11/18/2023 0 Comments Rihanna wild thoughts dj ted smooth![]() ![]() Sicaria Sound are based in London, but their heritage (Moroccan and South Sudanese) plays a key role in how they shape their sets. From humble beginnings cutting their teeth at home, messing around on a pair of old Technics 1210s and a Numark mixer, the duo soon progressed to hours and hours honing their craft on the industry standard set-up at the radio station they both worked for at the time. Though they fell in love with dubstep independently, at uni the pair learned that they’d dived into the classic dubstep discography via the same route: through rock, metal and drum & bass. Sisters by nature if not by blood, it turns out best friends DJing together makes for a wicked synergy. Ndeko and Imbratura describe their sound as “spicy, low-end heavy sounds that emulate the energy we share as sisters”. It’s a feat that, for both of them, seems “beyond mad”. “Without sprawling into an Oscar speech, we’re extremely humbled by the support that has come our way this year, it’s felt like we’re living in a dream world.”Īnd on the subject of living out your wildest dreams, in late December, Sicaria Sound will set off on their first US tour. “We’ve been travelling to lots of new places to play the music we love,” the pair say. Despite only having been DJing together for a few years, this year saw them invited to play festival shows at Boomtown, Boiler Room Festival, Outlook and Glastonbury (their Sunday night set in Silver Hayes alongside L U C Y, Sherelle and Jossy Mitsu went down an absolute storm), as well as DJing in clubs across Europe. ![]() “From that moment,” Imbratura says, “we knew we were in it for the long haul.”Ģ019 has been a wild ride for Sicaria Sound. It’s a banging 2009 cut which, in Imbratura’s words, is “an acquired taste”, and proved a landmark moment for the pair. “I don’t know how you’ll feel about this one actually,” Ndeko said, over the murky opening bars of Coki’s ‘Goblin’. The duo, who DJ together as Sicaria Sound, first realised how closely their tastes aligned one night at pre-drinks. After meeting at the back of a lecture hall at university, surrounded by classmates whose music taste leant towards mainstream chart and indie music, Ndeko and Imbratura found common ground in a love for low-end.
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