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There is a contingent of hip-hop fans who have been impatiently waiting at least since Madvillainy for a record rooted in tradition that offers something just a bit more skewed and challenging. Abandoned Language is that album.
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Sounds are given room to breathe and interact, room to develop detailed relationships with each other, and therein lies Abandoned Language's most compelling facet.
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The album does what all great art does: guides its audience without giving them concrete answers (or even directions), forcing them to think for themselves instead of blindly following others, and eventually leading them, hopefully, to some kind of greater, albeit more complex, understanding of things.
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Alternative Press[Dalek] have harnessed their noise fetish into a sound that's more sedate, but just as unnerving. [Apr 2007, p.194]
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Abandoned Language is a much more direct affair than its predecessor.
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An absolute triumph from one of the most consistently forward looking hip hop bands in the world today.
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Dälek’s message is always expressed with eloquence and originality, and four albums in, they remain one of the most engaging, original acts in contemporary music.
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Under The RadarA hip-hop masterpiece. [#17, p.98]
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If Dälek didn't have all this discordant float working for them, they'd be one of the most irritating rap groups in history.
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Instead of creating a sense of intimidation through overpowering samples and sheer brute force, they realize it through a cinematic eeriness and minimalist disquiet.
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Q MagazineBizarre and not a little perverse. [Apr 2007, p.117]
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Ultimately Dalek's fragmented drone makes [rapper] dalek's tired wordplay obsolete, thereby redeeming Abandoned Languages.
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Abandoned Language is film noir compared to the group's previous claustrophobic slapstick, and unfortunately that newfound seriousness isn't such a good thing.
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Nov 5, 2010
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JosephFMay 14, 2007What kind of band name is Dalek? Someone's been watching too much Dr. Who... Exterminate!!
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SysTooLMar 17, 2007Another excellent album by DALEK. This is real hip hop, dark, ambiant and intelligent. You got to have a try.