Also Known As: Dimitri Grimm, Dimlite, Hugo Sonia, Misel Quitno, etc

Swiss producer Dimitri Grimm recorded the 4-song My Human Wears Acedia Shreds EP for Now-Again at his creative peak way back in 2011.  

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If Dimlite’s Prismic Tops EP served as a stunning reintroduction to one of electronic music’s most underrated talents, then My Human Wears Acedia Shreds is a warning to listeners and peers alike: keep up or be left behind. This quartet of songs finds the Swiss producer creating wide-eyed and progressive music that synthesizes free jazz, prog and krautrock, and much more. 

While the enigmatic producer Dimitri Grimm (who records using various handles including Dimlite, Hugo Sonia, Misel Quitno, Kink Artifishul, Dym quell Holo, The Slapped Eyeballers, etc) built his reputation with a string of pioneering releases on Germany’s Sonar Kollectiv label that took hip-hop as their starting point, by 2011, Dimlite was more Soft Machine than drum machine, a kindred spirit of purveyors of avant-pop such as Panda Bear, and the playful prog giants of the past. This quartet of songs contains a richness that makes these some of the most satisfying compositions recorded under the Dimlite alias. Just check “Metal Snake Rider”, an expansive opus packed into just over three minutes of non-stop invention.

At times it’s even pretty, though Dimlite seems uneasy about the beauty he creates, never allowing anything too perfect to take shape before clipping its wings or trampling it back into the dirt. It’s this tension in his music that makes it so captivating: a constant tussle of wills between the dreamer and the cynic, the traveller and the trapped. Just check “Loins” (listen below) in which his drumming alter-ego Misel Quitno thumps out a brutish ode to Can while Dimlite’s celebratory harmonies are taunted by the anxious squall that lurks beneath. Though ask its creator and he’ll tell you simply, “it’s about loins and using them properly”.

By the time you have adjusted to the dream-world of My Human Wears Acedia Shreds, Dimlite will pull the plug, dropping you back into your monochromatic doldrums. It’s OK though. As you unravel the secret code in EP closer “Gone-O-Tron”, you’ll know it’s not forever. 

Since retiring the "Dimlite" handle in 2012, the mysterious sound designer has kept busy, releasing music digitally as "Dim Grimm" between 2013 and 2023 which you can check out here. Perhaps some shrewd label boss will see the value in compiling his finest moments from the decade on vinyl. In a surprise move, Mr. Grimm reverted to his passport name Dimitri Grimm for a series of "musical posters" collected under the title "For Beauty's Source" available digitally here. 

There's likely more to come. We've heard from a reliable source that even after the Dimlite name was mothballed, our man continued recording new Dimlite material at his secret home retreat, quietly stockpiling the experimental new work for some future release. Until then, we can still enjoy some of his finest work as Dimlite preserved for posterity on the 4-song EP, My Human Wears Acedia Shreds, available via Now Again right here. Listen to a few tracks below followed by a couple of Dimitri's more recent mixtapes from 2022.