Hype Williams (band)

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

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]

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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

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