Length 57:07 Release date 8 February 2005 | Artist Dälek Label Daymare Recordings | |
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Released February 8, 2005 (2005-02-08) Recorded Sweetwood Sound and The Mayan Ruins, December 2003–June 2004 Producer MC Dälek, Oktopus, Still Absence
(2005) Abandoned Language
(2007) Genres Hip hop music, Experimental hip hop, Industrial hip hop, Noise music, Alternative hip hop, Ambient music Similar Dälek albums, Hip hop music albums | ||
D lek absence full album
Absence is the third album by alternative hip hop group Dälek, released by Ipecac Recordings in 2005. The album, according to the group, was recorded during a very dark and pessimistic time period for the group, which in turn resulted in the recording's dark, bleak sound.
Contents
Track listing
All tracks written by MC Dälek, Oktopus and Joshua Booth.
Reception
Upon its initial release in 2005, Absence received praise from many publications. Critics praised the album for its brooding sound and thought provoking lyrics. Treble magazine included the album in its list of '10 Essential Industrial Hip Hop Albums'. 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). Italian underground music magazine OndaRock also rated the album the 26th best of the decade.
Personnel
Songs
1Distorted Prose6:00
2Asylum (Permanent Underclass)5:49
3Culture for Dollars6:44