Dels

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = DELS

| birth_name = Kieren Dickins

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| genre = Hip hop

| alias = Kieren Gallear

| origin = Ipswich / London, England

| instrument = Vocals

| years_active = {{start date|2005}}–2015 (music)
2016–present (art director)

| occupation = Recording artist, musician, rapper, graphics designer, filmmaker, art director

| label = Big Dada, Ninja Tune

| website = [http://bigdada.com/dels DELS on Big Dada]

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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.{{cite news |url=http://www.bigdada.com/artist.php?id=173 |title=Big Dada DELS |publisher=Big Dada Recordings |accessdate=21 December 2010 |location=London |date=1 May 2010 }}

''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.{{cite web|url=http://musicremedy.com/d/dels/album/gob-10630.html |title=Dels release GOB album |website=Musicremedy.com |date=9 February 2011 |accessdate=11 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419205639/http://musicremedy.com/d/dels/album/gob-10630.html |archivedate=19 April 2012 }}

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|date=February 2012}} 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".{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/jul/13/new-band-dels | location=London | newspaper=The Guardian | first=Paul | last=Lester | title=DELS (No 824) | date=13 July 2010}} 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:{{cite web|url=http://ninjatune.net/artist/dels|title=DELS on Big Dada|website=Ninjatune.net|accessdate=5 April 2020}}

{{blockquote|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.|sign=|source=}}

Personal life

DELS is a fan of football club Arsenal and Japanese anime.{{cite web|url=http://www.outlineonline.co.uk/content/interview-with-dels/interviews/109428/2482|title=INTERVIEW WITH DELS|website=Outlineonline.co.uk}}

Discography

=Studio albums=

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

=EPs=

Black Salad (2012)

=Singles=

class="wikitable"
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

class="wikitable"

Year

!Single

!Album

!Label

25 February 2008

|"Lazy"

| –

|Moshi Moshi

23 August 2010

|"Shapeshift"

|GOB