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artist · ikon
release · vai e vem
year · 2004
genre · drum & bass
label · jalapeno
catalogue · jal 024
website · www.jalapenorecords.com
date · 10-jul-2004
quality · 214kbps/44,1khz
source · vinyl
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a1 vai e vem (original mix) 3:37
a2 vai e vem (rephill remix) 3:51
b1 vai e vem (nu tone remix) 5:45
playtime · 00h 13m 13s
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what the hell is ikon about? "happy coincidences," opines
co-founding member alex rizzo with a smile.
comprising of singers, musicians and producers, ikon's self titled
album project has been made in seven different countries and has
eight different collaborations. "there was never a timeframe or a
deadline. many of us have been in dance music for a while, and i
think that although it has brought great times for us there was
definitely a feeling of tiredness with corporate parameters."
elliot ireland, co-founder #2, is feeling reflective.
rolf, your stylophone please
ikon is about producing lush, imaginative music and recreating
sounds in an original way. "give us a keyboard a string, synth or
computer- rolf harris's stylophone and we'll play it- the quirkier
the better. if there's a sound we wanna emulate we'll try and get
the original materials: like a 60s bass and a 60s mic to get the
right effect."
as for the ikon sound it's tricky to categorise: bossa nova
melodies seem to seep effortlessly into epic cinematic
productions, which mutate into slick drum and bass rhythms:
"perhaps we're the phoenix that's risen from the ashes of dance-
actually on second thoughts that makes us sound like a dodgy
thrash band doesn't it?" ponders alex rizzo.
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