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Hyper Police
Hyper Police formed in the UK during the mid-1980s, with James Robert and Edward O'Dowd at the center. Their debut album 'Hold Up!' came out in 1987, giving...
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Hyper Police formed in the UK during the mid-1980s, with James Robert and Edward O'Dowd at the center. Their debut album 'Hold Up!' came out in 1987, giving them a track that became something of an anthem. They followed it with albums like 'City of Angels' in 1989 and 'The Devil's Dancefloor' in 1992, working with a rhythm section that included John Embry on bass and Chris Hill on drums.
Their sound pulled from electro and funk, with a rough edge that didn't always sit easily with mainstream tastes. Songs like 'That's Hypertension' carried a certain tension in both the music and the lyrics. In 1989 they had a legal dispute with their label over creative control, which they won but which left them financially strained.
By the mid-1990s they were putting out records like 'Fear and Loathing in the City', and later 'Collision' in 2001. The work from those later periods felt more measured compared to the direct charge of 'Hold Up!', but it kept the same electronic foundation.
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