Hyperbubble
{{Short description|American pop duo}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Hyperbubble
| image = Hyperbubble_in_Toulouse.jpg
| caption = Hyperbubble performance in Toulouse, France: left to right, Jeff DeCuir, Jess DeCuir
| image_size =
| alias =
| origin = San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
| genre = {{hlist|Synth-pop|electropop}}
| years_active = 1997–present
| label = {{hlist|Bubblegum Records|Filthy Little Angels|Uncle Buzz|Fellowshipwreck|Socket Sounds|Pure Pop for Now People}}
| associated_acts = {{hlist|Spleen|Crevice|Pink Filth|Moonrox}}
| website = {{URL|hyperbubble.net}}
| current_members = * Jess DeCuir
- Jeff DeCuir
}}
Hyperbubble is an international visual and performing arts electropop/synth-pop duo from San Antonio, Texas, formed by Jeff DeCuir and Jess Barnett DeCuir. The music of this American group is variously described as "early Eurythmics meets Josie and the Pussycats," referencing "markers such as New Musik, the Normal and Thomas Dolby."{{cite magazine|url=http://www.keyboardmag.com/miscellaneous/1265/hyperbubble-candy-apple-daydreams/30416|title= Review of Candy Apple Daydreams|last= Fortner |first= Stephen |date=June 2010|magazine=Keyboard Magazine}}[http://www.hyperbubble.net/losingtoday2007hyperbubble.jpg Review of ShiSho/Hyperbubble]. LosingToday.com. May 13, 2007. Retrieved May 30, 2013. Their songs are "catchy synth pop that mixes kitsch, retrofuturism and pop art in a chrome blender and sets the contents jiggling to a hypnotic robo-rhythm" with "lyrics that offer quirky takes on SF tropes from cyborgs and clones to ray guns and erotic surveillance."{{cite web|url=http://missionsunknown.com/2010/01/made-in-s-a-hyperbubble/ |title=Made in SA: Hyperbubble |last=Allen |first=Sanford |date=January 29, 2010 |publisher=Missions Unknown |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100222065316/http://missionsunknown.com/2010/01/made-in-s-a-hyperbubble/ |archivedate=February 22, 2010 }} Retrieved February 25, 2011.
History
=Spleen, Pink Filth and Crevice=
Jeff DeCuir starred separately in numerous bands leading up to Hyperbubble. An example is Spleen, a Jem and the Holograms tribute band, Jeff co-founded in 1989 and in which he played drums under the name Stormer.{{cite news | author= Garcia, Gilbert |title= Glamour Boys |date=January 30, 2007 | newspaper= San Antonio Current |volume= 7 |issue= 5 |pages=16–17|url=http://sacurrent.com/special/story.asp?id=64295}}
Jeff first performed together with Jess Barnett DeCuir in the experimental dark ambient group Crevice and later, the "bouncy AM retro-pop" Pink Filth, both recording primarily with Uncle Buzz Records.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110721035138/http://www.unclebuzz.com/crevbio.html Crevice biography]. Uncle Buzz Records. Retrieved October 2, 2014.{{cite news |title= AP Recommends... Crevice – Crevice 2 |newspaper= Alternative Press |volume= 12 |number= 119 |page=14 |date=June 1998}}Raggett, Ned. [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/hyperbubble-p686374 Review of Hyperbubble]. Allmusic. Retrieved February 15, 2011. In the latter band, the duo played under the stage names, Nick Velvet and Baby Jessica, working lead vocals and keyboards. The two married in 2000.
