Karl Hyde
{{Short description|English musician (born 1957)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2016}}
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| origin = Bewdley, Worcestershire, England{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jun/07/karl-hyde-its-interesting-how-ones-moral-compass-can-shift-when-you-become-a-parent |title=Karl Hyde: 'It's interesting how one's moral compass can shift when you become a parent' | Music |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=24 May 2020}}
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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.{{cite magazine |last=Baltin |first=Steve |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/underworld-named-music-directors-of-2012-olympics-20111208 |title=Underworld Named Music Directors of 2012 Olympics |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=8 December 2011 |access-date=24 May 2020}}
He is a founding member of the multi-discipline design and film collective Tomato and has published several books.
Career
Hyde grew up in Bewdley, England.{{Cite news |date=7 June 2017 |title=Karl Hyde: 'It's interesting how one's moral compass can shift when you become a parent' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jun/07/karl-hyde-its-interesting-how-ones-moral-compass-can-shift-when-you-become-a-parent |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} He moved to Cardiff in the late 1970s to study at Cardiff College of Art.{{Cite web |last=Montgomery |first=Hugh |date=14 November 2010 |title=How We Met: Rick Smith & Karl Hyde |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/how-we-met-rick-smith-amp-karl-hyde-2130458.html |website=The Independent}} There he formed the new wave-synthpop band Freur in 1982 with Rick Smith and Alfie Thomas.{{cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/freur/pages/biography.shtml | title=Freur | publisher=BBC Wales | work=WalesMusic | access-date=24 October 2016}} 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.
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.
In January 2013, Hyde announced the release date for his debut solo album, Edgeland.{{cite web |url=http://www.factmag.com/2013/01/24/underworlds-karl-hyde-announces-solo-album-edgeworld-stream-the-first-track-inside/ |title=Underworld's Karl Hyde announces solo album Edgeland: stream the first track inside |date=24 January 2013 |publisher=FACT Magazine |access-date=8 March 2014}}Unterberger, Andrew [http://www.spin.com/featured/underworld-karl-hyde-new-album-barbara-barbara-we-face-a-shining-future-interview/ The SPIN Interview: Underworld] SPIN. 15 March 2016 It was released worldwide on 22 April that year{{cite web |url=http://www.chaoscontrol.com/karl-hyde-to-release-first-solo-album/ |title=Karl Hyde to release first solo album |date=2013 |publisher=Chaos Control |access-date=8 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903070432/http://www.chaoscontrol.com/karl-hyde-to-release-first-solo-album/ |archive-date=3 September 2014 }} through Universal. It was co-produced by Leo Abrahams.{{cite web |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/01/underworlds-karl-hyde-announces-solo-debut-album-edgeland/ |title=Underworld's Karl Hyde announces solo debut album, Edgeland |last1=Geslani |first1=Michelle |date=24 January 2013 |publisher=Consequence of Sound |access-date=8 March 2014}}
In 2014, Hyde collaborated with English musician and record producer Brian Eno on the album Someday World, which was released on Warp.{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/brian-eno-and-underworlds-karl-hyde-launch-the-satellites-20140304 |title=Brian Eno and Underworld's Karl Hyde Launch 'The Satellites' |last1=Blistein |first1=Jon |date=4 March 2014 |publisher=Rolling Stone |access-date=8 March 2014}} The first single from this album, "The Satellites", was released in March 2014.{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/news/54197-listen-brian-eno-and-underworlds-karl-hyde-the-satellites/ |title=Listen: Brian Eno and Underworld's Karl Hyde: "The Satellites" |last1=Minsker |first1=Evan |date=4 March 2014 |publisher=Pitchfork Media |access-date=8 March 2014}} 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),{{cite web|last=Henry|first=Dusty|title=Brian Eno and Karl Hyde announce new album, High Life, stream "DBF"|date=28 May 2014 |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/05/brian-eno-and-karl-hyde-announce-new-album-high-life-stream-dbf/|access-date=29 May 2014}} 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.{{Cite news |last=Gardner |first=Lyn |date=16 June 2017 |title=Fatherland: look back in anger, love and pride |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/jun/16/fatherland-simon-stephens-karl-hyde-scott-graham-royal-exchange |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}
Hyde performed at Coachella 2023.{{Cite web |date=21 April 2023 |title=Coachella 2023 Weekend 2 Lineup & Schedule: All the Set Times You Need to Know |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/coachella-2023-weekend-2-lineup-and-schedule-all-the-set-times-you-need-to-know/ |access-date=26 April 2023 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}
Personal life
Hyde's daughter Tyler performs in the experimental rock band Black Country, New Road.
Discography
=With the Screen Gemz=
- I Just Can't Stand Cars / Teenage Teenage (7" Single, 1979)
=With Freur=
{{Main|Freur#Discography}}
=With Underworld=
{{Main|Underworld discography}}
=Solo album by Hyde=
- Edgeland (Universal, 2013) – co-produced by Leo Abrahams
=Singles by Hyde=
- "Cut Clouds" (Universal, 2013)
- "The Boy with the Jigsaw Puzzle Fingers" (Universal, 2013)
=Albums with others=
- 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
=Publication by Hyde=
- 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=
- 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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External links
- {{Official website|www.karlhyde.com}}
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Category:English film score composers
Category:English male film score composers
Category:English electronic musicians
Category:English new wave musicians
Category:English male singer-songwriters
Category:English singer-songwriters
Category:Artists from Worcester, England