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Not to be confused with HxD, a hex editor.

HexD
Other names
  • Hex
  • hexxed
Stylistic origins
Cultural originsLate 2010s to early 2020s; United States
Typical instruments
Subgenres
Fusion genres
  • Sextrance
Other topics

HexD is a microgenre of hip-hop and electronic music that emerged in the late 2010s to early 2020s, characterized by heavy use of bitcrushing mixed with sped-up and pitched-up vocals, resulting in a distorted, digital, hazy, and psychedelic sound.

Etymology and characteristics

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HexD is primarily characterized by the use of bitcrushing, a production technique that produces distortion through the reduction of bandwidth and digital audio data.[1] HexD artists usually apply bitcrushing to specific instruments or the entire master track, speeding and pitching up vocals as well as overall instrumentation.[1] The term hexD originates from a style of DJ mixing that makes extensive use of bitcrushing and digital effects, a process described as "hexxing" a song.[2] Alternative Press magazine described HexD as "sped up, bitcrushed and glitched out".[3]

The visual aesthetics of hexD draw influence from anime, internet aesthetics, and early Web 2.0 era iconography and artwork primarily associated with the 2006 online GIF editor Blingee.[2] The genre was briefly known as "surge", after the Dismissed Yourself compilation album Surge Compilation Vol. 1 (2020) but was later differentiated from the label.[4]

History

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Origins

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In 2011, Untranced released a mixtape titled "Deleted Seniors", which featured EDM music mixed with heavy bitcrushing, marking one of the first times the extreme use of the effect was incorporated as an aesthetic quality in music.[2] Although the use of bitcrushing in trap music was originally pioneered by West Coast-based producer she_skin. The term "hexD" was later coined by Hexcastcrew member Stacy Minajj, who released the DJ mix Rare RCB hexD.mp3 in June 2019, which samples and remixes songs from the influential online rap collective Reptilian Club Boyz.[5]

Subsequently, the YouTube channel and netlabel Dismiss Yourself, which focused on obscure internet music, uploaded the Stacy Minajj RCB mix to their channel on August 23, 2019, which became instrumental to the wider proliferation of the hexD genre.[6][1] On April 5, 2021, the label released the various artists compilation album Surge Compilation Vol. 1, which further popularized the movement.[6][7][8][9]

In March 2021, Alternative Press magazine labelled the group Fax Gang as "hexDers".[9] The publication further stated, "ZBITO18 and the rest of HELLOKITTYWAFFENDIVISION provide a comprehensive catalog of hexD-ed (aka sped up, bitcrushed and glitched out) neon Myspace-core rave insanity." Followed by an article from April that year stating, "The blackwinterwells-led helix tears collective is SoundCloud's most exciting rabbit hole of glitchcore/hexD emo-rap transcendentalists".[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Press-Reynolds, Kieran (July 23, 2025). "Meet the Most Cracked Music Archivist Online". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on July 26, 2025. Retrieved July 27, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c chalcopyrite (March 7, 2024). "A Brief History of Lobit Music". WKNC 88.1 FM - North Carolina State University Student Radio. Archived from the original on August 10, 2025. Retrieved July 27, 2025.
  3. ^ a b Matulaityte, Giedre. "15 bands and solo artists who are rewriting the emo rulebook". Alternative Press Magazine. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  4. ^ Zhang, Cat (December 14, 2021). "The Year in Music on TikTok 2021". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 27, 2025.
  5. ^ Meyer, Tom (September 14, 2020). "The Influence of Rare RCB + HexD MP3". Passion of the Weiss. Archived from the original on June 30, 2025. Retrieved June 30, 2025.
  6. ^ a b Press-Reynolds, Kieran (July 8, 2021). "How Dismiss Yourself Became a Hub for Internet Weirdness". Bandcamp Daily. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved July 19, 2025.
  7. ^ Press-Reynolds, Kieran (April 30, 2024). "THE FACE's guide to the American rap underground". The Face. Archived from the original on July 6, 2025. Retrieved June 30, 2025.
  8. ^ Zhang, Cat (December 14, 2021). "The Year in Music on TikTok 2021". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on June 20, 2025. Retrieved July 27, 2025.
  9. ^ a b Matulaityte, Giedre. "10 musicians who are shaping the underground scene on SoundCloud". Alternative Press Magazine. Archived from the original on April 17, 2024. Retrieved July 28, 2025.