Artist: dalek

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Illustration by champoyhate If German progressive rock bands of the early 70s were members of the Weasley family from Harry Potter, Can would be Ginny Weasley, Cluster would be Bill, Kraftwerk would be Percy, and Neu! would probably be the one who studies dragons ... but undoubtedly, Faust would be the twins. The sly pranksters of the Krautrock set (who hate the name 'Krautrock'), Faust have always been known for musical larks, marketing scams, and instrument destruction across a career that's spanned 40 years and seriously nurtured the fame of billionaires and redheads in [...]

There are various little moments that stick out from when I was a child. Accidentally smashing the front room television is one – my Dad was not best pleased; nearly getting hit by a car is another – my Mum chastised me for that one. I even remember my thrill as Sky broadcast the Transformers film at 6am one Christmas Day morning – neither parent displayed much pleasure at the early call. But

The only thing that sucks about these battery-powered Daleks , which kids can ride in, and oh yeah, come with ten stock phrases, including "We are the superior beings!", "Seek, locate, annihilate!", and of course "Exterminate!", is that there isn't a comparable toy T.A.R.D.I.S. To date, the Power Wheel was always my, "Shit, I wish I had one of those as a kid" toys, but now it would have to be these ride-in Dalek. It can travel almost two mph and rotates 360 degrees. Sadly, it [...]

R. LOREN STRIKES AGAIN: WHITE MOTH'S S/T OUT TOMORROW, STREAMING NOW Alec Empire:" This is one of the darkest projects I have ever been involved in...it's intense...I loved working with those guys! This is very rare stuff...try to grab it while it's still out there...the guys from crustcake.com couldn't have described it better...read below." "Not so long ago, we gave you the heads up on Sailors with Wax Wings , the new project from R. Loren of Denton shapeshifters Pyramids . Well, Loren has another project [...]

There are innumerable reasons to love Newark, NJ duo dälek : the skillful crossover appeal they engender with progressive metal fans, the lonely furrow they plow from the often generic mainstream of hip hop, the overwhelmingly dark layers of the sound, the fact that Mike Patton likes them enough to sign them to Ipecac...my fan boy cup runneth over. So it was with some degree of excitement - and, yes, incredulity - that I read an understated submission for Oktopus, the [...]

The duo of Dose One and Jel return with a full length remix album enlisting some of the best independent producers out there now. Seems like the Anticon camp is as strong as ever. Peep this Themselves track remixed by the blaptastic duo Lazer Sword ! Themselves - You Ain't It (Lazer Sword Remix) You Ain't It (Lazer Sword Remix) 1 Download via XLR8R Official tracklist after the drop! Themselves 'CrownsDown & Company' Out [...]

• Themselves - You Ain't It (Lazer Sword Remix)

Brooklyn-based producer, Jacob 2-2, just hit us with a remix for hip-hop outfit Dalek and there is No Question regarding it's delivery. Electrofunk and future-hop beats with playful melodies, 8-bit noises and slippery PBS synths. He recently completed a new (and the first) 4 song EP entitled Gifted Child that you can grab here. MP3: [...]

• Dalek - No Question (Jacob 2-2 Rmx)

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They're just kinda meandering through life, kinda bouncing from one thing to the next, like we all are. We start out empty and just kind of fill ourselves up along the way. Spit out shit, pick up new shit. - Dalek on his Space Monkey Character With influences ranging from early American animation to classic Expressionist painters, Dalek 's work is highly character-driven with a distinct design orientation. For this feature, Ricky Powell and Dalek discuss the development of his "iconic Space Monkey character" while getting an interior look at his [...]

Et voila, the top 10 albums that graced these here stereos this year, a mere week behind planned schedule. Happily spanning my preferred genres more widely than last year and with some old favourites rubbing shoulders with some new folks, 2009 was a diverse, healthy year for good music releases. 10 [...]

This summer is HOT! +++Breaking News: ALEC EMPIRE joins NINE INCH NAILS on European dates!+++ +++ Legendary band FAUST asks Alec to come out and rock the electronics at KLANGBAD FESTIVAL! (August 8th, alongside Dalek, Unit Möbius, Cluster, Harmonia and more!)+++ +++In case you have missed it: Check out link for Alec Empire's remix for Patrick Wolf single "Hard Times" click [...]

BKRW Interviewed Dalek just before his show with Mike giant opened and got to talk to him about his new style, tattoos, sneakers and what inspires him. It's pretty dope and gives you a really good look into Dalek's style. In case you don't know, Dalek was an assistant to fame pop culture artist, Takashi Murakami for a number of years. During his apprenticeship, he developed his distinctive style of strong colors separated by geometrical shapes. He also created the iconic space monkey character that became a main staple of his art, which looks like [...]

Illustrator/Photographer/Paint er Dalek sits down with the good people of BKRW to speak on various subjects ranging from sneakers to Tattoos to seeing his art in museums.... Those pieces are dooope!

Eat Your Heart Out News ! "THE WHOLE WORLD SEEMS TO BE ON A BAD DRUG" Alec Empire , taken from Control Drug of SHIVERS Hey! It's spring 2009! flowers start to grow...slowly but surely! The Golden Foretaste of Heaven Film by Richard Wilhelmer went down like a storm at Los Angeles David Lynch screening "Engine Collision Fest" and Austria's "Diagonale" Film Festival. watch the trailer [...]

My original review for this dark, brooding slice of left field hip-hop was cruelly consigned to the digital dustbin in the wee hours of Saturday morning. Suffice it to say that my faith in the auto-save option is now to be replaced with obsessive-compulsive pasting into Notepad and back again once I've finished. Part of my spiel, however, was about cutting down the length of reviews (and subsequently getting more completed), so perhaps this was a (harsh, frustrating) way of modifying my scribblings. [...]

During Fennesz's paint-stripping set at the Mike Patton-curated ATP in Minehead last December, Oktopus from Dälek could be seen down front nodding his head with the rest of us. And why shouldn't he? Both Fennesz and Dälek have been fortifying their own walls of sound in live performance in recent years, using some [...]

• No Question » 02-no-question.mp3

Just Released, Take A Listen Albums are back out in full force now and you can listen to some fresh stuff for free. The Boss, Of Montreal Remixed by Jon Brion, The Bird and the Bee, Kylie, John Cash Remixed,...

Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band contains Benjamin Verdoes and his 13 year old brother Marshall. A 13 year old? Now I feel old. The band's full length on Dead Oceans was co-produced by Scott Colburn (of Animal Collective and Arcade Fire fame). A recent news posting on Dead Oceans namechecks Wolf Parade , Modest Mouse , Pixies , Thin Lizzy , and Queen when talking about the band's sound. That's quite a list. A 13 year old? Get ready for some indiepoprock. Downloadable: "Anchors Dropped" (scjag mp3) [...]

This is what Sage Francis might sound like if he was black and didn't mind covering up his cocky, intelligent hip-hop poetry with more noise. These beats are dark, experimental static like something Gang Gang Dance or Teith might do (yeah, I'm name-dropping like a true hipster douchebag), except someone is rapping over them. It's not the first time someone has taken experimental electronics and turned it into hip-hop, and it won't be the last, but I like where this is going.