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the return of DALEK...

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  • 08-05-2003 4:04pm
    #1
    madouva
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    DÄLEK
    dark hip-hop from New Jersey
    with special guest DESTRUCTO SWARMBOTS

    Thursday 19 June 2003 – Whelan’s of Wexford Street
    Doors 8pm – Tickets 14 euro (includes booking fee)

    It's not everyday that you hear a group pushing themselves to the edge of their abilities. In every way Dälek is the extreme of all musical poles. They take the collage aesthetic of the early Bomb Squad productions, infusing hip-hop with the likes of Faust, My Bloody Valentine and the Velvet Underground. Lyrically, Dälek as an MC lays down ideas and thoughts far outside of current hip-hop with influences ranging from Chuck D and KRS One to Langston Hughes, The Last Poets and Jack Kerouac.

    Both Dälek's music and lyrics create a whole sound that completes a much bigger picture. All the while the group manages to stay away from pretentiousness and maintain accessibility. With a live show that takes them all over the world, Dälek are regarded as one of the best groups to witness (with a DJ – Still – touted as one of the most groundbreaking around. It is not every night you see monitors tossed around like flies, a DJ using a tone arm like he was picking guitar or blowing into a saxophone, intense presence and off-stage antics rivalled by few. Whether they are incorporating renditions of album tracks or free form noise rants with freestyles lyrics, audiences of all genres are always left floored.

    Their most recent release - From Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots - strays from hip-hop cliches of materialism and “bling bling”…Dälek stay true to themselves in speaking of disenfranchisement with the hip-hop scene, and demonstrate their take on hip-hop as a progressive form of art, not mere commercialism. The group takes music to an extreme, which appeals to audiences of all kinds. This is evinced by the diverse tours and myriad collaborations the group has taken part in. It is easy to say a band is comparable to old great artists these days, but few and far between are the ones who take their influences and make the sum greater than the parts.

    * Dälek toured Europe in February and March 2002 with Tomahawk, flooring and astounding audiences wherever they went.
    * Dälek have collaborated with Faust, William Hooker Ensemble, Jett Brando, Techno Animal, 2nd Gen, Sofa Surfers, Kid606, Oddateee, Velma, & more.
    * Pronounded Die-Ah-Lek.
    * File Under: Groundbreaking Hip-Hop
    * They played TBMC in December - unbelievable show.


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