Absence (Dälek album)
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Absence is the third album by alternative hip hop group Dälek, released by Ipecac Recordings in 2005.
Track listing
All tracks are written by MC Dälek, Oktopus and Joshua Booth
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Distorted Prose" | 6:00 |
2. | "Asylum (Permanent Underclass)" | 5:48 |
3. | "Culture for Dollars" | 6:43 |
4. | "Absence" | 1:31 |
5. | "A Beast Caged" | 6:41 |
6. | "Köner" | 3:56 |
7. | "In Midst of Struggle" | 7:43 |
8. | "Eyes to Form Shadows" | 6:30 |
9. | "Ever Somber" | 4:49 |
10. | "Opiate the Masses" | 7:24 |
Total length: | 57:07 |
No. | Title | Length |
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11. | "3:46" | 3:46 |
12. | "Vague Recollections" | 6:01 |
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
Pitchfork Media | (8.3/10)[3] |
Sputnikmusic | (4.0/5)[4] |
Stylus Magazine | (B-)[5] |
Treble magazine included the album in its list of '10 Essential Industrial Hip Hop Albums'.[6] Drowned in Sound magazine ranked the album at #53 on their "DiS is 6: Our 66" list, published in 2006 (which covers its favorite albums from the six years since its creation).[7] Italian underground music magazine OndaRock also rated the album the 26th best of the decade.[8]
Personnel
- Dalek[1]
- Dälek – lead vocals, writing and production
- Oktopus – production and writing
- Still – turntables, producer
- Additional musicians[1]
- Oddateee – additional vocals on "Culture for Dollars"
- Other personnel[1]
- Joshua Booth – writing and mixing
- Will Brooks – engineering, mixing and layout design
- Marco Burbano – "absence" tag
- Jesse Cannon – mixing
- Alan Douches – mastering
- Hsi-Chang Lin – layout design
- Alex Lyach – photography
- Mike Mare – photography
- Alan Momin – engineering and mixing
- Scott Shields – layout design
References
- ^ a b c d Absence (CD). Dälek. Ipecac Recordings. 2005. IPC-056.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Absence at AllMusic
- ^ Pitchfork Media
- ^ Robertson, Alex (April 21, 2013). "Album Review - Dälek: Absence". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ^ Stylus Magazine
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ [3]