Fax Gang
HexD is an Internet microgenre of electronic music and style of audio mixing that emerged in the late 2010s to early 2020s. The term "hexD" was originally coined by the music collective Hexcastcrew. The style is defined by a form of DJ mixing which uses heavy bitcrushing, sped-up and pitched-up effects to create a distorted "glitched-out" sound, which is commonly referred to as "hexxing" a song. The mixing style is primarily applied to trance and cloud rap genres along with other styles.
In 2019, the release of the album Rare RCB hexD.mp3 by Stacy Minajj under the alias tomoe_theundy1ng marked the crystallization of the scene. The mix sampled songs by the American Internet rap collective Reptilian Club Boyz, the group's founder Hi-C has been noted as influential to the development of the style. The album gained notoriety through the netlabel Dismiss Yourself which contributed to the scene's development.
HexD birthed subgenres such as crushed trap and surge which were initially used synonymously. It also influenced the development of microgenres such as sigilkore, which uses extensive bitcrushing effects. Artists associated with the hexD scene include Yabujin, Fax Gang, ZBITO18, $pirit Gurlz and the group HelloKittyWaffenDivision.
Similar Artists