Hyperbubble

Hyperbubble
Hyperbubble performance in Toulouse, France: left to right, Jeff DeCuir, Jess DeCuir
Background information
Origin	San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Genres	Synthpop, electropop
Years active	1997 – present
Labels	UK: Bubblegum Records, Filthy Little Angels USA: Uncle Buzz, Fellowshipwreck Germany: Pure Pop For Now People
Associated acts	Spleen, Crevice, Pink Filth, Moonrox
Website	Official Hyperbubble website
Members	Jess DeCuir Jeff DeCuir

Hyperbubble is an international visual and performing arts electropop/synthpop duo from San Antonio, Texas, formed by Jeff DeCuir and Jess Barnett DeCuir. The music of this American group is variously described as "early Eurythmics meets Josie and the Pussycats," referencing "markers such as New Musik, the Normal and Thomas Dolby." Their songs are "catchy synth pop that mixes kitsch, retrofuturism and pop art in a chrome blender and sets the contents jiggling to a hypnotic robo-rhythm" with "lyrics that offer quirky takes on SF tropes from cyborgs and clones to ray guns and erotic surveillance."

Jeff DeCuir starred separately in numerous bands leading up to Hyperbubble. An example is Spleen, a Jem and the Holograms tribute band, Jeff co-founded in 1989 and in which he played drums under the name Stormer.

Jeff first performed together with Jess Barnett DeCuir in the experimental dark ambient group Crevice and later, the "bouncy AM retro-pop" Pink Filth, both recording primarily with Uncle Buzz Records. In the latter band, the duo played under the stage names, Nick Velvet and Baby Jessica, working lead vocals and keyboards. The two married in 2000.

Both bands mixed art with music, foreshadowing the pair's efforts with Hyperbubble. Crevice collaborated with American visual artist and composer Christian Marclay on the premier of Marclay's now-annual touring exhibit, The Sounds of Christmas, in 1999. Pink Filth created music that was part of an installation by Jess as well as producing the CDs included with the comic books Warrior Nun Areala Special Edition No. 3 and Shotgun Mary CD Edition No. 1 by Antarctic Press.