If


ever there was an artist who embodied the dual notions of sound and vision, Ipswich’s most dynamic export would surely be top of the list. DELS, aka Kieran


Dickens has in his armoury not just the ability to write insightful lyrics and make genre-busting music, but from his experience in graphic design, he understands how the different mediums of art are intrinsically woven. His headline slot for Norwich Sound & Vision comes as part of his UK Tour, and just after the release of ‘Capsize’, his latest single, which comes across as a ‘Ghost Town’ for a new generation and shares its release date in the same month the UK sees its unforgettable riot scenes. DELS talks to us about all of thi as we grab a little time with our East Anglian boy…


Now Kieran, I know we don’t even need to get any Norwich vs Ipswich trouble out of the way before we start, because you’re an Arsenal fan, aren’t you? Yeah, yeah, exactly, my Dad always wanted me to support Ipswich Town, but I refused!


Even though we’re parking the Ipswich thing on the football front, I have to say that we know, from being in East Anglia ourselves, that people don’t see it as an obvious place to spawn musicians of any kind. How do you see it, and did


12 /September 2011/ outlineonline.co.uk


Ipswich help you musically? Yeah, it did because I started making music with some friends of mine when I was a teenager. I wasn’t ever thinking about getting a record deal or pursuing a musical career, it was more out of boredom and wanting to create sounds and experiment, I guess. We were getting in to loads of different types of music that were coming out at that moment, in the breaks culture, it inspired us to keep making music. Tat kinda developed with me just because I started getting into other different genres of music.


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