Career
He is known for his work on the electronic music label Hyperdub, and in particular for his frequent collaborations with labelmate Kode9. He was described by The Guardian as "a pioneering Hyperdub artist," while Pitchfork Media stated that, "if first-wave United Kingdom dubstep had a voice, it belonged to Stephen Gordon."
Gordon died on 2 October 2014 at the age of 44, following a battle with a rare form of cancer. Throughout his career, the Spaceape also collaborated with Burial, The Bug, Martyn, Redshape, Dub Gabriel, the Echologist, Jerry Dammers, Spatial AKA Orchestra, and Junior Boys.
According to Pitchfork, " Spaceape lent his ten-ton doomsayer croak to dozens of definitive works of music and was positioned as the Linton Kwesi Johnson of the post-7/7, surveillance-state United Kingdom.".
