(Hip-Hop, Industrial, Noise, Experimental, Conscious) Dälek - Absence - 2007 (Soyuz Music # IPC-056), FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

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Dälek / Absence
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REM GENRE Alternative
REM DATE 2004
REM DISCID 8D0D670A
REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v1.0b3"
PERFORMER "Dalek"
TITLE "Absence"
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    TITLE "Distorted Prose"
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    INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "02 Asylum (Permanent Underclass).wav" WAVE
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    TITLE "Asylum (Permanent Underclass)"
    PERFORMER "Dalek"
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "03 Culture For Dollars.wav" WAVE
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    TITLE "Culture For Dollars"
    PERFORMER "Dalek"
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "04 Absence.wav" WAVE
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    TITLE "Absence"
    PERFORMER "Dalek"
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "05 A Beast Caged.wav" WAVE
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FILE "06 Koner.wav" WAVE
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FILE "08 Eyes To Form Shadows.wav" WAVE
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FILE "09 Ever Somber.wav" WAVE
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03 -=- 03 Culture For Dollars.flac -=- CDDA (100%)
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Review By WelcomeTheAbyss
Ok, i'm not exactly the biggest rap/hip-hop fan but this past year I stumbled across a group that has sparked a new found interest in the genre. The name of the group: Dalek.The first thing to attract me to them was the label they were signed to which is Ipecac, which just happens to be Mike Pattons(of Faith no more/Mr.Bungle/Tomahawk/Fantomas/etc fame) label. I was already a fan of other bands on his label(namely Isis,Fantomas,Guapo,Bohren and der club of gore) and was just checking out the others when I stumbled across Dalek. The other thing that peaked my interest in them was that they have as much in common with noise-rock/industrial(they also did a split album with kraut-rock legends Faust) as they do with hip-hop and rap. They seem to place as much if not more emphasis on the music behind the beat and lyrics, featuring a droning/ambient/industrial feel which seems to swirl around you and permeate your senses and definetely takes more than a few listens to take it all in. Definetely refreshing compared to mainstream standards. What else is that they have a couple instrumental tracks which is unheard of in modern rap.The lyrics are also of interest, pretty much attacking mainstream rappers and their motives, which rang true with what I thought of them as well, an example from the song "Culture for Dollars"..."Who trades his culture for dollars? The fool or the scholar?Griot?Poet?Or white collared?". This has definetely changed my views on rap and I have now come to realize just as with other forms of music, it seems the better quality you want, the more you have to break away from mainstream norms and head for the "underground". This is easily one of my picks for best of 2005. Highly Recommended.

Dälek — американский музыкальный проект из города Ньюарк, штат Нью-Джерси. Проект был образован в середине 1990-х и состоит из двух человек: MC Dälek (вокал и тексты) и Oktopus (музыка). «Далеками» назывались диковинные роботы-инопланетяне из британского научно-фантастического телесериала Доктор Кто, но участники группы родство названия отрицают.
Музыка дуэта является синтезом нескольких музыкальных жанров или, если быть совсем точным, некоторых элементов некоторых жанров. Тут и мрачная индустриальная атмосфера Einstürzende Neubauten, и тяга к шумности My Bloody Valentine, и музыкальные коллажи в духе Public Enemy. Как бы то ни было, в основе саунда группы лежит именно хип-хоп, но дополнительные элементы, используемые группой, делают его настолько необычным, что одно из немногих сравнений, которые можно привести, — это альбом Brotherhood Of The Bomb группы Techno Animal, с которыми, кстати, они вместе работали над одним или более треков.
Вокалист группы в интервью для Chicago Sun-Times прокомментировал музыкальную направленность Dälek следующим образом: «Это чистый хип-хоп, в самом очевидном понимании термина. Если обратить внимание на историческое развитие хип-хопа, то можно обнаружить, что жанр всё время был в поисках нового звука и способов различного влияния. Если бы Afrika Bambaataa в своё время не был под влиянием Kraftwerk, то не записал бы песню Planet Rock. Поэтому, в этом смысле, то, что мы делаем, — самый настоящий хип-хоп.»

Dälek – lead vocals, writing and production
Oktopus – production and writing
Still – turntables, producer
Additional musicians
Oddateee – additional vocals on "Culture for Dollars"
Other personnel
Joshua Booth – writing and mixing
Will Brooks – engineering, mixing and layout design
Marco Burbano – "absence" tag
Jesse Cannon – mixing
Alan Douches – mastering
Hsi-Chang Lin – layout design
Alex Lyach – photography
Mike Mare – photography
Alan Momin – engineering and mixing
Scott Shields – layout design