The Spaceape
The Spaceape | |
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Mutek in 2007 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Stephen Samuel Gordon |
Also known as | Daddy Gee |
Born | United Kingdom | 17 June 1970
Died | 2 October 2014 | (aged 44)
Genres | Electronic, dubstep, spoken word |
Occupation(s) | Musician, vocalist, poet |
Labels | Hyperdub |
Website | hyperdub |
Stephen Samuel Gordon (17 June 1970
Gordon died on 2 October 2014 at the age of 44, following a battle with a rare form of cancer.
Career
Gordon was involved with much of the earliest music released by pioneering
The Bug, Martyn, Redshape, Dub Gabriel, the Echologist, Jerry Dammers, Spatial AKA Orchestra, and Junior Boys.[2][4][5][6]
According to
Pitchfork, "[the] Spaceape lent his ten-ton doomsayer croak to dozens of definitive works of music and was positioned as the Linton Kwesi Johnson of the post-7/7, surveillance-state UK."[3]
Personal life
Gordon was married with one daughter.[4][5] He died on 2 October 2014 from a rare form of cancer.[2][4][5][6]
Discography
Studio albums
- Memories of the Future (with Kode9) (Hyperdub, 2006)
- Black Sun (with Kode9) (Hyperdub, 2011)
EPs
- Xorcism (Hyperdub, 2012)
- Killing Season (with Kode9) (Hyperdub, 2014)
References
- ^ Melissa Bradshaw, "The Spaceape obituary", The Guardian, 24 October 2014.
- ^ a b c "Jerry Dammers pays tribute to late Hyperdub MC the Spaceape". The Guardian. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ a b Pitchfork – Kode9 & the Spaceape: Killing Season
- ^ a b c Joe Lynch (2 October 2014). "Hyperdub's The Spaceape Has Died". Billboard. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ a b c Dan Stubbs (3 October 2014). "Hyperdub artist The Spaceape, aka Stephen Samuel Gordon, dies of rare form of cancer". NME. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ a b Jeremy Gordon (2 October 2014). "Hyperdub Vocalist the Spaceape Has Died". Pitchfork. Retrieved 4 October 2014.