News / 20.09.23

There was a Dean Blunt soundtrack at Burberry’s Summer 2024 fashion show

The British fashion house, working with Benji B, turned to the sounds of the World Music co-founder for its latest catwalk collection

News / 12.12.22

Mica Levi releases new track Skunk Boy. via Dean Blunt’s World Music label

The new track from the London-based musician, producer and composer surfaced online last Friday (9 December)

News / 18.07.22

Dean Blunt drops new London Tonight Freestyle featuring Skepta, A$AP Rocky and Novelist

Blunt leaked the new track via his Youtube channel on Friday

News / 31.05.22

NINA shares new Dean Blunt produced single, grandiosee

The track is the latest release on Dean Blunt and Inga Copeland’s World Music label

Dean Blunt PJ Harvey QOTSA Queens of the Stone Age
News / 11.05.22

Dean Blunt covers PJ Harvey and Queens of the Stone Age on new EP

The elusive artist has shared a new EP, titled Freestyles (SS22)

ASAP Rocky Dean Blunt Stoozy
News / 30.03.22

Dean Blunt shares new STOOZY video with A$AP Rocky

Dean Blunt and A$AP Rocky stroll down the street to their collaborative track ‘STOOZY’ in a new video

Dean Blunt SLUDGE
News / 23.03.22

Dean Blunt shares new freestyle, SLUDGE

The freestyle comes with a video filmed in the desert

Dean Blunt A$AP Rocky
News / 14.10.21

Dean Blunt drops new versions of A$AP Rocky collaboration, STOOZY

Listen to two dubs versions of the A$AP Rocky-featuring track

Dean Blunt urban hymns
News / 13.10.21

Dean Blunt smokes blunts and plays guitar in urban hymns video

The new video combines the two tracks MUGU and STOOZY

Dean Blunt – Black Metal 2

The sequel to Dean Blunt’s masterpiece, Black Metal, is his most consistent to date

News / 08.06.21

Dean Blunt announces new album Black Metal 2

Kode9 teased the album artwork on Twitter earlier this week

Kode9 Dean Blunt
News / 07.06.21

Is Kode9 teasing a new Dean Blunt album?

The producer has posted an image of a black square on a Rough Trade billboard

Dean Blunt A$AP Rocky
News / 13.04.21

Dean Blunt and A$AP Rocky collaboration, STOOZY, shared online

The track, in typical Dean Blunt fashion, has mysteriously surfaced online

Dean Blunt © Joshua Gordon
News / 27.08.20

Did Dean Blunt just release a film script?

Blunt’s latest work follows an up and coming musician called Raven. Dean Blunt appears to…

Dean Blunt © Joshua Gordon
News / 31.07.20

Read a new book about the work of Dean Blunt

Beefy’s Tune (Dean Blunt Edit) is available now. Publisher the87press has released Beefy’s Tune (Dean…

Dean Blunt © Joshua Gordon
News / 26.03.20

Dean Blunt shares Roaches 2012-2019 and Stalker

Dean Blunt comes through with two new full-length releases. Dean Blunt has shared a clutch…

News / 16.05.19

Gaika enlists Dean Blunt for new mixtape Heaters 4 the 2 Seaters

The two former cover stars collaborate on the track Shredder and R6 Remix

News / 14.01.19

Dean Blunt directs and stars in Panda Bear’s new video Token

The track is the latest single from Noah Lennox’s forthcoming album Buoys

News / 11.10.18

Dean Blunt and Delroy Edwards release joint album Desert Sessions

Listen to the “gnarled, lo-fi, psyched out record” now

Dean Blunt © Joshua Gordon
News / 19.09.18

Dean Blunt drops Soul on Fire featuring Mica Levi, A$AP Rocky and more

A surprise release has landed on YouTube

Inna – Dean Blunt, Mica Levi
News / 05.09.18

Dean Blunt and Mica Levi release 𝕴 𝖓 𝖓 𝖆 opera online

The collaborative piece is now available to watch on YouTube

Dean Blunt © Joshua Gordon
News / 29.08.18

Dean Blunt releases Muggy Vol. 1 compilation on his World Music label

Featuring various unnamed artists

News / 25.05.18

Dean Blunt has a production credit on the final track of A$AP Rocky’s new album

A$AP Rocky releases his much-anticipated new album Testing today. The record features an extensive cast…

Angels, Spliffs and Heavy Metal Riffs: Dean Blunt and Mica Levi’s opera 𝕴 𝖓 𝖓 𝖆 reviewed

Relationships turn toxic and angels get high in an experimental theatre piece staged at London’s ICA

Dean Blunt, Mica Levi
News / 11.10.17

Dean Blunt has written an opera with music by Mica Levi

The Dean Blunt-directed piece will be showing at ICA London this month

News / 21.08.17

Babyfather drops A$AP Rocky-featuring track Benzo Amore

Listen to the previously unreleased track from 2016 now

News / 17.08.17

Watch Actress’ new Dean Blunt-directed video Falling Rizlas

The track is lifted from Actress’ 2017 album AZD

News / 14.08.17

Dean Blunt releases new white label vinyl

It’s been shared via World Music today

News / 14.07.17

GAIKA and Babyfather release remixes of 18+ tracks

The two tracks have been released via the fabric-affiliated label Houndstooth

News / 09.05.17

Dean Blunt and Joanne Robertson drop previously unreleased album, Wahalla

The former Hype Williams member has dropped another free album – this time, of older material

News / 20.04.17

Babyfather drop new mixtape Cypher

Just over a week since adopting a brand new alias and dropping album Hotep, today Dean Blunt rebooted his Babyfather project

