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Aug 23, 2013Aerotropolis manages to navigate its concept without being crushed by the weight of it, and is a thoroughly enjoyable LP that--perhaps like Ikonika herself--will only mature with time.
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Aug 23, 2013It’s frequently funky and witty, the production and melodies burn themselves onto your memory, and while occasionally it’s more impressive than lovable, you can’t argue with its clarity of vision.
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Aug 23, 2013It’s a poised, carefully executed balance that captures Ikonika in an intriguing period of transition.
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Aug 23, 2013Ultimately, Aerotropolis is 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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Aug 23, 2013Ikonika has delivered one of 2013's definitive summer albums. It's time to get happy.
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Aug 23, 2013Sleeker but no less cartoony than her debut, it mixes freestyle house into her signature sound and comes off richer than anything she’s done before.
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Aug 23, 2013Aerotropolis, her second album, adds even more references to the mix and leaves her fine debut in the dust.
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Aug 23, 2013The end result is immensely listenable, and so goddamn fun.
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Aug 23, 2013For the most part, it's simply a pleasure to sit back and plug in.
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UncutAug 23, 2013The album tends toward generic, blocky sci-fi-tronic. [Sep 2013, p.90]
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Aug 23, 2013There’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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Aug 23, 2013Aerotropolis' 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 and starting a completely new, much more familiar persona from scratch.