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ALBUM REVIEW: Dälek – Precipice 

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Dälek (pronounced ‘Die-a-leck’) returns with a new album Precipice on Mike Patton’s Ipecac Records. In what is becoming a common refrain of recent times, the album originally planned for 2019 has been completely overhauled because of the pandemic, and the chaotic times we currently find ourselves in. The duo of MC Dälek and DJ Mike Manteca felt that the originally planned album wasn’t strong, angry or heavy enough for the times we have endured. The added strength, anger and heaviness are indeed defining features on Precipice.

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Dälek Announces Comeback Album, Asphalt For Eden On Profound Lore

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DÄLEK ASPHALT FOR EDEN album cover 2016

Underground cult hip-hop trio Dälek have created a new album due out this April from Profound Lore on April 22nd. Asphalt For Eden will be their first full-length album since 2009s Gutter Tactics (Ipecac). They have released 5 other albums and performed with KRS One, Tomahawk, The Melvins, TOOL, Grandmaster Flash, Jesu, Dillinger Escape Plan, Pharcyde, RJD2, DeLa Soul, Prince Paul, Lovage, ZU, Black Heart Procession, Gaslamp Killer, Earth, Flying Lotus, The Bug, Mastodon, Fantomas among others.

Dälek band photo 2016

Dälek – Asphalt For Eden track listing:

1. Shattered

2. Guaranteed Struggle

3. Masked Laughter (Nothing’s Left)

4. Critical

5. 6dB

6. Control

7. It Just Is

 

They have booked a record release show in Brooklyn on April 22nd. Support will come from Dreamcrusher and Psalm Zero.

Dälek record release party, with Dreamcrusher and Psalm Zero

The Bell House

Brooklyn, New York

$12.00 – $15.00

This Event Is 21 And Over

Doors: 8:00 PM – show: 9:00 PM

 

Dälek is:

MC Dälek -vocals/producing

DJ rEk on turntables

Mike Manteca – samplers, effects and co-producer

Dälek on Facebook

Dälek online

Profound Lore online

Profound Lore om Facebook

 

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