Asphalt for Eden
by D盲lek
- Type: Album
- Released: 22 April 2016
- Label: Profound Lore
- Country: United States
- Length: 38:09
- Community rating: 3.84/5 from 8 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Asphalt for Eden' marked the 2016 return of experimental hip-hop group D盲lek, their first full-length album in six years and a debut for the metal-focused label Profound Lore Records. The album fuses conscious hip-hop with a unique backdrop of noise, dark ambient textures, and shoegaze elements, continuing the group's pioneering sound. Crafted by the core of Will Brooks (MC D盲lek) and Mike Mare (production), with DJ rEK on turntables, the record is a dense, atmospheric work that explores societal frustration through a layered and abrasive sonic lens.
Genres
Descriptors: confrontational, conscious, distorted, monolithic, noisy, tense, rap, experimental, abrasive
Tracklist
- Shattered (04:23)
- Guaranteed Struggle (05:06)
- Masked Laughter (Nothing's Left) (06:59)
- Critical (03:58)
- 6bB (06:12)
- Control (05:58)
- It Just Is (05:33)
Credits
- Mike Mare - performance, writing, recording, production, mixing
- Will Brooks - mixing, recording, writing, production
- Rudy "DJ Rek" Chicata - turntables
- Carlos "Dev-One" Dorticos - backing vocals (track 1)
- Joshua Booth - keyboards, "musical guru" (track 6)
- Jeremy Winter - bass guitar (track 6, 7)
- Jesse Cannon - additional mixing
- Alan Douches - mastering
- Paul Romano - artwork
- Marko Burbano - album logo tag