Both bands mixed art with music, foreshadowing the pair's efforts with Hyperbubble. Crevice collaborated with American visual artist and composer Christian Marclay on the premier of Marclay's now-annual touring exhibit, The Sounds of Christmas, in 1999.{{cite web|url=http://www.unclebuzz.com/marclay.html |title=Merry Mixmax! |accessdate=February 25, 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721035152/http://www.unclebuzz.com/marclay.html |archivedate=July 21, 2011 |url-status=dead }} Crevice collaboration on Christian Marclay exhibit at the ArtPace contemporary art center, San Antonio.[http://crucial-systems.com/events/christian-marclays-the-sounds-of-christmas Timeblind bookings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727065642/http://crucial-systems.com/events/christian-marclays-the-sounds-of-christmas |date=2011-07-27 }}. Description of original The Sounds of Christmas commission by ArtPace in 1999. New Museum of Contemporary Art. New York City. Retrieved February 25, 2011. Pink Filth created music that was part of an installation by Jess as well as producing the CDs included with the comic books Warrior Nun Areala Special Edition No. 3 and Shotgun Mary CD Edition No. 1 by Antarctic Press.{{cite web|url=http://www.unclebuzz.com/puff.html |title=Pink Filth puff piece (San Antonio Current) |last=Navarro |first=John |date=November 7, 2007 |publisher=Uncle Buzz Records |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721035233/http://www.unclebuzz.com/puff.html |archivedate=July 21, 2011 }} Retrieved March 7, 2011.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20101228114656/http://www.psychedelic-music.net/pmdb/db3/db_band.php4?id=276 Pink Filth discography]}}. Psychedelic Music. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
=Hyperbubble=
The band started as a creation of Jeff. Hyperbubble first appeared as the attributed author of a track on the 1997 album Acid Ranch 2000. Several years later, Jess joined him after the dissolution of Pink Filth to re-launch the concept band. In 2004, Hyperbubble debuted their first album, Sol!d Pop. Described as "peppy synth pop par excellence," the album showcased their ability to apply "the breakneck pace of punk… to straight-up synthpop."Raggett, Ned. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/airbrushed-alibis-r1184737 Airbrushed Alibis review]. Allmusic. Retrieved February 15, 2011.{{cite magazine|url= http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/hyperbubble-airbrushed-alibis/ |title=Hyperbubble: Airbrushed Alibis|last= Schiller |first= Mike |date= November 7, 2007|magazine=PopMatters}}
Their music contained a wry sci-fi element, the duo labeling it "bionic bubblepunk."{{cite web|url=http://www.electricityclub.co.uk/introducing-hyperbubble/|title=Introducing HYPERBUBBLE|last= Lai |first= Chi Ming |date= October 7, 2010|publisher= The Electricity Club}} Hyperbubble was described as a band "in the proud tradition... of musicians pretending to be robots," but "taking the android artifice to intentionally over-the-top extremes, then undercutting all the sci-fi hokum with flashes of genuine humanity."{{cite news |title= Review of Limelight, Friday, October 17 performance |last= Martin |first= Jeremy |newspaper= San Antonio Current |volume= 8 |issue= 43 |page=49 |date=October 22, 2008 |url=http://www.sacurrent.com/columns/story.asp?id=69454}} Sol!d Pop also displayed their persistent use of sampling; the band's most popular downloaded song,Information from iTunes Store, Retrieved February 9, 2011. "Leon", even featured sounds from their cat.{{cite web|url= http://iloveanalogue.blogspot.com/2009/07/ilab-artist-series-hyperbubble.html |title= ILAB Artist Series: Hyperbubble |last= Ryan |first= Robbie |date= July 28, 2009|publisher= The I Love Analogue Blog}} With their penchant for mixing, a remix version of the album soon followed. This tradition continued for future albums as well.