News / 12.04.17

Dean Blunt drops album, Hotep, as Blue Iverson

The mostly instrumental, eight track album is released under new moniker Blue Iverson

News / 18.01.17

Listen to four new Hype Williams songs

Hype Williams, the elusive collaborative project of Inga Copeland and Dean Blunt, have shared four…

Staying In

As the Christmas parties begin, so do the mornings after

News / 05.12.16

Dean Blunt discusses his three day festival featuring bell hooks

Blunt also says he’s working on an opera In our new cover feature, London artists Dean…

Hackney vs Brixton:
a conversation between Dean Blunt and GAIKA

Dean Blunt and GAIKA discuss Trump’s victory, the restrictive expectations for black music and the post-apocalyptic essence of modern England

News / 11.11.16

Dean Blunt and Lil Yachty link up on Meditation (Remix)

Dean Blunt has tapped the Atlanta teen for a remix of Meditation from BBF, the…

News / 10.11.16

Watch Dean Blunt and Yung Lean’s new Fronto Kings video

The pair walk through a wintery Stockholm in the ecco2k directed clip Dean Blunt and…

News / 25.10.16

Dean Blunt and Gaika to link up on new collaboration

The two London-based artists have shared a 90-second snippet of a new track called Hackney…

News / 04.08.16

Dean Blunt samples Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights on new Babyfather track

The mysterious musician uploaded a new track called skywalker freestyle (ft triumph allah) Dean Blunt…

News / 27.07.16

Hype Williams just surprise-dropped a new album

The mysterious group’s new album 10 / 10 appeared on Bandcamp this evening following a suitably enigmatic…

Hype Williams – 10/10

On 27 July, an album titled 10/10 appeared on a Bandamp page called “jesus, take…

In GIFS: Field Day 2016

Get a feel for Field Day 2016 with our GIF galleries Though the rain came…

News / 13.05.16

Dean Blunt drops trailer for Queen of Camden

The king of enigmas has offered up yet another conundrum Ex-Hype Williams man Dean Blunt…

Klein

Our featured new artist this month is Klein, an unapologetic, noisy producer with a keen eye for the 21st century’s internet aesthetic

Babyfather

Smoke. Lots of it. Yeezy Season 2 desert tan toned smoke. Enough to obscure the…

Babyfather – BBF Hosted by DJ Escrow

Many listeners will frustrate themselves when considering whether or not Blunt’s works are ingenious social commentary or whether he’s just laughing at us

News / 01.04.16

Dean Blunt reveals more information on upcoming film projects

The former Hype Williams member opened up in a rare interview with NPR Earlier this…

Events / 25.02.16

NTS release fifth birthday lineups

London’s best-loved radio station is celebrating its anniversary with a five-day series of events. East London…

News / 22.02.16

Inga Copeland announces new album as Lolina

Live In Paris is the latest album from former Hype Williams producer Inga Copeland Following…

News / 18.02.16

Dean Blunt to release Babyfather album on Hyperdub

The enigmatic producer’s project now has a name, incredible artwork, and a testimonial from Idris Elba…

Events / 12.02.16

Field Day add James Blake and more to Saturday line-up

London’s Field Day line-up just got even bigger It looks like Field Day‘s 10th birthday…

News / 01.02.16

Listen to a new release from Dean Blunt’s Babyfather project

The Platinum Tears mixtape features a round of unknown collaborators Ex-Hype Williams member and general enigma…

Events / 18.01.16

Rewire announce James Holden and Dean Blunt for 2016

The Hague-based festival for contemporary music has confirmed two more cutting edge artists Rewire returns,…

News / 16.11.15

Dean Blunt drops UK2UK mixtape

Dean Blunt’s new mixtape features Arca on one track Enigmatic producer and Hype Williams member…

News / 16.07.15

Dean Blunt shares Stalker 9 on Youtube

The 45 second clip appeared on Blunt’s PollyJacobsen account this morning. After his recent Babyfather…

Blanck Mass

Blanck Mass / Russell Haswell

Blanck Mass, the solo alias of one Benjamin Power, unleashed a cavalcade of heavy and occasionally overwhelming euphoria.

Events / 16.06.15

Simple Things Festival Announce First Wave of Acts

Simple Things Festival have just shared the first wave of line-up announcements for their 2015 event….

News / 29.05.15

Grab unreleased Dean Blunt download ‘Babyfather’ for free

A free zip of unreleased music by the enigmatic producer has appeared on WeTransfer. A folder…

News / 26.05.15

Listen to Dean Blunt cover Shellac’s Prayer to God

The mysterious producer takes on the bleak Shellac hit As if the original track wasn’t…

Rough Trade: British indie’s saving grace

It’s 1978 and the collective running West London’s Rough Trade record shop have launched a…

News / 09.04.15

Hippos in Tanks founder Barron Machat dies at 27

Barron Machat, founder of the LA-based label Hippos in Tanks, has reportedly passed away at…

News / 11.02.15

Carl Craig talks all things Detroit with Bloc.

Bloc. have revealed another video in the lead up to their March weekender. Having already…

News / 06.02.15

Watch Bloc’s Jungle is Massive mini-documentary

Bloc. have revealed a short jungle documentary. Titled Jungle Is Massive, it features genre heroes…

VIVA
News / 07.01.15

Jon Hopkins announced for Bloc

More line up announcements for the Butlins festival Bloc festival has revealed that Jon Hopkins…

Dean Blunt

To use a crude analogy, if Blunt’s output as Hype Williams was an attempt at…