Stephen Samuel Gordon (17 June 1970[1] – 2 October 2014), known as The Spaceape, was a British poet and MC.

He was described by The Guardian as "a pioneering Hyperdub artist,"[2] while Pitchfork Media stated that "if first-wave UK dubstep had a voice, it belonged to Stephen Gordon.

Gordon was involved with much of the earliest music released by pioneering dubstep label Hyperdub, run by friend and frequent collaborator Steve Goodman a.k.a.

Throughout his career, he also collaborated with Burial, The Bug, Martyn, Redshape, Dub Gabriel, the Echologist, Jerry Dammers, Spatial AKA Orchestra, and Junior Boys.

[2][4][5][6] According to Pitchfork, "[the] 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 UK.