Hyperbubble realized regional success with a showcase band slot at the South by Southwest Music Festival and their 2007 album, Airbrushed Alibis, named a best local album.{{cite news | author= Saldaña, Hector |title= This SXSW Has a 'Heart of Gold' | newspaper= San Antonio Express-News |date=March 17, 2006}}{{cite book |editor1= Blackstock, Peter |editor2=Cohen, Jason |editor3=Smith, Andy |title= SXSW Scrapbook |publisher= Essex Press |year= 2011 |isbn= 978-0-292-72675-8 |page= [https://archive.org/details/sxswscrapbookpeo00blac/page/85 85] |url-access= registration |url= https://archive.org/details/sxswscrapbookpeo00blac/page/85 }}{{cite news |title= Jingles and Bells |date= December 5, 2007 | newspaper= San Antonio Current |volume= 7 |issue= 47 |page=16 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730132744/http://www2.sacurrent.com/special/story.asp?id=67798|archivedate=2012-07-30 |url=http://www.sacurrent.com/special/story.asp?id=67798}} The band was later voted Best Electronica Band in 2008 and runner-up Best Electronic Band in 2009 and Best Electronic Act in 2010 in the San Antonio Current.{{cite news|title=First Annual Rammy Awards |newspaper=San Antonio Current |volume=8 |issue=12 |page=30 |date=March 19, 2008 |url=http://www.sacurrent.com/special/story.asp?id=68441 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514141858/http://www.sacurrent.com/special/story.asp?id=68441 |archivedate=May 14, 2011 }}{{cite news|title=2nd Annual Rammy Awards |newspaper=San Antonio Current |volume=9 |issue=30 |page=54 |date=November 18, 2009 |url=http://www.sacurrent.com/special/story.asp?id=70702 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110423043940/http://www2.sacurrent.com/special/story.asp?id=70702 |archivedate=April 23, 2011 }}{{cite news |title= Third annual Rammy Award winners | newspaper= San Antonio Current |volume= 10 |issue= 50 |page=47 |date=December 15, 2010 |url=http://www.sacurrent.com/music/story.asp?id=71828}} They gained international recognition with recordings released by UK label Filthy Little Angels, which included Airbrushed Alibis. The "retro-techno-bubblegum pop" album continued their "cartoonish, Hanna-Barbera view of the future, informed by 1960s visions of the 21st century as an era of flying cars and robotic romance."{{cite news |author= Feldmar, Marcel |title= Reviews – Airbrushed Alibis |newspaper= The Big Takeover |volume= 29 |issue= 62 |page=184 |year= 2008}}{{cite news | author= Garcia, Gilbert |title= Aural Pleasure: Computer Dating | newspaper= San Antonio Current |volume= 7 |issue= 21 |page=48 |date=May 23, 2007 |url=http://sacurrent.com/news/story.asp?id=66597}} A 2008 dub version of the album heavily remixed and slowed down the pace of the original tracks.Wooldridge, Si (January 2, 2008). [http://hyperbubble.net/synthpopnet2.html Hyperbubble - Airbrushed Alibis In Dub]. Synthpop.net. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
Huw Stephens featured the Hyperbubble song "Supermarket Casanova" on his nationally syndicated BBC Radio 1 program in 2007.Stephens, Huw (June 21, 2007). [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/huwstephens/tracklistingarchive.shtml?070621 Tracklisting]. BBC Radio 1. Retrieved February 25, 2011. Their tour of the UK the next year led to them being signed by Glasgow-based Bubblegum Records.[http://www.hyperbubble.net/flyer-2008-uk-hyperbubble.html Hyperbubble 2008 ANALOG IN THE UK tour dates]. Retrieved October 2, 2014.Pollock, David (August 20, 2009; updated August 26, 2009) [http://www.list.co.uk/article/20182-labels-of-love-bubblegum-records/ Labels of love: Bubblegum Records]. The List. Retrieved February 25, 2011. Their first EP with the label, Better Set Your Phasers to Stun, featured a collaboration with Welsh bubblegum pop punk rocker Helen Love in which they covered her song from the title, with an added vocal track provided by her from her 1995 tune, "We Love You". The release completed their transition to a truly international group. Later in 2018, Love promoted the band in their music video for "Double Denim".OriginalRock (June 23, 2018) [https://originalrock.net/2018/06/23/helen-love-reveal-double-denim-video/ Helen Love Reveal ‘Double Denim’ Video]. OriginalRock.net. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
