Music Montag: Dillon
by James Glazebrook
What we do know: Dillon is based in Berlin, but with the real name Dominique Dillon de Byington, probably wasn’t born here. She plans to release her debut album, This Silence Kills, on the palendromic date of 11/11/11. DJ Koze likes her: “She sings comfortably imperfect and true. She has character.” We like her.
We think Dillon sounds like this: the whimsical naïveté and alt-folk weirdness of CocoRosie, plus the more straightforward pop sensibility of Lykke Li, with the post-club residual rushes of Glasser and Bodi Bill (see a video of Dillon covering Bodi’s “Willem” live). Album closer “Abrupt Clarity”, unfortunately not yet public, is essentially an update of Björk’s “Hyperballad”.
We know Dillon sounds like this: download “Thirteen ThirtyFive”, or listen to it below.
Dillon looks like this:
To find out (a little) more about Dillon, visit dillon-music.com. Or wait to hear This Silence Kills, out on BPitch Control on November 11th, for yourself.
This article originally appeared on Bang Bang Berlin.
[…] pretty incredible, with British bands Blur and the Pet Shop Boys joined by relative newcomers Savages and Dillon, as well as a huge contingent from Ed Banger Records and local heroes Ellen Allien […]
very strange style of music but i must admit it captivated me to listen all the way thro finding it very different to mainstream stuff but very nice and thoughtful to listen too.
Glad you gave it a try! That’s actually the least weird song on the album. What can I say? I like difficult listens!