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Ikonika next. I believe she's a lass and you can really tell because her brand of odd 8-bit "dubstep" is awash with gentle electronic experimentation, it has a very feminine intuitive quality, like she's playing with her machines rather than aggresively pushing them, kinda seeing what they can do together. 'Millie' is a wonky stroller of a tune with what sounds like Sweep from the Sooty show arguing intermittently with a ponderous bass line and some awkwardly stepped beats whilst all these mellow D'n'B/electronica shades amble around elesewhere, sweet keys caressed whilst lots of abstract hoover noises & synth swirls twist like audio tendrils round your head. She's definitely got the Flying Lotus bug this lady. The flip 'Direct' is pretty cool too, more Darkstar/Zomby 8-bit trilling whilst some of the synth washes are almost modern classical in their execution. her sound is both intimate and worldly wise, playful yet slightly forboding. It certainly shakes off the limited shackles of actual dubstep and blends many sympathetic styles into a poignant, refreshing mixture. Nice one.Ikonika’s second release on Hyperdub sees her unleashing a bittersweet, unhinged, dancefloor assault that combines her disjointed beats and a both comic and sinister laughing bassline, with breezy synth chords that owe as much to the current swell of post-bump beats than anything else coming out of London right now. And all this named after her cat, ‘Millie’. On the flip, ‘Direct’ takes it easier, opening with an accordion-like synth before a cascade of bleeps desends, and the swollen sub bass rises. Totally lush. Watch for the sublime switch in the middle of the track, the soundtrack to winding down the roof of your space cruiser, and donning shades as the sun reflects off Saturn. Deeply psychedelic “off”-beats from the queen of Hyperdub.
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