Their next full-length CD, Candy Apple Daydreams, was described as a "cartoon automaton symphony" and a "pop opera… utilizing an amazing overture theme that weaves in and out of the entire album."Martin, Jeremy (February 3, 2010). [http://www.sacurrent.com/music/review.asp?rid=14237 Review of Candy Apple Daydreams]. San Antonio Current. The music "sounds something like Madonna would sound...if her music were geared more towards school kids."dONW7 (March 2010). [http://www.babysue.com/2010-March-LMNOP-Reviews.html#anchor19861 Candy Apple Daydreams LMNOP review]. babysue. The effort hit several best-of lists, including popular Scot Spotify blogger[https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/jul/25/blog-roll-spotify-websites Blog Roll: Spotify]. The Guide. The Guardian. July 25, 2009, page 32. the Pansentient League's top five synthpop albums, Electro and Pop's Top Albums of 2010 (France) and Favorite Albums Of 2010 by the Houston Press, which also dubbed it "the best electronic album to come out of Texas since Asmodeus X's Morningstar.Jef With One F (February 16, 2010). [http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2010/02/post-valentines_day_blues_san.php Post-Valentine's Day Blues? San Antonio's Hyperbubble Will Cheer You Up]. Houston Press.White, Jer. [http://pansentient.com/2010/12/top-10-synthpop-albums-of-2010/ Top 10 Synthpop Albums of 2010]. The Pansentient League. Retrieved February 25, 2011.[http://electroandpop.blogspot.com/2011/01/top-albums-selon-stephen.html Top Albums Sellon Stephen]. Electro and Pop. January 1, 2011.Gray, Chris (December 31, 2010). [http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2010/12/rocks_offs_favorite_albums_of.php?page=2 Rocks Off's Favorite Albums Of 2010]. Houston Press. The title track further made the English Electricity Club's top 30 songs of the year.Lai, Chi Ming (December 30, 2010). [http://www.electricityclub.co.uk/top-30-songs-2010/ The Electricity Club's 30 SONGS OF 2010]. The Electricity Club. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
Releases in 2011 included their LP, Drastic Cinematic with the German label, Pure Pop For Now People.[http://www.bubblegumrecords.org.uk/hyperbubble.html Drastic Cinematic release announcement] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110502130135/http://www.bubblegumrecords.org.uk/hyperbubble.html |date=2011-05-02 }}. Bubblegum Records. Retrieved February 8, 2011. Characterized as a soundtrack to an imaginary Jean-Luc Godard film, the album possesses a darker and more atmospheric mood than their previous efforts.{{cite web|url=http://www.electricityclub.co.uk/hyperbubble-drastic/ |title=Hyperbubble: Drastic Cinematic |last= Lai |first= Chi Ming |date=July 1, 2011|publisher= The Electricity Club}} Retrieved April 12, 2017.{{cite web |url=http://www.laganzua.net/discos/1308156043O-9Hyperbubble.html |title=Comentario del Disco de: Hyperbubble |last=Lai |first=Chi Ming |date=June 27, 2011 |publisher=Laganzua.net |access-date=July 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617235949/http://www.laganzua.net/discos/1308156043O-9Hyperbubble.html |archive-date=June 17, 2011 |url-status=dead }} Retrieved July 20, 2011. Manda Rin of the Scottish band Bis contributed guest vocals along with sampled sounds from her cat, Akiko. An extended CD/MP3 version from Bubblegum notably adds a remix of their song "Welcome to Infinity" by Mark Towns, who previously worked on Hits! The Very Best of Erasure. The collaboration with Manda Rin continued in a 2013 release, Hyperbubble + Manda Rin.
=2015–present=
In 2015, the band released its first live album, Live in London, drawn from a performance a year earlier at The Lexington in London, England.{{cite web|url= http://www.electricityclub.co.uk/hyperbubble-live-in-london/ |title=HYPERBUBBLE Live In London |last= Lai |first= Chi Ming |date=November 21, 2015 |publisher=The Electricity Club}} Retrieved April 12, 2017. The concert was part of a larger bill featuring Helen Love.{{cite web|url= http://www.electricityclub.co.uk/hyperbubble-interview/ |title=HYPERBUBBLE Interview |last= Lai |first= Chi Ming | date=December 20, 2014 | publisher=The Electricity Club}} Retrieved April 12, 2017 The release primarily featured live versions of songs from their first three albums.
On their 2017 album Western Ware, they teamed with Scott Simon of Our Daughter's Wedding to record the missing title track of their 1981 Digital Cowboy EP. They also collaborated with Rikki & Daz on their cover of the duo's "Rhinestone Cowboy".
