Ikonika & Optimum - Space Rock [HQ]

More celestial Dubstep for you today, this time from Hyperdub artist and 8-bit aficionado Ikonika (a.k.a. Sara Abdel-Hamid) and South London beatsmith Optimum.

After dropping one of Dubstep's most mature and melodic full-lengths earlier this year with "Contact, Love, Want, Have" and one of my favourite remixes with her rework of Egyptrixx's "The Only Way Up", Ikonika continues to impress with her uniquely left-field take on the genre, while her otherwise unknown production partner Optimum adds some dance-floor driven stylings to the mix.

Combining Ikonika's songwriting skills with Optimum's more dancefloor focused style gives us "Space Rock", a fitting title to this slab of spaced-out post Dubstep funk. Melding her trademark chiptune melodies with a throbbing sub-bass, suitably cosmic keys and dubbed out vocal edits , a 4/4 kick builds the tune up to a bittersweet crescendo before swinging back into a head-down Dubstep riddim. Bringing Optimum on the buttons gives the tune a serious bounce that's not often associated with Ikonika's work, and hopefully sets the stage for more Galactic soul music.

Full 320k DL available here - http://bit.ly/bxYa5d

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Dubstep
• Ikonika
• Optimum
• Hyperdub
• Sincerious

[333Paradigm333]

Space jammin.