Karl Hyde (born 10 May 1957) is an English musician and artist. He is a founding member of English electronic group Underworld, and has also released a solo album. Hyde has collaborated on two albums with Brian Eno and contributed towards the score for the London 2012 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony, alongside Underworld's Rick Smith who was the ceremony's Musical Director. He is a founding member of the multi-discipline design and film collective Tomato and has published several books.Hyde moved to Cardiff in the late 1970s to study at Cardiff College of Art. There he formed new wave-synthpop band Freur in 1982 with Rick Smith and Alfie Thomas. The band released two albums, Doot-Doot and Get Us out of Here, before folding. The group relocated to Essex, and renamed themselves Underworld. Wikipedia