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Under the name
Kuedo, British sound designer Jamie Teasdale produces widescreen cinematic electronic music informed equally by '80s film soundtracks and contemporary hip-hop and club music. Teasdale first rose to prominence as one half of
Vex'd, a duo whose aggressive blend of dub, hip-hop, and industrial noise became a major influence on dubstep and grime. Their debut album,
Degenerate, was released by
Mike Paradinas'
Planet Mu in 2005, and was one of the label's biggest successes. After the duo split around 2008, Teasdale released solo material as Dakimh and
Jamie Vex'd before establishing his
Kuedo moniker in 2010. Debut EP
Dream Sequence appeared on
Planet Mu that year, moving away from the
Vex'd sound toward abstract hip-hop with
Burial-like atmospherics. Second EP
Videowave, including remixes by
Clark and
Illum Sphere, followed in 2011, preceding
Kuedo's debut full-length
Severant. The album was a further departure, combining the lush, grandiose electronics of
Vangelis with beats influenced by trap and Chicago footwork.
Severant was a huge critical success, and ended up becoming nearly as influential as Teasdale's work as part of
Vex'd. He followed
Severant with
Work, Live & Sleep in Collapsing Space, a 2012 EP that contained remixes by
Laurel Halo as well as
Planet Mu labelmate
Claude Speeed. Three years later,
Kuedo returned with Assertion of a Surrounding Presence on his newly formed
Knives label/art imprint. The EP included collaborations with
Egyptrixx and Teasdale's former
Vex'd co-conspirator
Roly Porter.
Kuedo contributed to Turkish producer
Sami Baha's debut EP
Mavericks, released by
Planet Mu in 2016. Later in the year, the label issued
Kuedo's long-awaited second full-length, Slow Knife. ~ Paul Simpson