TAG: Kode9

Apr09

Ikonika: Track-By-Track Introspective On Her Debut Album

The young producer shares her thoughts on her influences and process throughout her album. 

Ikonika’s creative process is one that goes between inside jokes, cheeky video-game references and everything one can think of. With the world taking notice of her debut full-length Contact, Love, Want, Have it’s safe to say the album was hyped up for a while. With her individualistic approach to 8-bit, R’nB and hip-hop sounds, the album speaks for itself quite nicely. However, we wondered what was the process, the stories behind the creation of the record, what and how it was significant. So when we approached the Hyperdub heroine to talk about her tunes, one-by-one, she explained the origins of title and their purpose individually and cohesively on the album.

1. “Ikonoklast (Insert Coin)”

IKONIKA: I really wanted an introduction, kinda influenced by Martyn’s Great Lengths I wanted to make a track solely on my Moog. It was a full …

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Apr09

Ikonika – Contact, Love, Want, Have (Review)

Ikonika

Contact, Love, Want, Have

Released by Hyperdub


The forward-thinking record label Hyperdub has always put out quality releases time and time again, specifically when it comes to releasing full-length albums. With successful and memorable releases provided by Burial, Kode 9 + The Spaceape and King Midas Sound, the time had come to garner another collection of cohesive audible bits that would form to be the next step in Hyperdub's album history. Enter Ikonika, a producer putting out releases on the label since 2008 (12"s such as Please/Simalcrum and Millie/Direct) and garnered a steady stream of praise for her style of spinning and selection. With rumors of her release starting in early 2009, many were eager and wondering what would come of it. The question that many had raised was: "Would this be a club record or a personal record?" The answer to that question is left to the eye of the beholder, but what is achieved sonically on this record is nothing short of introspective, atmospheric and an all-out good time.

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Mar30

URB Presents Terror Danjah – Q&A and Exclusive Mix (MP3)

A massive mix from a grime king/dubstep don. 

Grime master and ever-evolving producer Terror Danjah has done the rounds of Planet Mu and Hyperdub lately, putting out danceable tunes with a brain and soul. With the release of Acid / ProPlus on Hyperdub and rumors of an upcoming album, Danjah gives an insight on this meaty mix of bass insanity as well as his roots. …MORE

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Jan22

Lone – “Once In A While” (MP3)

It's like the wrap-up fo a summertime rave. 

Lone is at it again, as it didn’t take him long to gear up another 12″ for WERKDISCS. “Once In A While” is a dancefloor diddy that captures the imagination just as much as it catches the doldrums. The track provides a classic Lone atmosphere with some funky basslines and some excellent rhythm and synth patterns. This is already getting a good amount of support by Kode9, Actress and Nathan Fake, and it’s easy to understand why. Take a listen after the jump…

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Jan22

London: matter Presents FWD>> + RINSE 1/29, DJ MA1 “I’m Right Here (N-Type Remix)” MP3 DL (Video & MP3)

‘Always nice to have our friend Danna in London visit the inbox, and as she gears up for FWD + Rinse at matter on Jan 29th, she’s sent us DJ MA1’s “I’m Right Here (N-Type Remix)” Which was nice of her.

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