Dedekind Cut

Fred W. Warmsley III made a name for himself producing beats for underground hip-hop MCs like Joey Bada$$, but after signing to Ninja Tune and releasing two albums that all but abandoned hip-hop in favor of experimental jungle and ambient music, he stopped making music under his prior alias (Lee Bannon) and began using the name Dedekind Cut. The work created under his updated moniker is dark, volatile, jarring, and unpredictable, recalling the frenzied breakcore of Venetian Snares, the haunted U.K. garage of Burial, and elements of gabber/hardstyle, grime, ambient, and mutated Southern rap. Amid EPs, singles, tapes, and DJ mixes, Warmsley Dedekind Cut releases include the albums $uccessor (Non Worldwide and Hospital Productions, 2016) and Tahoe (Kranky, 2018). ~ Paul Simpson