dälek share a new track “The Essence” ahead of European tour dates this May. The experimental hip-hop pioneers are currently in the studio working on their follow up to Precipice and have given fans a taste of what’s to come in this new single.
Dälek: “’The Essence’ is a window to where me and Mike are at right now. We quite literally took it back to the essence on this joint. Straight up me on the MPC 3000 and Mike on processed guitar, playing off of each other as we created the track. Lyrics and flow are central to the joint and dictated the direction of the production and how we sculpted the arrangement.
As always there are layers to the meaning but I also wanted to be crystal clear on what I was spitting. There are minimal to no overdubs. We somehow kept the heavy ‘wall of sound’ feel but stripped away superfluous layers to just the parts and pieces that were needed to complete this as a ‘dälek’ song. This is just a taste of what is coming.”
The lyrics of “The Essence” are full of defiance and energy, something that the band will no doubt bring to their live shows: “We had civilizations interconnected throughout history/Our art and architecture composed with sacred symmetry/I’m seeing these past lives vividly/Refuse to let them kill our joy wit bigotry.”
dälek live 2025:
May 20th – Berlin, DE – Neue Zukunft
May 21st – Vilnius, LT – Kirtimai Cultural Center
May 22nd – Tallinn, EE – Paavli Kultuurivabrik
May 23rd – Helsinki, FI – Sonic Rites Festival
May 24th – Budapest, HU – Instant-Fogas
May 26th – Prague, CZ – Palac Akropolis
May 27th – Brno, CZ – Kabinet Muz
May 28th – Vienna, AT – Flucc
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