Death By A Thousand Cuts

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British electronic artist Ital Tek (born Alan Myson) has been steadily releasing material since the mid-2000s, his sound constantly evolving through forms of dubstep, IDM, ambient, and more. A longtime mainstay of the <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Planet+Mu%22">Planet Mu</a> label, he made his full-length debut with the dark, heavy breakstep of Cyclical in 2008. By the time he released Nebula Dance in 2012, his sound had become faster, brighter, and heavily influenced by footwork. He later moved further away from dance music with brooding, cinematic albums like 2018's Bodied and 2023's Timeproof.

Brighton's Ital Tek first appeared in 2006 on the download label Net Lab. The release was the Terminator 2 EP, five tracks with a heavy <a href="spotify:artist:6kBDZFXuLrZgHnvmPu9NsG">Aphex Twin</a> influence and samples of Arnold Schwarzenegger. In 2007 he introduced the deep dubstep sound that would become his signature when his "Blood Line" 12" dropped on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Planet+Mu%22">Planet Mu</a>. That same year, the Snippets collection rounded up unfinished works for Net Lab, while an appearance on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Planet+Mu%22">Planet Mu</a>'s 200 compilation, along with the 12" "Deep Pools" for the Square label, would make influential DJs like BBC Radio's Mary Anne Hobbs fans and advocates. Hobbs would feature Ital Tek on her 2008 Presents Evangeline collection, and <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Planet+Mu%22">Planet Mu</a> would release his debut full-length, Cyclical, that same year. The album's glitchy, distorted beats and thick yet spacy basslines struck a chord with listeners, leading to gigs throughout Europe and additional play from in-the-know DJs. The EP Massive Error followed on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Planet+Mu%22">Planet Mu</a> in May of 2009, and another EP, Mako, arrived on the artist's own <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Atom+River%22">Atom River</a> label in October. "Spectrum Falls" was the label's second release in May of 2010.

Ital Tek's second full-length, Midnight Colour, arrived on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Planet+Mu%22">Planet Mu</a> in June of 2010. Building from the previous album's complex U.K. garage beats and lush atmospherics, the album placed more of a focus on bright, touching melodies, and was generally lighter than its predecessor. The album track "Moment in Blue" was released as a single, including remixes by labelmates <a href="spotify:artist:1qykxtFM9KoTti5y3xV1uk">FaltyDL</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:1GbZUOowT6BhrI9QVoUniG">Ikonika</a>. The following July, Ital Tek released a digital EP titled Whip It Up, which applied his signature sound to wonky instrumental hip-hop. In September, he issued the four-song Amnesty EP, with all proceeds donated to Amnesty International. Whip It Up Remixes followed in October, containing reworks by <a href="spotify:artist:6enSWV1VuiPGbdCuS6GVfS">Boxcutter</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3rblB9Pm51uKd9uYPVPB7B">Om Unit</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:14gzNjY6efkIqRY4hAca6a">Blue Daisy</a>. 

In December of 2011, <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Planet+Mu%22">Planet Mu</a> released Ital Tek's Gonga EP, which included a remix by label founder <a href="spotify:artist:7AiamoV760pPGGM5PbOC6X">µ-Ziq</a> and signaled a shift toward faster rhythms inspired by Chicago's juke/footwork scene, but still contained the artist's vivid, expressive melodies. The 2012 digital EP The Planet (on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Atom+Nation%22">Atom Nation</a>) and <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Planet+Mu%22">Planet Mu</a> full-length Nebula Dance continued in this direction. Ital Tek then released the Hyper Real EP on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Civil+Music%22">Civil Music</a> in early 2013, followed later in the year by Control, a more jungle-influenced mini-LP on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Planet+Mu%22">Planet Mu</a>. The slightly darker Mega City Industry EP appeared on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Civil+Music%22">Civil Music</a> the following year. Two years later, a much darker and more brooding full-length titled Hollowed appeared on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Planet+Mu%22">Planet Mu</a>, followed by the companion EP Beyond Sight. Continuing his evolution beyond club rhythms, Ital Tek released the spacious, soundtrack-like Bodied in 2018. After the birth of his first child and moving away from the city, Ital Tek released his sixth full-length, Outland, in 2020, followed shortly by the EPs Dream Boundary and Seraph. Timeproof, an album which slowly developed during the COVID-19 lockdown, appeared in 2023. ~ David Jeffries & Paul Simpson, Rovi

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Yessssss....the machine and boot camp..finally...R.I.P. P!!respect from italy..

Tek over a daringer beat with con 🔥🔥🔥🚨📻

My bro can rhyme over any beat but he did what he do on this one

Sean Price and Roc Marci would kill this beat

Tracks fire. Need more collabs with BCC and GxFR

Hell yeah!! 2021 starting off good, for real....

