We’d be surprised if you haven’t purchased Dimlite’s Grimm Reality already. But, just in case, we partnered up with AOL Spinner, who are hosting an album session on the eve of its release. Listen to this remarkable album in its entirety and if you like what you hear, well, do your part to support good music at your local shop or follow the links below.
Listen: Dimlite: Grimm Reality Album Session At AOL Spinner
Buy: Dimlite: Grimm Reality
Download: Dimlite “New, Better Pain.”
Egon just returned to Los Angeles from Madrid, where he spent two weeks hanging with the likes of WITCH’s “Jagari” Chanda, Brazilian legend Tom Zé and DOOM at 2011’s Red Bull Music Academy. In between interviewing Chanda, Zé and Erykah Badu – pictured above – he had time to sit down with Red Bull’s Spanish team to discuss future projects at Now-Again. Below, find a link to download his interview, which features exclusive tracks from forthcoming projects by the likes of the Heliocentrics and Dimlite, and music from forthcoming reissues by Indian 70s psych ensemble Atomic Forest and L.A. funk/soul combo Apple and The Three Oranges.
Download: Egon at Red Bull Music Academy Madrid
The Red Bull Music Academy brought WITCH’s bandleader Emmanuel “Jagari” Chanda to Madrid, Spain to discuss the history of Zambia’s Zamrock scene with Egon. You can watch the entire two hour interview below – and stay tuned for a two part Zamrock special on Red Bull Music Academy radio. We’ll post the links – we promise!
Link: Egon and Emmanuel “Jagari” Chanda at Red Bull Music Academy.
Buy it here
This compilation produced and annotated by Eothen “Egon” Alapatt.
Original Atomic Forest sessions produced by Atomic Forest .
Original Madhukar Dhas sessions produced by Madhukar Dhas.
Liner notes by Eothen “Egon” Alapatt.
Project coordination by Henoch Moore.
Photos and ephemera courtesy Madhukar Chandra Dhas.
Restoration and remastering by Dave Cooley for Elysian Masters, Los Angeles
Art direction by Errol Richardson.
Tracklist:
1. Obsession ’77 (Fast) 5:20
2. Locomotive Breath 3:34
3. Mary Long 3:17
4. Sunshine Day 4:28
5. I Saw Her Standing There 5:40
6. Obsession ’77 (Slow) 3:17
7. Butterfly Version 1 3:28
8. Theme From The Godfather 4:35
9. .Windmills Of Your Mind 2:58
10. Theme From The Fox 4:50
11. Butterfly Version 2 3:30
Bonus Tracks:
12. Booboo Lullaby 6:38
13. Man, You’re Number One 4:15
14. Going Home To Nowhere 3:44
15. Jeff Beck Excerpt 1:59
16. Foxy Lady 7:02
2LP/CD. 2011. NA5087.
Download high res cover art here.
Presenting the Swiss producer/electronic musician’s remarkable third album in a 3×10-inch record set and CD.
Now Again Records is proud to present Grimm Reality, the third album from our favorite Swiss electronic musician. Dimlite incorporates the techniques and artistic attitude of two of his alter-egos (Misel Quitno, a fanatic in low-fidelity electro-acoustic composition; the Slapped Eyeballers, a two-headed, world-rock-folk combo) to color a progressive sonic vision.
Titling his third album Grimm Reality might seem to point to a new autobiographical streak in this Swiss musician, but that would be too simple. It’s up to the listener to piece together a version of Grimm’s reality from mere hints: the wistful romance of “XY,” the tension and release of “New, Better Pain” and soon through every perfectly poised moment on this record. Likewise, looking for the remains of a hip-hop influence, or a connection to what’s happening on modern-day dance floors, won’t yield much here. The precedents that spring to mind are all cherished outsiders – Neu, The Residents, Beefheart, Philip Glass – footnotes in mainstream music history but, in an altogether preferable parallel universe, titans of the recent past.
This isn’t the patchwork of a tasteful record collector though – Dimlite eschews samples entirely, imbuing his music with the spirit of his heroes but never once grabbing for their sound. In so doing, he creates music that is highly singular and – despite its relatively ancient influences – altogether new. The album is presented across two formats, a custom, matte-finished digipak and as a deluxe 3×10” slipcase with original artwork by Anneka Beatty. The vinyl edition also carries an exclusive 7” single and a digital download code.
Buy: Dimlite: Grimm Reality
Download: Dimlite “New, Better Pain.”
