Dels

For the frozen lemonade brand, see Del's.

DELS
Birth name	Kieren Dickins
Also known as	Kieren Gallear
Origin	Ipswich / London, England
Genres	Hip hop
Occupation(s)	Recording artist, musician, rapper, graphics designer, filmmaker, art director
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	2005 (2005)–2015 (music) 2016–present (art director)
Labels	Big Dada, Ninja Tune
Website	DELS on Big Dada

Kieren Gallear also known as DELS, is an English art director, recording artist, rapper, graphics designer, and filmmaker born in Ipswich; he is currently based in London. Gallear signed with the Ninja Tune imprint Big Dada in May 2010.[1]

GOB (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.[2]

Critical 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.^[citation needed] 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".[3] 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.

Petals Have Fallen (2014)

Gallear's second album, Petals Have Fallen, was released on 3 November 2014. He said:[4]

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.

Personal life

DELS is a fan of football club Arsenal and Japanese anime.[5]

Discography

Studio albums

• GOB (2 May 2011)
• Petals Have Fallen (3 November 2014)

EPs

• Black Salad (2012)

Singles

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

Guest appearances

• Kwesachu Mixtape Vol.1 (2010)
• Eyesdown (Remix) (w/ Bonobo & Andreya Triana) (2011)
• Kwesachu Mixtape Vol.2 (2012)

Filmography

Music videos

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

References

1. "Big Dada DELS". London: Big Dada Recordings. 1 May 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
2. "Dels release GOB album". Musicremedy.com. 9 February 2011. Archived from the original on 19 April 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
3. Lester, Paul (13 July 2010). "DELS (No 824)". The Guardian. London.
4. "DELS on Big Dada". Ninjatune.net. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
5. "INTERVIEW WITH DELS". Outlineonline.co.uk.

External links

• Dels on SoundCloud
• DELS on Ninja Tune