Union City, New Jersey alt hip-hop group DÄLEK is preparing to release their limited vinyl-only 12″ EP, Respect To The Authors, through Germany’s Exile On Mainstream later this month in conjunction with a European tour which includes performances at the label’s 20th Anniversary festival celebrations. As the record’s street date approaches, the title track has been debuted through an exclusive premiere at BrooklynVegan.
With six dense and diverse tracks delivering a half hour of new music, DÄLEK‘s strictly limited, one-off, vinyl-only EP, Respect To The Authors is intended to be sold on tour and through a few select outlets.
With the stream of the EP’s title track, DÄLEK offers, “‘Respect To The Authors,’ on one hand, is my salute to the lyricists, the true MCs, and to those who continue to fight for justice in these troubled times. On the other hand, it is also about much more… to quote the lyrics: ‘Muthafuka my music IS the message.’ I hope it captures these dark moments of life and also provides the inspiration to get back up and crack their proverbial jaw.”
BrooklynVegan writes, “The group sound as punishing and confrontational as ever on this song…”
Check out DÄLEK’s “Respect To The Authors” only at BrooklynVegan RIGHT HERE.
Respect To The Authors sees release March 22nd on 180-gram 12″ black pure virgin vinyl packed in a 3mm-spined sleeve with gloss laminate, with a black polylined inner sleeve, this 1st pressing limited to 500 copies. Note: this is VINYL-ONLY; there is no download card or digital version of the album available.
Place US preorders at Earsplit Distro HERE and internationally at the Exile On Mainstream webshop HERE.
DÄLEK‘s Respect To The Authors hits as the duo returns to Europe, the tour kicking off March 28th in Oslo, Norway, and winding its way through Finland, the UK, France, Belgium, Germany, Holland, and Switzerland through April 14th. The tour includes performances at Exile On Mainstream’s 20th Anniversary festival celebrations, the first in Leipzig, Germany on April 5th, and the second in Tilburg, Netherlands as part of Roadburn Festival on April 13th, with Will Brooks performing with Aaron Turner and Dennis Tyfus as Doolhof at the latter.
DÄLEK Tour Dates:
3/28/2019 BLA – Oslo, NO
3/29/2019 Folken – Stavanger, NO
3/30/2019 Kuudes Linia – Helsinki, FI
3/31/2019 Lexington – London, UK
4/01/2019 The Lanes Bristol – Bristol, UK
4/02/2019 Cave aux Poètes – Roubaix, FR
4/03/2019 Het Bos – Antwerp, BE
4/04/2019 Hafenklang – Hamburg, DE
4/05/2019 UT Connewitz – Leipzig, DE @ Exile On Mainstream 20th Anniversary [info]
4/06/2019 P8 – Karlsruhe, DE
4/07/2019 Sneek – Het Bolwerk, NL
4/09/2019 Magasin 4 – Brussels, BE
4/10/2019 Albani – Winterthur, CH
4/11/2019 Südpol – Luzern, CH
4/12/2019 Sommer Casino – Basel, CH
4/13/2019 Roadburn Festival – Tilburg, NL (as Doolhof)
4/14/2019 DB’s – Utrecht, NL
New Jersey tone evangelists DÄLEK — dubbed “alt hip-hop” by their iconic label, Ipecac Records – create a sound that is indeed an alternative: being hip-hop for those who don’t pigeonhole themselves as typical diehards of the genre, attracting those listening outside the box. Subversive. Paradigm-changing. Mind blowing.
DÄLEK does not have a message; they are the message. Focusing both on tone and content while staying true to the roots of hip-hop but bringing in the love for monolithic sound arrangements as well as dream-like haze of sheer volume, they combine both the powers of sound and words with a singular and indisputable style. For Exile On Mainstream, it’s nothing less than a longtime dream coming true to release Respect To The Authors. The artist and the label have been friends for well over seventeen years and this release brings their like-minded efforts full circle.
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