Dalek (rap, genre, albums, Massive Attack, Russian)

cardboard adolescent · 02-20-2008, 02:40 AM

introduced to me by urban... i got to catch this group perform last night, here's what i wrote about it recently:

"Tue 19 Feb – Russian Circles, Dälek, Young Widows

Somewhere in between Throbbing Gristle and the Wu-Tang Clan lies the magical world of Dalek, filled with computer glitches, swirling noise, and some of the most bitter and cutting lines you will every hear a rapper spit at you. I almost never get very excited about current acts, but it's such a wonderful change to hear a truly revolutionary and progressive group. I don't know how long it will take people to catch on... could be decades... but noise and rap are perfect complements. Nothing puts force behind twisted rhymes and rants like a blast of feedback. Russian Circles were pretty good too, but seemed pretty tepid in comparison."

Really, it was an absolutely amazing show. These guys should be five million times as popular as they are.

cardboard adolescent · 02-20-2008, 04:05 PM

fuck it, i'm moving this to experimental/avant-garde. maybe it'll get some attention there.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 02-20-2008, 04:11 PM

I still only have Absense.

I was going to get more I just never got around to it.

cardboard adolescent · 02-20-2008, 04:14 PM

i have a collaboration of theirs with faust which is ok, i really need to get their second album

Seltzer · 02-20-2008, 05:56 PM

Absence is really quite good. An open-minded and knowledgeable troll from another forum turned me onto them.

monellia · 02-25-2008, 03:52 PM

I haven't heard any of their albums aside from Absence, which I dig very much. It's urgent and honest and has some really beautiful moments. They don't seem to confine themselves to the restrictions of genre, which is something I like in a band. A good example of experimentation gone right!

jackhammer · 02-25-2008, 05:45 PM

This is a band I have been meaning to check out from an inclusion in a top 100 from Urban. So much music, so little time.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 03-06-2008, 01:43 PM

Finally got hold of Abandoned Language.

It's not too bad , very Massive Attack like.
I was hoping for something a bit more abrasive.

swim · 12-21-2008, 11:53 AM

Gutter Tactics has leaked (I think a long time ago, eh who cares whatever I just found it), if anyone's interested. I haven't listened yet but I've heard good things.

jackhammer · 12-21-2008, 12:22 PM

Absence is godly but i have never followed that up. I'm interested.

02-20-2008, 02:40 AM	#1 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	Dalek introduced to me by urban... i got to catch this group perform last night, here's what i wrote about it recently: "Tue 19 Feb – Russian Circles, Dälek, Young Widows Somewhere in between Throbbing Gristle and the Wu-Tang Clan lies the magical world of Dalek, filled with computer glitches, swirling noise, and some of the most bitter and cutting lines you will every hear a rapper spit at you. I almost never get very excited about current acts, but it's such a wonderful change to hear a truly revolutionary and progressive group. I don't know how long it will take people to catch on... could be decades... but noise and rap are perfect complements. Nothing puts force behind twisted rhymes and rants like a blast of feedback. Russian Circles were pretty good too, but seemed pretty tepid in comparison." Really, it was an absolutely amazing show. These guys should be five million times as popular as they are.

02-20-2008, 04:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	I still only have Absense. I was going to get more I just never got around to it. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

02-20-2008, 05:56 PM	#5 (permalink)
Seltzer Fish in the percolator! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Hobbit Land NZ Posts: 2,870	Absence is really quite good. An open-minded and knowledgeable troll from another forum turned me onto them. __________________ In the Court of King Crimson \| Last.fm \| RYM

02-25-2008, 05:45 PM	#7 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	This is a band I have been meaning to check out from an inclusion in a top 100 from Urban. So much music, so little time. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

03-06-2008, 01:43 PM	#8 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Finally got hold of Abandoned Language. It's not too bad , very Massive Attack like. I was hoping for something a bit more abrasive. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

02-20-2008, 04:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	fuck it, i'm moving this to experimental/avant-garde. maybe it'll get some attention there.

02-20-2008, 04:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	i have a collaboration of theirs with faust which is ok, i really need to get their second album

02-25-2008, 03:52 PM	#6 (permalink)
monellia Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Oirland Posts: 81	I haven't heard any of their albums aside from Absence, which I dig very much. It's urgent and honest and has some really beautiful moments. They don't seem to confine themselves to the restrictions of genre, which is something I like in a band. A good example of experimentation gone right!

12-21-2008, 11:53 AM	#9 (permalink)
swim dontcareaboutyou Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 5,188	Gutter Tactics has leaked (I think a long time ago, eh who cares whatever I just found it), if anyone's interested. I haven't listened yet but I've heard good things. __________________ http://nakednaps.bandcamp.com/

12-21-2008, 12:22 PM	#10 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Absence is godly but i have never followed that up. I'm interested. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”