New project of Will Brooks aka MC dälek

Genre : Hip-Hop ... Real Boom Bap and the ill lyrics.
Members : dälek & dj motiv
Hometown : Union City, NJ - US

Releases to come :
- 'I Got It' EP (Deadverse Rec / Drug Front Rec.)
- 'For the Ones' LP (Deadverse Rec / Drug Front Rec.)



iconAclass is the new project from MC/producer Will Brooks best known as dälek. As front person and co-producer in the group dälek he explored the left of center/ wall of noise world ala My Bloody Valentine meets Public Enemy on 6 studio albums.
iconAclass, his newest solo project, see him maintaining the gritty view of boom-bap he is know for, while returning to his roots.

For the Ones is pure hip-hop, hypnotic heavy beats serve as more than just a backdrop for this MC. They focus a spotlight squarely on the lyrics, and iconAclass has a lot on his mind!

Pushing forward into the new millennia with DJ Motiv providing the cuts, iconAclass is the next chapter for this ever evolving musician.

Avails : 2012 - venues & festivals

>> iconAclass press book <<


• Report on iconAclass in Tracks on Arte TV (december 2011) :



• iconAclass clip "Long Haul" :



• iconAclass "I Got It" :



In october 2011 will also be released 'The Written Word: The iconAclass Manifesto' (Create & Destroy Press), a collection of all iconAclass lyrics to date. Focussing heavily on the lyrical side of HipHop, Brooks' lyrics deal with everything from race relations to religion to corporate greed, putting a spotlight on the culture of HipHop itself with countless references to artists past and present. This book includes a foreword by Adam Jones (Tool), as well as contributions and quotes by the Melvins, Hans-Joachim Irmler (Faust), Charles Hayward (This Heat), and Prince Paul.

"A talent like dälek can't be limited by music alone... this book is necessary." - Prince Paul

"The Written Word is an extension of what makes dälek the incredible musical force that he is. It's a sense of understanding the world around him and translating that into an artistic statement that moves people. It's punk, it's HipHop, it's radical idealism done with a style so unique it can only come from a true visionary" - Iann Robinson



TOUR 2011 :
2011-10-11 : KRAKOW (PL) @ Unsound Festival
2011-10-12 : LYON (FR) @ Riddim Collision Festival - Sonic
2011-10-13 : GENEVA (CH) @ Le Kab
2011-10-14 : WINTERTHUR (CH) @ Kraftfeld
2011-10-15 : INNSBRUCK (AU) @ Pmk
2011-10-16 : LINZ (AU) @ Kapu
2011-10-17 : WIEN (AU) @ Das Werk
2011-10-20 : ZAGREB (CRO) @ Kset
2011-10-21 : LJUBLJANA (SLO) @ Channel Zero
2011-10-22 : MILAN (IT) @ Cox18
2011-10-23 : BIRMINGHAM (UK) @ Supersonic Festival
2011-10-25 : BRUXELLES (BE) @ Magasin 4
2011-10-26 : AMIENS (FR) @ La Lune Des Pirates
2011-10-27 : REIMS (FR) @ Cartonnerie
2011-10-28 : PARIS (FR) @ Glaz'Art
2011-10-29 : VENDOMES (FR) @ Rockomotives Festival
2011-10-30 : LA ROCHELLE (FR) @ La Sirène
2011-10-31 : NANTES (FR) @ Soy Festival
2011-11-01 : TOULOUSE (FR) @ La Dynamo
2011-11-02 : KORTRIJK (BE) @ De Kreun
2011-11-03 : BESANCON (FR) @ La Cour Des Miracles
2011-11-04 : LUZERN (CH) @ Sedel
2011-11-05 : LA CHAUX DE FONDS (CH) @ Bikini Test
2011-11-07 : LEIPZIG (DE) @ Zoro
2011-11-08 : PRAHA (CZ) @ Klub 007
2011-11-09 : BERLIN (DE) @ Cassiopeia
2011-11-10 : ROSTOCK (DE) @ Jaz
2011-11-11 : WEIKERSHEIM (DE) @ W71
2011-11-12 : BASEL (CH) @ Jolt Fest. at Gare du Nord
2011-11-13 : STRASBOURG (FR) @ Molodoï
2011-11-15 : HAMBURG (DE) @ Wash Fest. at Hafenklang
2011-11-18 : UTRECHT (NL) @ DBs
2011-11-20 : ANTWERPEN (BE) @ Kavka