The man behind classic mix albums Y3K and Bedrock Breaks has drawn on the use of electro, breaks and his preferred use of melodic samples to create his latest offering. The respected DJ that is Guy Hamilton to his mum, or Hyper to us has just released Rewired on his own Kilowatt label as a follow up to the Wired album from 2004.

This mix has a new feel to it, marking it out from his previous mix CDs by drawing on his preferred use of French electro sounds whilst using guitar samples to create a new direction.

“I think my sound has moved on and this is clearly visible throughout my compilations. Rewired still has a lot of breakbeat orientated music but this time with a lot more guitars.

“There are also a lot more of my own tracks on there than on previous releases. I’m 100 per cent happy with this album, I feel it represents where I’m truly at musically at the moment.”

Bring On The Guitars

Hyper’s release of singles No Rockstars and I’m Sick earlier this year gave an indication to the type of sound that Rewired would have were well received amongst fans and DJs including Digitalism, Adam Freeland and Eddie Temple Morris.

I’m Sick is one of the many tracks which mixes the electro sound with guitars which runs throughout the whole album and he’s hoping it won’t cause fans to switch off and choose to listen to other breakbeat artists.

“People who turn off a club track because it has a guitar in it really wind me up,” he states.

Both music critics and Hyper himself are impressed with the number of tracks he has made for the album as well as collaborating with respected producers such as Alex Metric on the track System.

Hyper’s experimentation with a band to create his last album We Control was well regarded and well placed in terms of what was happening on a wider scale in the music scene, with many bands using dance samples in their tracks, whilst on the flip side the likes of events like Ibiza Rocks proved themselves in the dance stronghold of Ibiza.

More Creative

Just as We Control was a coming of age musically, Rewired looks set to do the same DJ-wise at the tail end of this year.

Guy is clearly not afraid to try a combined use of new sounds and interestingly, his website has a link for people to send their work through to, for him to check out.

“I find that doing compilations and DJ mixes these days also allows me to be a lot more creative, i.e. editing tracks down or extending sections if I want to. I can also layer on little vocal sections or snippets if I need to.”

Whilst many artists become tired of trying to create something new it seems that DJ Hyper is well and truly in his stride, based on a lifetime ambition to DJ, which as he himself states “I guess it was always a pipedream that luckily for me became reality.”

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Words: Anna Baker