Hyph11e

Shanghai-based Tess Sun, better known as Hyph11E, produces and DJs an intense, post-industrial hybrid of bass-heavy club styles and advanced sound design. Releases such as 2020's Aperture fuse footwork, gqom, noise, and breakcore while exploring themes related to biology and geology. Originally from Hebei, China, Sun grew up practicing piano for several hours a day. She eventually worked at a recording studio in Beijing, and after a friend took her to see Japanese dubstep producer Goth-Trad at Shanghai club Dada in 2014, she quit her job and moved to the city. Recording and p...