Karl Hyde (born 10 May 1957) is an English musician, composer and artist. He is a founding member of British electronic groupUnderworld. Hyde has also released a solo album, made albums withBrian Eno andMatthew Herbert, and contributed towards the score for the London2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony alongside his Underworld bandmateRick Smith.[4]
He is a founding member of the multi-discipline design and film collectiveTomato and has published several books.
In January 2013, Hyde announced the release date for his debut solo album,Edgeland.[8][9] It was released worldwide on 22 April that year[10] throughUniversal. It was co-produced byLeo Abrahams.[11]
In 2014, Hyde collaborated with English musician and record producerBrian Eno on the albumSomeday World, which was released onWarp.[12] The first single from this album, "The Satellites", was released in March 2014.[13] 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),[14] also through Warp. In 2017, he collaborated with the director Simon Graham and the playwright Simon Stephens to produce the playFatherland at the Royal Exchange in Manchester.[15]
I Am Dogboy: The Underworld Diaries. London:Faber and Faber, 2016.ISBN978-0571328659. Contains diary entries, autobiographical writing, photographs and abstract poetry.
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