TEK Stay Spitting Those Street Scriptures 🙏

Tek still repping all these years what up Fam!!!

&quot;Breakfast is served the killa dilla from the Stuy/All bwoy wan heaven but boy wahn die&quot; Still doing it. 👍🏾

"Breakfast is served the killa dilla from the Stuy/All bwoy wan heaven but boy wahn die" Still doing it. 👍🏾

Damn Tek u really holding it down 4 da camp now we need a new BCC Album

TEK JUST WRECKED THE INDUSTRY RIGHT HERE!!!! THIS MANS A LEGEND!!!! ❤️ ❤️ 🔥 🔥

Pulling out the army fatigues after hearing this 🔥

🎶❤️🎤 ... Respect from Poland ❤️🏀

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

I go way back wit this dude for real grew up wit him my brother for life i love you still keep doing ur thing boy we miss you out here bro one

Dope beat!! The game is rough and tough only the strongest survive! 👊💥🔥🔥💯

Some brothers starvin!! Their stomachs are touching their backs!! They be robbing!! Finger on the trigger so much The shit be throbbing! Sickest rhyme ever! 👊💥💯🔥🔥🔥

Some brothers starvin!! 
Their stomachs are touching their backs!!
They be robbing!! 
Finger on the trigger so much
The shit be throbbing!
Sickest rhyme ever!  👊💥💯🔥🔥🔥

excellent sound TEK !!!👌👌👌👍👍🔉🔉🎧🎧

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Official Lyric Video for The Machine and TEK featuring Conway The Machine. Produced by Daringer.

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TEK - The Machine and TEK ft. Conway The Machine (Official Lyric Video)

Official music video for Zero Kill by TEK featuring scratches from Statik Selektah. 

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TEK - Zero Kill (Official Music Video)

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Official music video by TEK of Smif-n-Wessun and Boot Camp Clik performing BKLYN Shootouts, flipping the hip hop classic "Shootouts" by Nas.

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Directed by ShotbyCisco (https://www.instagram.com/shotbycisco)
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TEK - BKLYN Shootouts (Official Music Video)

Official music video for Glory by TEK featuring Rome Streetz and produced by Wavy Da Ghawd. Video directed by MysterDL

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TEK - Glory ft. Rome Streetz (Official Music Video)

Official Music Video for CROWN by TEK of Smif-N-Wessun featuring Drawzilla. Produced by Drawzilla.

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TEK - CROWN ft. Drawzilla (Official Music Video)

The 2nd Single from FLA$H's EP "I'ma Die A King" featuring TEK & Innocent? 

F.I.T. (Flash Inno Tek)
Directed By: @Questgod

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TEK x FLA$H x Innocent? - F.I.T. (Flash Inno TEK) [Official Music Video]

Official Music Video for Death Iz Forever 2 featuring General Steele of Smif-N-Wessun and Havoc of Mobb Deep. Death Iz Forever 2, produced by Don Notz, is off TEK's 24kt Smoke album, which was released in 2010.

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TEK - Death Iz Forever 2 ft. General Steele and Havoc of Mobb Deep (Official Music Video)

Official Music Video for The Illest (Unbelievable), the first single off TEK's upcoming solo album, PRICELE$$.

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TEK - The Illest (Unbelievable) [Official Music Video]

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Official music video for TEK Shot Ya by TEK of Smif-n-Wessun.

TEK - TEK Shot Ya (Official Music Video)

🔊🔊 BEER TAPE MUSIC VIDEO 🔊🔊

HERE IT IS!!! 🎥🍻📼 

⚡️ BUCKTOWN HAZE ⚡️

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A @beer.tape Production Starring @teksmokeelah & @beerthuglife 
Directed & Edited by: @greggrips 
DP: @ryanthecameradude -  
Gaffer: @thisispierrehq
Projection Mapping: @david_dave_dee
Beat Produced by: @_sirplus_
Recorded & Mixed by: @bkdragonslair 
Cars provided by: @72topless @og_mellow_one
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Distributed by: @chelasmundial 
Project Manager: @_sirplus_
Admin Assistant: @lachinapoblana 

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TEK - Bucktown Haze (Official Music Video)

Smif-N-Wessun x Brady Watt = BUCKTOWN! #hiphop #brooklyn #bucktown #bradywatt

Official Music Video for I Don't Know by Voice Watkins and the Afro Project featuring TEK.

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Tek

Timeproof

Outland

Bodied

Hollowed

Control

Nebula Dance

Midnight Colour

Cyclical

Death By A Thousand Cuts

Blinding Void

Zero Point

Darking

Phantom Pain

Calitana's Handshake

Dream Boundary

Leaving the Grid

Open Heart

Deadhead