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Aerotropolis

Ikonika

Aerotropolis

London-based producer Sara Abdel-Hamid's 2nd album, switching from dubstep to old-school house and synthpop jams

ADM rating[?]

6.9

Label
Hyperdub
UK Release date
29/07/2013
US Release date
29/07/2013
  1. 8.0 |   Clash

    Immensely listenable, and so goddamn fun
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  2. 8.0 |   NME

    Not just a statement of Ikonika’s personal growth and reinvigoration, but a measured statement of British electronic music’s broader lift-off
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  3. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    Consolidates her approach; bass music continues to change at a bewildering rate, but Ikonika deliberately limits her sonic parameters
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  4. 7.0 |   Uncut

    Rustie does this kind of thing with a little more élan. Print edition only

  5. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    There’s very little that’s boring about Aerotropolis, quite the opposite in fact, but there’s also not always enough that jumps out
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  6. 6.5 |   Pitchfork

    Aerotropolis' 180 pop move - as comfortable and assured in its own niche as it is - is so abrupt that it almost feels like an innovative rulebreaker hitting the reset button
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  7. 6.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    The slavish devotion to all things ’80s – Italo-disco, Commodore 64 sound files, Planet Rock-style electro – makes for a queasy sense of displacement
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