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Dels

English artist, musician, and filmmaker

Kieren Gallear also known as DELS, is an English art director, recording artist, rapper, graphics designer, and filmmaker who signed with the Ninja Tune imprint Big Dada in May 2010.

01GOB (2011)

DELS has released three singles, "Shapeshift", "Trumpalump" (produced by Hot Chip's Joe Goddard) and "GOB" (produced by Kwes), in 2010 and 2011. His debut album GOB (2011) was produced by Kwes, with Micachu engineering two tracks and Joe Goddard three tracks. DELS met all three producers via Myspace when the social networking site was at its peak of popularity.

02Critical acclaim

DELS was described as the "Future of UK Hip Hop" by British national newspaper The Times in their "Ones to Watch 2011" list in January 2011. Paul Lester of The Guardian has complimented Dickins for his ability to set himself apart from many homogeneous hip-hop artists by sounding both languid and urgent. Lester has described Dickins as "Dizzee mixed with the Björk of Vespertina". DELS has received positive media coverage from BBC Radio 1 and 6 Music DJs such as Zane Lowe, Annie Mac, Huw Stephens, Reggie Yates, Huey Morgan and Lauren Laverne. DELS' single "Shapeshift" was listed by Dazed & Confused and Drowned in Sound as one of their top singles of 2010.

03Petals Have Fallen (2014)

Gallear's second album, Petals Have Fallen, was released on 3 November 2014. He said:

I met most of the people that contributed to this album on MySpace back in 2005. We had a page called "Loners", where myself and the likes of Kwes, Micachu, Ghostpoet, Sampha, Coby Sey, Elan Tamara and others were all featured. We always said that we'd do a proper album together eventually. Petals Have Fallen is probably the closest thing to that happening to date.

04Personal life

DELS is a fan of football club Arsenal and Japanese anime.

05Discography

Studio albums

EPs

  • Black Salad (2012)

Singles

Year Single Album Label
25 February 2008 "Lazy" Non-album single Moshi Moshi
23 August 2010 "Shapeshift" GOB Big Dada
29 November 2010 "Trumpalump" (featuring Joe Goddard)
25 April 2011 "GOB"
18 August 2011 "Capsize" (featuring Joe Goddard & Roots Manuva)
26 November 2012 "Bird Milk" (featuring BILA) Black Salad EP
26 November 2012 "You Live in My Head"
8 August 2014 "RGB / Fall Apart" Petals Have Fallen
23 October 2014 "Burning Beaches" (featuring Rosie Lowe)

Guest appearances

06Filmography

Music videos

  • "You Live in My Head" (DELS) 2012
  • "Right Thing" (Rosie Lowe) 2013
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Sources and credits

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