Dimlite's "This Is Embracing" is dope music for the nonconformist minds. At this stage of his musical career, Dimitri Grimm (aka Dimlite) has to be filed alongside the works of 2tall, Daedelus and even Matthew Herbert. Born in 1980 in Switzerland, this guy has really taken matters to a new level with this album. After putting out his first 12-inch "A/DD" in 2003 and releasing both "Back to the Universe/In Groups to the Hydrandd" and "Runbox Weathers" two years later, Dimlite has painted different shades on his sound.
On tracks like "Lullaby For Gastric Ulcer", he gives vent to his inner circuits, stretching out the acrobatic qualities of his music. Dimlite makes tape hiss sound like melodic strings. He makes the beats go round and the glitches go nuts. Even if the dematerialization of art is not your prime concern, you have to come to terms with this record's warmth. Especially, the way it comes wrapped in static pleasure and the kind of beats you’d expect on an early cut of, say, Four Tet.
For instance, it's hard not to hear "Outernational Duet" as a statement. Like a laid-back urban tale of educated bohemia, where Dimlite and Gaby Hernandez, who is part of Carlos Nino’s (of Ammoncontact fame) Build an Ark and The Life Force Trio, rub balm on each other's backs – musically speaking, of course. But the real deal has to be "Sophisticated Youthpower", another endearing collaboration, where Dimlite rubs shoulders with Buddy Leezle, aka Buddy Leroy. It’s a spacey (and spicy) hip-hop tune for the wild at heart.
"Bougainvillea Chamber" is the sonic equivalent of one of Madam Tussauds' figures: a waxy number that wouldn't be out of place on the album Aphex Twin never did. Exactly, replicate if you can! It's a sparse, fractured track that somehow anticipates how gospel will sound like in the near future. No use in decoding these tiny rudiments though, these are just clues – sometimes senseless, mostly useless – for you to break into your usual retailer and grab this album.
But go figure yourself: turn off the lights in the room, press the play button, empty your mind, and let the music drive you. If you're a movie maker, maybe it's a nice inspiration to start writing your script. Besides, how many simultaneous pictures come to your mind when you hear "Cosmic Echoes in the Mockery Room" or even when you "Count Your Sunrises"? I don't know the answer, but I can assure you that Dimlite makes many breakthrough instrumental artists sound like obsolete, monolithic producers. But at the same time, he's not the kind of guy who would strut around like he owns the place.
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