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        Ikonika

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        • Formed: Glasgow, Scotland
        • Years Active: 2000s
        • Recent Activity: 10.06.13 #hyperdubnorthamericatour has been amazing, thanks for hanging out with us! Big up @Hyperdub @kodenine @DJ_Spinn @DJRASHAD 😄
        • Ikonika

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        Biography Wikipedia

        Wikipedia:

        Ikonika (real name Sara Abdel-Hamid) is an electronic musician, producer and DJ often associated with Hyperdub Records and the Dubstep genre.

        Her debut 12", "Please/Simulacrum" was released in 2008 on Hyperdub Records. She has released music on Planet Mu, as well as a remix of DJ Mujava’s "Township Funk", released by Warp Records. Ikonika’s music combines melodic synth patterns, driving drums, melancholic sub bass and unorthodox song structures. She was described by The Observer as "a rare female face in the male-dominated world of dubstep, Ikonika melds the genre's juddering bass with Aphex Twin-style melodic mischief-making."

        Her debut album, Contact, Love, Want, Have was released on Hyperdub on 6 April 2010.Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist}} template (see the help page).

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        Activity

        • 10.06.13 #hyperdubnorthamericatour has been amazing, thanks for hanging out with us! Big up @Hyperdub @kodenine @DJ_Spinn @DJRASHAD 😄
        • 10.06.13 Last night on tour!!! Let's go @Hyperdub @MUTEK_MX
        • 10.05.13 fun...http://t.co/qNIgmihRMt
        • 10.05.13 I think if I had paid for these I would be screwing @AIAIAItweet http://t.co/V8MD95B77J
        • 10.05.13 Woke up in Mexico City
        • 10.04.13 RT @EVRadio: the Gold River Show w. DJ Jerry Jones is back at 10/9c, live w/ @ikonika. Listen on http://t.co/wsjhXIETol n #evrmobile @river…
        • 10.03.13 RT @kodenine: Set times tonight - Kode9 2:30-4:00am Ikonika 1:00-2:30am DJ Spinn & Rashad 11:00-1:00am Brenmar 10:00-11:00pm
        • 10.03.13 RT @riverofdoubt: Gold River mobbin up @EVRadio fierce today 6 - 8: me and my main thing @moneyworth 10-12: Hyperdub badgal @ikonika w/ …
        • 10.03.13 Gonna be doing a live mix tonight on east village radio. Tune in from 10pm
        • 10.03.13 RT @kodenine: Tonight it's the @Hyperdub takeover of @OutputClubBK in Brooklyn with @DJRASHAD @DJ_Spinn @ikonika @BBRENMAR and myself
        • 10.02.13 https://t.co/QoAbiUlNPY
        • 10.02.13 https://t.co/2qZ5pPsom9