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"Normalized Tragedy” from the release, Brilliance of a Falling Moon. Grab your copy at https://dalek.lnk.to/moon
"dälek have ploughed their own distinctive furrow since long before such an approach was fashionable.” - The Wire (cover feature)
"They are revolutionary in word and deed with an envelope-pushing sound to back it up.
A rare thing indeed." - Bandcamp Album Of The Day
Conceived, composed, and produced by Will Brooks (aka MC dälek) and Mike Mare, Brilliance of a Falling Moon is a sprawling, uncompromising record that speaks to the political timbre of the day. Taking its name from a section of Erik Larson’s 2011 novel In The Garden of Beasts, the album paints a fiery portrait of life and resistance in fascist America.
Recorded in the group’s Deadverse Studios over the course of 2024 and 2025, Brilliance of a Falling Moon’s beats are propelled by brutal, dust-caked drum breaks and cloaked in an ominous, otherworldly atmosphere. Taking aim at everything from The State’s suppression of information to colonialism and Trump’s demonization of immigrants, Brooks’ rhymes are practically burning with outrage at the current state of the world.
“When you listen to this, I hope you walk away with hope because we’re still fighting, building, and pushing.”
Not only has dälek always presented an undiluted political stance in their music, the band is part of the continuum of bold, revolutionary hip-hop pioneered by Public Enemy and The Bomb Squad. dälek has spent decades carving out a unique niche fusing hardcore Hip Hop, noise and a radical approach to sound.
Founded by Will Brooks (aka MC dälek) and Alap Momin (aka Oktopus), dälek debuted in 1998 with Negro Necro Nekros, a sonic tour de force built upon thunderous drums, blissful ambient sections, and gritty, insightful lyrics. On watershed albums like 2002’s From Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots (2002), Absence (2005), Abandoned Language (2007), and 2009’s Gutter Tactics (2009), dälek laid a template that added completely new textural and structural dimensions to rap music.
With this kind of musical and political pedigree, it makes sense that dälek would return with such a timely record that reflects all of our frustrations.
dälek live 2026:
APRIL
14/04/2026 DE Karlsruhe - Jubez
15/04/2026 DE Nuremberg - Musik Verein
16/04/2026 BE Kortrijk - De Kreun
17/04/2026 BE Brussels - Magasin 4
18/04/2026 NL Tilburg - Roadburn Festival
MAY
09/05/2026 AT Krems - Donau Festival
10/05/2026 CH Geneva - Cave 12
11/05/2026 CH St Gallen - Palace
12/05/2026 CH Neuchâtel - Case-à-Chocs
13/05/2026 GR Athens - An Club
14/05/2026 DE Berlin - Neue Zukunft
15/05/2026 PL Poznan - LAS
May 16 PL Warsaw - Mechanik
May 17 RB Belgrad - Zappa Baza
May 18 BG Sofia - Pave
July 4 PL Lublin - Different Sounds Festival
Brilliance Of A Falling Moon track list:
1 - Better Than
2 - Knowledge | Understanding | Wisdom
3 - Normalized Tragedy
4 - Expressions Of Love
5 - Substance
6 - I AM A MAN
7 - For The People
8 - By The Time We Arrive In El Salvador
Once again the band has teamed up with artists Paul Romano and Mikel Elam for the striking package artwork.
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