I don’t know about you but nowadays the first thing that jumps into my head when I hear people talk about hip-hop is the mainstream ‘Bling, Bling’, Gangsta ‘corporate’ rap imagery. To tell the truth I don't mind the music that’s churned out, but I wouldn’t call it a favourite genre. So when Dälek (pronounced Dialect) landed on the desk I can’t say I was overjoyed … but then I wasn’t dreading it either.
Let’s get something straight right from the start. Dälek isn’t bling bling, gangsta corporate rap – it’s nothing like that at all. These guys are not formulaic tune churners and by God am I happy about that.
Absence is refreshing, rhythmic and trance like.
There’s a fleeting similarity with the
Judgement Night soundtrack in the merger of industrial/rock/rap feel this has. I can’t help rocking and swaying while listening. It’s an involuntary motion, carrying you along with the industrial/trance background and haunting samples, almost like Ministry...
