Distractions

"The album has a few personal touches. On "Girlfriend," a male acquaintance chats to her. The album's artwork, a stretch of Great West Road rendered in video game graphics, reflects her West London roots. Her love of gaming-a regular theme-surfaces on several tracks, including "Lossy," which has echoes of the gold rings on Sonic The Hedgehog. For all that, Distractions is as much about other people-that extends to vocalists, from Jessy Lanza to the lesser-known Andrea Galaxy-as it is Chen herself. As a soundtrack for a wide variety of scenes, Distractions enhances Chen's reputation as one of UK club music's most adaptable artists".

Read review

"Following two well-spaced and well-received full length albums of innovative bass music, Ikonika is back after a four-year break with Distractions, an collection that builds on that solid foundations by pushing her sound forward. The London electronic music producer is known for her unique style, a playful mix of dubstep, 8-bit, and whatever else happens to be inspiring her, often with a strong melodic core. Distractions takes this blueprint and develops in it a way that is as adventurous as it is brimming with surprising mainstream appeal".

Read review