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Sicaria Sound

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Sicaria Sound were an electronic music duo composed of Lou Nour and Sancha Ndeko.

History

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Lou Nour (FKA Imbratura) was born and raised in London with full Moroccan heritage. Sancha Ndeko is South-Sudanese and English and was born in Sheffield, grew up in Ghana and Nigeria before moving back to the UK to live in Bournemouth prior to settling in London.[1] Having met at the back of a lecture hall at university where they were both studying Geography, they bonded over Fabric nightclub as well as their joint love for bass heavy music, particularly dubstep.[2] They began attending nights together, which they have stated as being seminal in creating the foundations for Sicaria Sound.[1] Whilst living together, they started to learn how to mix.[3] After university they both worked in radio production.[1]

They are the first resident DJs for the Deep Medi Musik label, and have played events such as Glastonbury Festival, Boomtown Festival, Outlook Festival and Atlas Electronic.[4][5] Since 2018 they have held a monthly residency on Rinse FM where they focus on playing new material from underground artists.[6] In 2020 they launched their Cutcross imprint to “champion the melting pot of bass-centric sounds teetering around 140 BPM…whilst spotlighting underground artists" with the label's first release being a four track multi-artist EP.[7] In March 2021 they made their production debut with their first EP 'Binate'.[8]

At the end of 2021 the duo announced that they would no longer be performing together due 'health and well-being reasons'. The split was amicable. Sancha Ndeko continues to DJ and release music under the name Mia Koden, as does Nour under the name Sicaria.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Mixing with purpose: Sicaria Sound are taking dubstep into the future". Mixmag.
  2. ^ "Audio: Introducing rising London talents, Sicaria Sound - fabric blog". fabric london.
  3. ^ "Hyp 393: Sicaria Sound". hyponik.
  4. ^ "Sicaria Sound". Earth Agency.
  5. ^ "DJ Mag's artists to watch in 2020". DJMag.com. January 9, 2020.
  6. ^ "Sicaria Sound 'breaks' in their fresh label Cutcross With The Fracture". subdotmission.com.
  7. ^ Rugoff, Lazlo (March 30, 2020). "London duo Sicaria Sound launch new label, Cutcross Recordings".
  8. ^ "Sicaria Sound reveal debut EP, Binate". March 1, 2021.