Dälek
dälek (pronounced 'die-a-leck') is a hip-hop group formed in Newark, New Je… Read Full Bio ↴dälek (pronounced 'die-a-leck') is a hip-hop group formed in Newark, New Jersey in 1998. The group currently comprises MC dälek (vocals, production), Mike Manteca (electronics, production), and rEK (production). They have often toured with artists from radically different genres, such as Godflesh, Isis, Prince Paul, Melvins, De La Soul, RJD2 and Lovage.
dälek's music is dark, noisy and atmospheric, equally inspired by industrial music like Einstürzende Neubauten, the layered noise of My Bloody Valentine and the dense sound collages of Public Enemy. Their sound is often constructed through sampling and a musical base atypical of most hip-hop, making it difficult for people to classify their sound. They have been described as trip hop, glitch-hop, and metal-shoegaze-hip-hop, as well as criticized for their broad range of sound.
MC dälek described the group's music to the Chicago Sun-Times:
“It's purely hiphop, in the purest sense. If you listen to what hiphop has historically been, it was all about digging in different crates and finding different sounds, and finding different influences to create. If Afrika Bambaataa wasn't influenced by Kraftwerk, we wouldn't have 'Planet Rock'. So, in that sense, what we do is strictly hiphop.”
“If there is a difference, it's that the palette of sounds we work with is more varied than what has been called hiphop in the last 10 years. Somehow, as hiphop grew, it's been put into this box. I think it's funny when people are like "That's not hiphop. It's this and this and this." You can try to rationalize it as whatever you want to rationalize it as."
Studio albums:
• Negro Necro Nekros (1998)
• From Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots (2002)
• Absence (2004)
• Abandoned Language (2007)
• Gutter Tactics (2009)
• Untitled (2010)
• Asphalt for Eden (2016)
• Endangered Philosophies (2017)
• Precipice (2022)
Collaborations, EPs and compilations:
• Megaton / Classic Homicide (2000) Split collaboration with Techno Animal.
• Ruin It (2002) In collaboration with Kid 606.
• Dälek vs. Velma (2002) Split collaboration with Velma.
• Derbe Respect, Alder (2004) In collaboration with Faust.
• Streets All Amped (2006)
• My Education vs. Dälek (2007) In collaboration with My Education.
• Deadverse Massive Vol. 1 (2007) Rarities 1999-2006.
• Griots and Gods - Les Eurockeennes Festival Belfort (2010) Live collaboration with The Young Gods.
dälek's music is dark, noisy and atmospheric, equally inspired by industrial music like Einstürzende Neubauten, the layered noise of My Bloody Valentine and the dense sound collages of Public Enemy. Their sound is often constructed through sampling and a musical base atypical of most hip-hop, making it difficult for people to classify their sound. They have been described as trip hop, glitch-hop, and metal-shoegaze-hip-hop, as well as criticized for their broad range of sound.
MC dälek described the group's music to the Chicago Sun-Times:
“It's purely hiphop, in the purest sense. If you listen to what hiphop has historically been, it was all about digging in different crates and finding different sounds, and finding different influences to create. If Afrika Bambaataa wasn't influenced by Kraftwerk, we wouldn't have 'Planet Rock'. So, in that sense, what we do is strictly hiphop.”
“If there is a difference, it's that the palette of sounds we work with is more varied than what has been called hiphop in the last 10 years. Somehow, as hiphop grew, it's been put into this box. I think it's funny when people are like "That's not hiphop. It's this and this and this." You can try to rationalize it as whatever you want to rationalize it as."
Studio albums:
• Negro Necro Nekros (1998)
• From Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots (2002)
• Absence (2004)
• Abandoned Language (2007)
• Gutter Tactics (2009)
• Untitled (2010)
• Asphalt for Eden (2016)
• Endangered Philosophies (2017)
• Precipice (2022)
Collaborations, EPs and compilations:
• Megaton / Classic Homicide (2000) Split collaboration with Techno Animal.
• Ruin It (2002) In collaboration with Kid 606.
• Dälek vs. Velma (2002) Split collaboration with Velma.
• Derbe Respect, Alder (2004) In collaboration with Faust.
• Streets All Amped (2006)
• My Education vs. Dälek (2007) In collaboration with My Education.
• Deadverse Massive Vol. 1 (2007) Rarities 1999-2006.
• Griots and Gods - Les Eurockeennes Festival Belfort (2010) Live collaboration with The Young Gods.
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Dälek Lyrics
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A Collection Of Miserable Thoughts Laced With Wit This goes too quick At times I miss those I swore…
Abandoned Language 1. Abandoned language only when i thought my masses couldn'…
Armed With Krylon Connect with left to solar plexus Existence got me vexed, i…
Asylum Adverse effects affect the 10% that might listen Welcome to …
Atypical Stereotype Truth stay intangible, they treat us like animals Don't exp…
Black Smoke Rises I miss the burning of my flesh. Content in simple earthly…
Blessed Are They Who Bash Your Children's Heads Against A Rock Blessed are they who bash your Children's heads against a r…
Bricks Crumble 1. Spit vernacular tactical acts attain status. Spectacula…
Classical Homicide Subterranean maintain own tongue mongst ruins In subdued ton…
Content To Play Villain 1. Lost sense of belonging Beliefs breached by knowing Kn…
Culture for Dollars Written word held weight Now honor at best recessive trait …
Distorted Prose Broke stride as last of men realized their deep deceit. This…
Ever Somber 1. Terrain disfigured Pressure temple, tempt to tap trigger…
Eyes to Form Shadows 1. I sense this social order in decline Our people's been…
Forever Close My Eyes In midst of such madness I grasped that elusive real You…
Gutter Tactics Gutter tactics backed with mathematics Acts to cause havoc,…
Hold Tight Misunderstood, misguided maniac, Lacking social skills and …
Images Of .44 Casings What clarity? you must be mistaken. This phrase came with …
In Midst of Struggle 1. In midst of struggle No movement's subtle Rely on skill…
Isolated Stare 1. I felt that isolated stare from a million pairs of…
No Question Rely on same information but my ears don't bleed Wait for…
Opiate the Masses 1. Spit sacrilege Blasphemous breath remains accurate Cont…
Paragraphs Relentless 1. Krylon text read off walls at sacred bench Street light…
Praise Be The Man I saw a man yesterday, Snub-nosed . 38 to temple test…
Ruin It Ruin Them Ruin Yourself Then Ruin Me I tremble at the thought of what I've become That sorry…
Speak Volumes False facades grin upon my last smile Spit concrete bile, S…
Spiritual Healing Who you pray to, my God the black God? Who you…
Stagnant Waters 1. Corner blocks unlocked Mysteries they not Men and wome…
Street Diction Evolve from high bred intellectuals who slept on park bench …
Swollen Tongue Bums Sat amongst wise kings Indian-style witnessed the birth of …
Tarnished Adapt to daylight that breaks over roofs on horizon Split c…
The Untravelled Road Explain to me this World hurled into what depths? Synapse …
Three Rocks Blessed Our slaughter lies in drinking malts and not the porters Th…
Trampled Brethren With uncertainty i ink my final thoughts on unlit blocks Ni…
Voices of the Ether My soul so worn. You miss the entity of all I…
We Lost Sight I never learn, concerned there's no consequence Situation t…
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