DLEK – Brilliance of a Falling Moon – LP – Black Vinyl [MAR 27]

Description

LP – Black Vinyl

Experimental Hip-Hop legends dlek return with their latest full-length album, Brilliance of a Falling Moon. Taking its name from a section of Erik Larsons 2011 novel In the Garden of Beasts, the album paints a fiery portrait of life and resistance in fascist America.

Conceived, composed, and produced by Will Brooks (aka MC dlek) and Mike Mare, Brilliance of a Falling Moon is a sprawling, uncompromising record that speaks to the political timbre of the day. Recorded in the groups Deadverse Studios over the course of 2024 and 2025, Brilliance of a Falling Moons beats are propelled by brutal, dust-caked drum breaks and cloaked in an ominous, otherworldly atmosphere. Taking aim at everything from the States suppression of information to colonialism and Trumps demonization of immigrants, Brooks rhymes are practically burning with outrage at the current state of the world.

dlek 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 From Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots (2002), Absence (2005), Abandoned Language (2007), and Gutter Tactics (2009), dlek laid a template that added completely new textural and structural dimensions to rap music.

Tracklist:

Side A
1. Better Than
2. Knowledge | Understanding | Wisdom
3. Normalized Tragedy
4. Expressions Of Love

Side B
1. Substance
2. I AM A MAN
3. For the People
4. By the Time We Arrive in El Salvador