Ikonika's second album is inspired by her time living near Heathrow, a place where she feels like she could "teleport" to different cities. "The album is dreamy at times, in the clouds," she says. "It's pressurised but not cluttered. It's not supposed to be distracting."
Whereas Sara Abdel-Hamid's 2010 debut album Contact, Want, Love, Have turned heads with its ability to twist dubstep into fascinating new shapes, Aerotropolis heads off into areas that leap free of any pigeonholing.
"I think there was an effort to stop using certain sounds," she admits. "I avoided certain paths. I tried to engulf everything after dubstep and made a decision to go for style – my style – and progress in that way."
Influenced by Latin freestyle ("my guilty pleasure"), early house and Technicolor 80s pop, we reckon it sounds vibrant, playful and inventive. But what do you think? Have a listen using the widget below and let us know your thoughts in the comments.
