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DILEMMA

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About Me

DILEMMA is a totally DIY band from Athens, Greece.The band formed at 16th of August 2002, by long time musical partners Sotiris and Poppy. The initial name of this band was 2Mautch.
DILEMMA is probably the first duet - band in Greece that appeared from the beginning in the alternative rock musical scene without the obvious form of 2 guitars, bass and drums. They introduced the saxophone, the flute, all kinds of guitars, string arrangments, drums/percussions, laptop and occasionally bass. Furthermore they are writting lyrics in English and Greek as well.
Their common themes are urban alienation, self-journey, love-and-loss, metaphysics, irrational violence of the modern world, dreams, nothingness, nature's violation. But in a way that make sense.
DILEMMA avoid any musical or artistic cliques. They produce music as long as they have complete freedom.
They have already performed to almost all the musical scenes in Athens.
DILEMMA present their own angle through their musical stories, their condensed musical fiction.
Listen to their music and enjoy it...
So be happy.
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INTERESTING LINKS
Bad Astronomy
The Huffington Post

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/2/2007
Band Website: coming soon
Band Members: SOTIRIS : voice, tenor sax, loops, piano
POPPY : voice, guitars, bass, laptop

+ friends (sometimes).
A big thank to all of them.

Album "PENDULUM"
All words, music, instruments,
performance, arrangements,
and production by Sotiris and Poppy.

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Previous gigs
(dates are in the form DD/MM/YYYY)

22/03/2002: Rock Cafe, Pireaus
01/12/2002: Cafe Alavastron, Athens
10/12/2002: Kiklos, Athens
27/01/2003: Mike's Irish Bar, Athens
26/12/2004: Who's Bar, Paris, France
12/12/2004: House of the Rising Sun, Athens
16/02/2005: Small Music Theatre, Athens
24/02/2005: House of the Rising Sun, Athens
17/04/2005: Alleycat, Athens
23/06/2005: Contemporary Rock Tunes, Day of Music, Athens
24/06/2005: Budgie, Lagonisi, Attica
06/11/2005: Small Music Theatre, Athens
04/12/2005: Alleycat, Athens
01/04/2006: Small Music Theatre, Athens
29/05/2006: Underworld, Athens
12/06/2006: Underworld
21/09/2006: Underworld
24/11/2006: Nude Bar, Athens
02/12/2006: Stigma, Athens
27/12/2006: Rodeo Club, Athens
24/01/2007: Lazy Club, Athens
15/02/2007: Alchemist, Athens
03/03/2007: Stigma, Athens
13/03/2007: Thira Technis, Athens
21/04/2007: University of Florence, Italy
28/10/2007: Ghost House (ghost upstairs), Athens
28/03/2008: Open Bar, Athens
11/04/2008: Ghost House (ghost upstairs), Athens
16/05/2008: Ghost House (ghost upstairs), Athens

Influences: MY MOTHER(Sotiris)

and ...
(Note : All the rest are appreciated only as artists
and nothing else)

Miles Davis
John Coltrane("Crescent", "A Love Supreme", " Giant Steps")
Radiohead ("O.K. Computer", "KID A", "Hail the thief")
Nick Cave (when he's not blabbing)
Tom Waits ("Swordfishtrombones", "Raindogs", "Frank's Wild Years")
Joy Division ("Unknown Pleasures")
Nick Drake ("Made To Love Music", "Pink Moon")
My Bloody Valentines ("Loveless")
Massive Attack ("Mezzanine", "100th Windows")
Cure ("Faith", "Wish")
Goth (excluding the antics)
Leonard Cohen
Louis Ferdinand Celine (o.k. without doubt)
Sherwood Anderson (all the way)
Cesar Vallejo (never dissapoint you)
(early) Ernest Hemingway
(early) Saroyan
(early) Gorky
Robinson Jeffers (on an on)
John Dos Passos ("U.S.A") (tough boy)
Artaud (when he gets hot)
Ginsberg (a few times)
J.G. Ballard ("The Atrocity Exhibition")
D.H. Lawrence

and anyone who may get us...
Sounds Like: emotional subway

Record Label: WRGA (With Respect to Genuine Artists)
Type of Label: Indie