In 2018, Electronic Sound Magazine bundled with their print issue a compilation CD Man & Machine commemorating Kraftwerk that included Hyperbubble's "Bionic Girl" from their Sol!d Pop album alongside tracks by Devo, Ultravox's John Foxx, Throbbing Gristle's Chris Carter and Meat Beat Manifesto.{{cite web |url=https://electronicsound.co.uk/product/issue-40-cd-bundle/?mc_cid=8cf3d6b2e7&mc_eid=c681015fe1 |title=Issue 40 Magazine & CD Bundle |publisher=Electronic Sound Magazine |date=2018 |accessdate=April 4, 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Co-founder of the NY Theremin Society Dorit Chrysler included Hyperbubble's "(I'm Your) Satellite" in the Society's 2020 album marking the centenary of the theremin.{{cite web|url= https://www.nythereminsociety.org/th100 |title=Announcement of "THEREMIN100" album release | date=December 20, 2014 | publisher=The NY Theremin Society}} Retrieved February 27, 2020 The song appeared in both 12-track vinyl and 21-track CD versions of the compilation "THEREMIN100", along with pieces by noted thereminists Chrysler, Carolina Eyck, The Radio Science Orchestra and Lydia Kavina. They also collaborated with Jem and the Holograms lead voiceover artist Samantha Newark on a remix of her "Hologram" for her 2021 album Hologram 2.0.[https://www.discogs.com/release/24577694-Samantha-Newark-Hologram-20 Samantha Newark – Hologram 2.0] Discogs. Retrieved on November 9, 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.electricityclub.co.uk/samantha-newark-hologram-hyperbubble-mix/|title=SAMANTHA NEWARK Hologram – HYPERBUBBLE Mix|last= Lai |first= Chi Ming |date= December 2, 2021|publisher= The Electricity Club}}
On February 19, 2023, a documentary movie about the group, Cowgirls and Synthesizers, was released on the festival circuit in the Fellowshipwreck Film Fest.{{cite news | author= McMahan, Mike |title= San Antonio-born synth-pop act Hyperbubble to screen its documentary at Lonesome Rose |date=February 14, 2023 | newspaper= San Antonio Current |url=https://www.sacurrent.com/music/san-antonio-born-synth-pop-act-hyperbubble-to-screen-its-documentary-at-lonesome-rose-30990584}} The film soundtrack was released the next year.
=Hyperbubble as visual art=
File:Hyperbubble at 2010 Luminaria Festival.jpg
An intrinsic component of Hyperbubble is the integration of pop culture and the performing and visual arts into its performances, music videos and packaging. This is informed by the duo's art background. Jess received a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Texas at San Antonio and is an art department faculty member at San Antonio College and the Southwest School of Art.[http://www.artlabtx.org/jessicadecuir.html Jess DeCuir art portfolio].[http://www.alamo.edu/sac/vat/faculty/ VISUAL ARTS Adjunct Faculty]. San Antonio College. Retrieved May 30, 2013.[https://www.swschool.org/community-classes/adjuncts Faculty & Adjuncts]. Southwest School of Art. Retrieved March 4, 2020. Jeff who has a B.F.A. from the University of Texas San Antonio served as an instructor at the International Academy of Design and Technology San Antonio prior to his current stint at the Southwest School of Art.[http://catalog.careered.com/catalogs/105/catalog.pdf Catalog listing Jeff DeCuir in faculty of the International Academy of Design and Technology San Antonio]. Retrieved February 15, 2011. He also designs show flyer and CD and album cover art.[http://gigposters.com/designer/58622_Jeff_Decuir.html Sample poster art by Jeff DeCuir]. Retrieved February 16, 2011. In keeping with their art background, the band debuted at the Cactus Bra Space in San Antonio's Blue Star Arts Complex on November 6, 2003 and continues to perform in art spaces.{{cite news | author= Judson, Ben |title= Psychic in a Floating Bubble | magazine=Voices of Art |url=http://voamagazine.com/?page_id=14 |volume= 12 |issue= 1 |page=14 |year= 2004}}{{cite news | author= Gupta, Anjali |title= ARTIFACTS | newspaper= San Antonio Current |issue= 704 |page=17 |date=November 6, 2003 |url=http://www.sacurrent.com/special/story.asp?id=57710}} In 2007, the band played in support of an exhibit opening by new wave musician/artist of Devo, Mark Mothersbaugh, entitled "Postcard Diaries."{{cite web|url=http://www.mutatovisual.com/html/reports/flight-tx/flight-tx.html|title=POSTCARD DIARIES at FL!GHT Gallery - San Antonio, TX|last=Pilmer|first= Michael|date=May 12, 2007}}
The duo views the band as "a complete audio-visual package." The San Antonio Luminaria Festival invited Hyperbubble to perform as a multidisciplinary and visual artist.Martin, Deborah (February 17, 2011). [http://blog.mysanantonio.com/artbeat/2011/02/whos-doing-what-at-luminaria/ Who's doing what at Luminaria?] Mysanantonio.com. San Antonio Express-News One year, they played at the festival inside a giant pink TV set dressed as superheroes.DeCuir, Ron (December 4, 2010). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwtUiIEDaiA Hyperbubble performance at Luminaria Festival]. The San Antonio Current observed that the Hyperbubble aesthetic on stage and through their website "is defined by clean lines, lots of open space, primary colors, and a judicious under-use of words."{{cite news |url=http://www.sacurrent.com/sanantonio/art-pop/Content?oid=2270375 |title=Art pop|last=Pomento|first=Dawn|date=June 3, 2004|newspaper=San Antonio Current |issue= 734 |page=35}} A local online magazine summed up the group as "more than just a band, Hyperbubble is a collection of symbols, including text, graphic art, audio, video, live performance, and photography."{{cite web|url=http://therivardreport.com/summary-pechakucha8/ |title=PechaKucha Night Vol. 8: The Care and Feeding of a Full and Hungry House|last=Sitz|first=Miriam|date=November 6, 2012|publisher=The Rivard Report}} Retrieved June 8, 2013.
