Ikonika

Along with Burial and label operator Kode9, producer/DJ Ikonika (Sara Abdel-Hamid) was a key member of the Hyperdub roster, one of the premier dubstep labels. Prior to releasing her first album, 2010’s Contact, Love, Want, Have, she released a handful of 12” singles on Hyperdub, as well as one on Planet Mu, and she also remixed tracks by Mujava (“Township Funk”), the Brown Acid (“Bastard Kids”), and Egyptrixx (“The Only Way Up”). Though most of her productions incorporated some mischievous (if emotive) combination of battering drums, crisp percussion accents, bleep-streaks, and affecting synthesizer textures, no two sounded alike.