DALEK. “Gutter Tactics” (Ipacac) Words hog the attention in hip hop. It’s verse that people analyze and discuss, giggle over and ponder. Beats get secondary mention, followed by hooks. Seldom does talk move to the overall sound of a song. All of that gets reversed in the music of dälek (pronounced dial-ect, for some reason). On CDs by this New Jersey-based avant-hip-hop duo, the raw force of the record overwhelms everything. Listeners can’t help but feel it first. In that sense, dälek has something in common with Public Enemy. Both acts hit listeners upside the head with a riot of sound. Dälek’s music proves just as shocking, but instead of Public Enemy’s sharp jabs, they employ a harsh and blurry style. On the duo’s fifth and latest CD, “Gutter Tactics,” a thick fog of sonic effects moves over everything, submerging even the raps in goo. In terms of pushing background sounds to the fore, dälek can recall early trip-hop stars like Massive Attack and Tricky. All of them swamp their music to create a sonic tar pit. Even their beats murmur rather than slap. The texture of that sound has little to do with conventional hip hop. It’s closer to… Read full this story
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