Hyperbubble has integrated their music into art and multimedia installations by Jess[http://www.artlabtx.org/3spin.html You Spin ME…], 2004 3Walls exhibit in San Antonio information{{cite web|url=http://www.emvergeoning.com/?m=200701|title=First Friday in February|author=Ben|date=January 30, 2007|publisher=Emvergeoning}} Retrieved February 25, 2011.[http://www.hyperbubble.net/photos-2007-vivaleon-hyperbubble.html Viva Leon.] February 2007 REM Gallery exhibit in San Antonio. Retrieved February 25, 2011.{{cite news | author= Lindstrom, Ashley |title= Current Choice: Art – Viva Leon |date=January 30, 2007 | newspaper= San Antonio Current |volume= 7 |issue= 5 |page=49 |series=January 31 – February 6, 2007}}[http://www.hyperbubble.net/photos-2006-odessa-hyperbubble.html Hyperbubble in the Blurring the Boundaries exhibit and musical performance of Texas musician/artists] at the Ellen Noël Art Museum in Odessa. Retrieved October 2, 2014. and collaborated on a 2009 sound art project by regional artists Jen Khoshbin and Paul Lewis.Khoshbin, Jen. [http://www.refarmspectacle.blogspot.com/ {2009 Project} Low-fi Toll-free: Sound art via telephone]. Retrieved February 15, 2011. The band itself has produced stand-alone visual art to accompany their music such as for the Sleeveface photo exhibit and Covers and Sleevefaces release at Lieu Commun in Toulouse, France.[https://myspace.com/hyperbubble/blog/474534975 Hyperbubble in Sleeveface CD / photo exhibit this month in France!] March 5, 2009.[http://presenceweb.wordpress.com/2009/03/04/winter-records-volume-2-sortie-a-lieu-commun-jeudi-5-mars-a-partir-de-19h30/ Winter Records volume 2 sortie à Lieu-Commun, jeudi 5 mars à partir de 19h30]. ArtPresenceWeb Blog. March 4, 2009.[http://www.hyperbubble.net/photos-2004-chalkitup-hyperbubble.html Art piece by Hyperbubble for San Antonio Chalk It Up! event]. Retrieved October 2, 2014. In 2016, they performed at the San Antonio Museum of Art in conjunction with their release of Music to Color By and a companion coloring book, Coloring Book Concert, illustrated by the duo.{{cite news |url=http://www.sacurrent.com/Blogs/archives/2016/02/23/hyperbubble-to-release-cd-and-coloring-book-at-san-antonio-museum-of-art |title=Hyperbubble to Release CD and Coloring Book at San Antonio Museum of Art|last=Sweet|first=Shannon|date=February 23, 2016|publisher=San Antonio Current blogs}}
=Side projects=
Hyperbubble contributed music for Gracie DuVin, drum programming for The Gilliam Section's song "Solus" on their 2009 eponymous album (WMT/Habitual Grace Recordings) and backing vocals for Femme Fatality's 2008 One's Not Enough on Stickfigure Records.[http://www.hyperbubble.net/audio.html Hyperbubble compilation discography]. Retrieved October 2, 2014. They also provided vocals for "The Very Nerve Centre Of Art/Video Cliche" on Spray's 2016 Enforced Fun.
