Dilemn
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Dilemn, whose real name is Gauvain Fargeot, is a French electro music producer, born in 1981 in Toulouse
(south of France).
education (piano and musicology
studies), Dilemn got interested in electro music through different music styles such as hip hop
, drum 'n' bass
, techno
, and breaks
before stopping on electro at the age of 22. Today, his music has an important electro basis, but it also gathers a little from other music styles. His influences go from rock
to hip hop, heavy metal
, classical, funk
and breakbeat
. This producer made himself a name in the “new French touch” giving himself body and soul to the underground electro movement and managing to absorb a maximum of sounds from different electro styles. He has already made tracks for inescapable producers like Tiga
, Boys Noize
, and even English breakbeat producers.
Toulouse
Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
(south of France).
Biography
Coming from a classical-musicClassical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
education (piano and musicology
Musicology
Musicology is the scholarly study of music. The word is used in narrow, broad and intermediate senses. In the narrow sense, musicology is confined to the music history of Western culture...
studies), Dilemn got interested in electro music through different music styles such as hip hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
, drum 'n' bass
Drum and bass
Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...
, techno
Techno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...
, and breaks
Breakbeat
In 1992, a new style called "jungalistic hardcore" emerged, and for many ravers it was too funky to dance to. Josh Lawford of Ravescene prophesied that the breakbeat was "the death-knell of rave" because the ever changing drumbeat patterns of breakbeat music didn't allow for the same zoned out,...
before stopping on electro at the age of 22. Today, his music has an important electro basis, but it also gathers a little from other music styles. His influences go from rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
to hip hop, heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
, classical, funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
and breakbeat
Breakbeat
In 1992, a new style called "jungalistic hardcore" emerged, and for many ravers it was too funky to dance to. Josh Lawford of Ravescene prophesied that the breakbeat was "the death-knell of rave" because the ever changing drumbeat patterns of breakbeat music didn't allow for the same zoned out,...
. This producer made himself a name in the “new French touch” giving himself body and soul to the underground electro movement and managing to absorb a maximum of sounds from different electro styles. He has already made tracks for inescapable producers like Tiga
Tiga (musician)
Tiga is the stage name of Montreal-born DJ/producer Tiga James Sontag . His album Sexor won the 2007 Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year.-Career:He graduated from Selwyn House School, a prestigious school in Westmount...
, Boys Noize
Boys Noize
Boys Noize is the stage name of Alexander Ridha, a German electronic music producer and DJ. It is similar to the name of Ridha's label, Boysnoize Records, which he established in 2005...
, and even English breakbeat producers.
Original Releases
| 2011 : Better Worlds (Boxon Records) | |
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| 2010 : The Terminator / Maximal (Future Perfect Records) | |
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| 2009 : Pressure / Pure Illusion (Hardcore Beats) | |
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| 2009 : The Dreamer / Flying Guitar (Future Perfect Records) | |
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| 2008 : Daylight (Bombtraxx Records) | |
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| 2008 : Cosmica EP (Boxon Records) | |
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| 2008 : 1st Class / My Rage (Silo Recordings) | |
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| 2008 : Audio Fight EP 02 (Big Splash Records) | |
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| 2008 : Pitiless (Plasmapool / Noize) | |
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| 2008 : Stopless (GooG Records) | |
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| 2008 : Namnasty / Body Shout (Hardcore Beats) | |
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| 2007 : Baguette EP (Turbo Recordings) | |
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| 2007 : Daylight / Time To Sing EP (Bombtraxx Records) | |
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| 2007 : Phyzicall / Check My Beat (Cyberfunk Music) | |
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Remixes
- 2010 : Utku S. - Be Yourself feat. NINA (Dilemn Remix) / Tapestop Music
- 2010 : Don Diablo - Who's Your Daddy (Dilemn Remix) / Sellout Sessions
- 2010 : Moshpit - Teenage Anthem (Dilemn Remix) / Boxon Records
- 2010 : Faces - Runway (Dilemn Remix) / Playwax Records
- 2010 : KS & Le Jad - Disco Megablaster (Dilemn Remix) / Plasmapool
- 2010 : Bone Machine - Spounge (Dilemn Remix) / Phonon Records
- 2009 : Gooseflesh - Insanely (Dilemn Remix) / Boxon Records
- 2009 : Dyebox - Catch The Looks (Dilemn Remix) / Boxon Records
- 2009 : Pro 7 - Mi Amor (Dilemn Remix) / Boxon Records
- 2009 : Autoslide & Seductions - Anger (Dilemn Remix) / 12.inch.recordings
- 2009 : Eclier - Alpha River (Dilemn Remix) / Boxon Records
- 2009 : Dro & Lodzy - Not Yet Now (Dilemn Remix) / Absolut Freak Records
- 2009 : We Are Terrorists - Ground Zero (Dilemn Remix) / Boxon Records
- 2009 : Miles Dyson - Minimal My Ass (Dilemn Remix) / Plasmapool
- 2008 : Far Too Loud - Screamer (Dilemn Remix) / Silo Recordings
- 2008 : Shadow Dancer - Cowbois (Dilemn Remix) / Boysnoize Records
- 2008 : Quest & Eskmo - Speakers Corner (Dilemn Remix) / Cyberfunk Records
- 2008 : J. Scott G - Nemesis 2008 feat. Shriekback (Dilemn Remix) / Libra Rising Music
Other Tracks
- "Modern Slave" is exclusively available on the compilation named "Edges : A New French Electronic Generation" from the label Because MusicBecause MusicBecause Music is an independent record label with headquarters in Paris and London. Because Music was founded in 2006 and has acts on its roster such as Mercury Music Prize nominated Metronomy and electronic duo Justice. Along with actress and songwriter Charlotte Gainsbourg and husband and wife...
and was released in 2010. - "Everybody" was released in 2010 on the compilation named "Best Of Boxon 2008-2009" from the label Boxon Records.
- A remix of Dilemn's "Cosmica" by Tom Deluxx was released in 2009 on the compilation named "French Attack! Volume 2" from the label Idol.
- "Questions", a collaboration with an artist called Imprintz, was released in 2009 on the compilation named "Feed The Culture" from the label Trust in Music.
- "Ghetto Town" is available on the compilation named "Superamerica" from the label Turbo Recordings and was released in September 2008.