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Meet HAYWARDxDÄLEK

Posted by Loren on October 15, 2025

Meet HAYWARDxDÄLEK
Meet HAYWARDxDÄLEK

A new collaborative record featuring MC dälekand Charles Hayward (This Heat) will release on Dec. 5 on Relapse Records, HAYWARDxDÄLEK, a double 2xLP/CD affair.

The project began via Samarbeta, a residency and artist development programme produced by From the Other in Salford, UK, with Hayward improvising on drums and synthesizer, alongside dälek on an SP-404 sampler and a iPad with sampling software.

HAYWARDxDÄLEK tracklisting:

1. Increments
2. Between the Word and the Drum
3. Breathe Slow
4. Salvage
5. Antiphony
6. Asymmetric
7. Sojourn
8. As Children Chant
9. Re-Evolution   

Meet HAYWARDxDÄLEK
Meet HAYWARDxDÄLEK

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