Hyperbubble also produced music for commercials, a podcast and films, including a stop-motion film.Widge (November 25, 2010). [http://www.needcoffee.com/2010/11/25/hey-thanks/ The Sound Board No. 14: Hey Thanks]. need coffee dot com. Retrieved February 25, 2011.[http://modsnap.com/index.php/76-hyperbubble-s-modsnap-tv-intro-theme Modsnap TV intro] Retrieved October 2, 2014.[http://centralbookingnyc.com/galleries/gallery-1-artist-books-prints/artists-work/sabra-booth/ Sarah Booth] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130924090926/http://centralbookingnyc.com/galleries/gallery-1-artist-books-prints/artists-work/sabra-booth/ |date=2013-09-24 }}. Stop motion film Slick with artist statement. Retrieved June 8, 2013. In 2006, they supplied theme and incidental music for San Antonio-based Modsnap, a public-access television cable TV show on fashion.[http://wn.com/modsnap Modsnap]. Videos with Hyperbubble music. Retrieved February 15, 2011. They won Best Musical Score for Dee Dee Rocks the Galaxy at the 2014 San Antonio 48 Hour Film Project.[http://www.hyperbubble.net/photos-2014-best_musical_score_award-hyperbubble.html 48 Hour Film Fest Best Musical Score award press release]. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
Both members occasionally recorded for the electronic group Moonrox. Jeff also supplied the theme song for the webseries Nightlife the Series under the name "Macchio Man."[http://choosen.tv/nightlife-series-%E2%80%93-web-series-review Nightlife the Series – Web Series Review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813134819/http://choosen.tv/nightlife-series-%E2%80%93-web-series-review |date=2011-08-13 }}. choosen.tv, from Series & TV. Retrieved March 31, 2011. Jessica performed theremin for Wolverton's 2017 album Wizard Land.[https://wolvertonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/wizard-land Wizard Land by Wolverton]. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
Members
- Jess DeCuir – Lead vocals, Keyboards, Electronic Drum Pads, Theremin (2003-)
- Jeff DeCuir – Backing vocals, Sequencer, Synthesizers, Vocoder (1997-)
Discography
{{main|Hyperbubble discography}}
=Studio albums=
- Sol!d Pop, 2004 – Uncle Buzz Records (Socket Sounds)
- Airbrushed Alibis, 2007 – Filthy Little Angels (UK)
- Candy Apple Daydreams, 2010 – Bubblegum Records (UK)
- Drastic Cinematic, 2011 – Pure Pop For Now People (Germany)
- Music to Color By, 2016 – Pure Pop For Now People
- Western Ware, 2017 – Fellowshipwreck
=Soundtracks=
- Attack of the Titans, 2014 – Pure Pop For Now People
- Dee Dee Rocks the Galaxy, 2015 – Pure Pop For Now People
- Cowgirls and Synthesizers, 2024 – ArtLabTX Films (US)
Remixes of Hyperbubble
- "Passing Phase (Remix)", Wytebred, 2005
- "Passing Phase (Crazy DJ Mix)", Skyliber, 2005
- "Passing Phase (Remix)", DJ 486, 2005
- "Psychic Connection (Remix)", Psychomantis, 2005
- "Psychic Connection (Remix)", Love in the Space Age, 2005
- "Nervous System (Because of My Dog Mix)", Stolearm, 2007
- "Hyperactive (Stolearm's Nightmare Mix)", Track No. 3 and "Supermarket Casanova (Stolearm's Nightmare Mix)", Track No. 9, Remixes + collaborations, Stolearm, 2010
Footnotes and references
{{Reflist}}
External links
Official sites
- [http://www.hyperbubble.net/ Hyperbubble.net]
Notable Interviews and Articles
- Allen, Sanford. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100222065316/http://missionsunknown.com/2010/01/made-in-s-a-hyperbubble/ Made in SA: Hyperbubble] Missions Unknown. January 29, 2010.
- Pomranz, Kristyn. [http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2005-12-21/music/silent-night/2/ Silent Night]. Riverfront Times. December 22–28, 2005, page 60.
- Vaughn, Paul. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130119180802/http://missionsunknown.com/2010/01/polysics-hyperbubble-shake-down-the-white-rabbit/ POLYSICS & Hyperbubble Shake Down the White Rabbit.] Missions Unknown. January 22, 2010.
- Vaughn, Paul. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121105200314/http://missionsunknown.com/2010/07/candy-apple-daydreams-new-video-from-hyperbubble/ Candy Apple Daydreams - New Video from Hyperbubble]. Missions Unknown. July 5, 2010.
- Vaughn, Paul. [https://web.archive.org/web/20111126155608/http://missionsunknown.com/2010/10/hyperbubbles-latest-video-chop-shop-cop/ Hyperbubble's Latest Video: Chop Shop Cop.] Missions Unknown. October 1, 2010.
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