Dälek Announce North American Tour; Release “Echoes Of…” Video via Brooklyn Vegan
Dälek, who will release their eighth studio album, Endangered Philosophies, via Ipecac Recordings on Sept. 1, have announced the first North American tour in support of the 11-track release.
“We are very excited to tour extensively in the U.S.,” says MC Dälek. “While we have done some short runs supporting amazing acts like Publicist UK, Daughters, Candiria and Cult of Luna, we haven’t had a lengthy North American tour in quite a while. We are even more excited to spend a month bringing Endangered Philosophies and our signature Dälek sound to so many places we haven’t played in a long time. We’re also thrilled that Austin experimental duo, Street Sects, will be joining us for this run.”
The band has also released a video for “Echoes Of…”, premiering the clip via Brooklyn Vegan: http://www.brooklynvegan.com/watch-daleks-new-video-for-echoes-of/.
Tour dates:
October 2 Richmond, VA Strange Matter
October 3 Fayetteville, NC Drunk Horse
October 4 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
October 5 New Orleans, LA Siberia
October 6 Dallas, TX Curtain Club
October 7 Houston, TX Walter’s
October 8 Austin, TX The Lost Well *
October 10 Albuquerque, NM Launchpad
October 11 Mesa, AZ Underground
October 12 Las Vegas, NV Beauty Bar
October 13 Los Angeles, CA The Resident
October 14 San Diego, CA Soda Bar
October 15 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill
October 17 Denver, CO Marquis
October 18 Des Moines, IA Vaudeville Mews
October 19 Chicago, IL Beat Kitchen
October 20 Cincinnati, OH Northside Yacht Club
October 21 Cleveland, OH The Locker Room at Mahall’s
October 23 Toronto, ON Hard Luck Bar
October 24 Syracuse, NY Spark Art Space
October 25 Boston, MA Once Ballroom
October 26 Brooklyn NY Knitting Factory
October 28 Baltimore, MD Ram’s Head Live *
Tickets for all dates are on-sale now. Street Sects open on all dates except those marked with a “*”.
Endangered Philosophies pre-orders, including digital, CD and 2LP etched vinyl, are available now: http://smarturl.it/Dalek. Digital pre-orders include an instant download of “Echoes of…” (https://youtu.be/ndeg2Iy-JYQ).
“Before Def Jux, before Death Grips, before Yeezus, there was Dälek” (Noisey). Pioneers of alt hip-hop, Dälek features rapper/producer MC Dälek, producer/live electronics Mike Manteca and turntablist DJ rEk. With roots in the mid-‘90s DIY scene, Dälek has consistently released groundbreaking albums, starting with their 1998 debut EP, Negro Necro Nekros, which NME said saw the outfit “deconstruct hip hop” to 2016’s Asphalt for Eden, hailed by Pitchfork for its subtlety and restraint, saying “on Asphalt for Eden, hip hop ascends into the noosphere.”
