The amazing 2002 full length from avant/hip hop/noise/dub group Dalek, their first for Ipecac Records, on vinyl. From Filthy Tongue Of Gods And Griots showcases Dalek's incisive, raised-consciousness invocations backed by producer Oktopus' grinding, industrialized grooves and wall of sound assaults that are expertly constructed from shimmery, shoegazey guitar feedback, monstrous dub beats, table and sitar, ominous silence, and slabs of sculpted noise. Dalek's underground hip hop and apocalyptic rhythm constructs could be positioned somewhere near the Def Jux sound (Cannibal Ox / Company Flow) and Techno Animal's brute sonic force, but the way these guys take My Bloody Valentine style guitar noise, drones, and heavy industrial into new rhythmic areas is pretty freakin' unique. Excellent stuff, a must-have if you were into 2005's stunning Abscence album.