iona
London-based selector iona has been gathering momentum on the city’s underground circuit for a minute. In 2016, her door shift at Dalston’s Dance Tunnel crossed over to their decks for the venue’s last-ever party. Fast forward to 2018 and she is now a resident of much-loved clandestine rave Field Maneuvers with an increasingly busy schedule of gigs and numerous radio appearances, with mixes cropping up on Balamii, Rinse FM and Red Light Radio.
Stylistically, iona melds together acid, techno, and electro with hard-hitting breakbeat cuts to form uptempo excursions that also pack a punch. Her Crack Mix follows in a similar vein, starting with the playful techno of Errorsmith and ending with a DMX Krew rework of Aphex Twin’s You Can’t Hide Your Love.
Tracklist
Errorsmith – Retired Low-level Internal Server
El Buga – Arauco 808
Phazer Boys – ICE
Suuns – Up Past the Nursery (Ivan Smagghe Edit)
Your Planet is Next – Strange Game
Newcleus – Space is the Place
Brassfoot – Followers Fate
John Tejada – Unstable Condition
Jenifa Mayanja – Unveiling You
Hi & Säberhagen – Streszed Out
Carisma – Pienso en Vos (Diegors Remix)
Polyop – Stigmergy
Iron Curtis – Werc Werc Werc
DJ Hell Feat. Stereo MCs – With U
DJ Bone – Space Bounce
Annie Hall – Comienzo
Strange Audio Dreams – Error Design #1 (Cardopusher Remix)
LUZ1E – SOLITVDE
Lowfish – Krak
Katerina – Run Roc Run
D. Tiffany – AK
Kreggo & Textasy – The Definitive Hardcore Anthem
Aphex Twin – You Can’t Hide Your Love (DMX Krew Hidden Love Remix)
iona plays at Nick Höppner’s Touch from a Distance label party in London on 1 December, and FOLD’s Feelings Xmas Rave on 14 December.