{"title":"Dalek","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDälek (pronounced dialec) is a hip hop outfit from Newark, New Jersey, founded in 1998. MC Dälek was responsible for lyrics, The Oktopus was the producer. DJ Still used to handle turntables but left Dälek in summer 2005.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor a band so steeped in noise and bombast, Dälek ended quietly, going on hiatus in 2011 without even an official statement. Brooks stresses that there was no beef between him and Momin, just a project that had run its course. Momin moved to Berlin and focused on electronic projects while Brooks made slightly more traditional rap as iconAclass. Performing classic Dälek tracks live gave Brooks the urge to revive Dälek, and with Okto’s blessing he assembled a new lineup in the spring of 2015 with co-producer Mike Manteca (Mike Mare) and DJ rEk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSimilar Artists: None\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"negro-necro-nekros","title":"Negro Necro Nekros","description":"\u003cp\u003eReissue of the album from 1998 that started it all for Dälek, this time with six bonus tracks. The physical includes a 12page booklet with liner notes by John Morrison and new art from Mikel Elam and Paul Romano\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Dälek’s debut, \u003ci\u003eNegro Necro Nekros\u003c\/i\u003e arrived in the Fall of 1998, hip-hop’s aesthetic and commercial conventions were in a state of upheaval. While mainstream rap had more or less completed the process of full integration into mainstream pop culture, underground hip-hop had mounted an aggressive opposition movement in response.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForged in the fires of the East Coast underground music scene in the 90s, Experimental Hip Hop pioneers Dälek has spent decades carving out a unique niche fusing hardcore Hip Hop, noise and a radical approach to sound. From the very beginning, Dälek came out the gate, following in the footsteps of their predecessors Public Enemy while drawing from influences as varied as My Bloody Valentine and German experimentalists Faust, Dälek have succeeded in adding completely new textural and structural dimensions to rap music. 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Their brutal sonic temperament pushes rap music’s capacity for noise and protest to some exhilarating conclusions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing in the footsteps of their predecessors Public Enemy while drawing from influences as varied as My Bloody Valentine and German experimentalists Faust, Dälek have succeeded in adding completely new textural and structural dimensions to rap music. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA visceral and powerful live act, Dälek spent over a decade touring and bringing their raucous and blistering performances to audiences around the world. During this time they toured with and supported a wide range of acts in the Hip Hop, Rock, Metal, and Experimental genres including Flying Lotus, De La Soul, TOOL, The Melvins, Grandmaster Flash, Pharcyde, Fantomas, KRS One and The Bug. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor their latest and eight album, \u003ci\u003ePrecipice\u003c\/i\u003e, Dälek unleashes a work that is practically bristling with fury and power. Arriving on Ipecac Recordings. Predominantly the work of the core duo, Will Brooks, aka MC Dälek and Mike Manteca (Mike Mare), Precipice features a guest appearance of Adam Jones of Tool on one of the album's tracks. 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Taking its name from a section of Erik Larson’s 2011 novel In the Garden of Beasts, the album paints a fiery portrait of life and resistance in fascist America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConceived, composed, and produced by Will Brooks (aka MC dälek) and Mike Mare, \u003cem\u003eBrilliance of a Falling Moon\u003c\/em\u003e is a sprawling, uncompromising record that speaks to the political timbre of the day. Recorded in the group’s Deadverse Studios over the course of 2024 and 2025, Brilliance of a Falling Moon’s beats are propelled by brutal, dust-caked drum breaks and cloaked in an ominous, otherworldly atmosphere. Taking aim at everything from the State’s suppression of information to colonialism and Trump’s demonization of immigrants, Brooks’ rhymes are practically burning with outrage at the current state of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ipecac Recordings","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":56303469429067,"sku":"R5413-0455","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":56322369585483,"sku":"R5413-7859","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/dalek-BrillianceofaFallingMoon.jpg?v=1768402396"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/dalek.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}