also been invoked as members. A mysterious representative named Denna Frances Glass has alternately been posited as either the manager of the project or a fake identity created by Blunt and Copeland.[2][5]

Discography
  • Han Dynasty (2009, De Stijl)
  • Improv (2009, self-released) (with Bo Khat Eternal Troof Family Band)
  • Infinity (2010, self-released) (with Bo Khat Eternal Troof Family Band)
  • Untitled (2010, Carnival)
  • Find Out What Happens When People Stop Being Polite And Start Gettin Reel (2010, De Stijl)
  • One Nation (2011, Hippos in Tanks)
  • London 2012 (2012, self-released)
  • 10 / 10 (2016, self-released)
  • Guccistreams 2 (2017, self-released)
  • Chalice (2017, self-released)
  • Rainbow Edition (2017, Big Dada)
  • L's (2020, WORLD MUSIC)

References
  1. "Hype Williams make hypnotic film jams about Britney and herring". Dummy Mag. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  2. "FACT mix 216: Hype Williams". Fact. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  3. "Hype Williams announce new album Rainbow Edition". Factmag.com. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  4. David Laderman, Laurel Westrup (2014). Sampling Media. OPU USA. p. 109.
  5. Gibb, Rory. "In Search of Hype Williams". The Quietus. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  6. Brito, Kristian. "Hype Williams' new album out now; Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland touring separately". Brooklyn Vegan. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
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