Merry Christmas! DALEK and CREATIVE CONTROLE at the Music Centre

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Howdy.
Just a quick note...
DALEK (stunning dark hip-hop from New Jersey)
with guests CREATIVE CONTROLE

Thursday 19th December . 11pm
@ SCREAMADELICA XMAS PARTY
Temple Bar Music Centre

Stepping out from behind the dark, ugly shadow of contemporary hip-hop, DÄLEK (from Newark, NJ) are here to redefine pretences of the contemporary hip-hop genre now and forever. Blending elements of Faust's over the top noise, the Velvet Underground's grit, shoe-gazer rock density, innovative arrangements, prophetically insightful lyrics and hard hitting drums, DÄLEK have something truly rare in any musical genre: a sound that's hard, honest and unique.

Back in the day, Dälek and Oktopus met at William Patterson University. Oktopus - learning that Dälek made beats at his home studio - offered to help him engineer his nascent tracks at his growing studio, Sweetwood Sound. Since a creative mind is a terrible thing to waste, Dälek later dropped out of Patterson, cashing in his college loan checks to pick up his first MPC 3000…turning what began as an experiment into one of the most inventive hip-hop records the world will ever hear. The duo's first album, 1998's Negro, Necro, Nekros (Gern Blandsten) caught the attention of critics around the world and established Dälek as risk takers and flag bearers for a new generation of hip-hop. The album debuted the group's eclectic musical force, showcasing a group as unconcerned with conforming to conventions as it is with breaking them.

By fall of '98, the young group made yet another uncommon move in the hip-hop world by committing themselves to a ceaseless, DIY touring ethic which they maintain to this day. It was on the road at a college show that the group met Still (he impressed them by improvising a 15-minute set on the decks during their sound check). While Dälek and Oktopus are consistently pushing the limits and expectations of the sampler as a musical instrument, Still spends most of his time recreating how audiences hear turntables. Alternately pulling out old school cuts or making the turntable sound like a guitar, a violin, or a wall of white noise, Still aims to be equal parts Grandmaster Flash, Jimi Hendrix, and Merzbow rolled up into one tight afro.

The group have spent the intervening years on the road, captivating audiences across the board opening for such varied groups as De La Soul, DJ Spooky, The Dillinger Escape Plan and Tomahawk (to name a few), not to mention their studio and on-stage collaborations with Avant-Garde Jazz artists like William Hooker and Ravish Momin, to electronic artists like Kid606 and the legendary Krautrock super-group Faust.

It can’t be emphasised enough: DÄLEK is a band you want to hear, and definitely want to see live, no matter who you are. The group's innovative live show (which grabbed the attention of The NY Press, CMJ, Star Ledger, NME, Melody Maker, Wire Magazine and more) usually includes a dense wall of sound, intense delivery, and at times, a blinding light show. Dead serious on stage, many a set has ended with monitors thrown, mic stands strewn and a deafening feedback lingering in what was once the empty space between audience members.

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Questions and answers:
FIN
T: 6770647
E: fin@tbmc.ie
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