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Hi, welcome to my little music blog!
It all started back in middle school. During breaks between classes we would send each other music on our phones with infrared and bluetooth. First it was all pop and rock music, but soon I found out about dubstep and drum and bass. It changed everything for me. I had many mp3 players and ipods full of music. I started going to raves and music festivals. I enjoyed some house, hiphop, techno and even psytrance. It's been a journey and after many years I am still so excited to hear new beats and melodies. I've been constantly reposting my favourite tunes for everyone to enjoy with me! Music just makes me so happy and I am glad if I can make you happy too! Besides partying I listen to music while at work, at home, on the streets or in gym. Basically all the time.
Most of all, I love drum and bass. Mainstream, liquid, rollers, jump up, neuro, jungle... you name it. I have dug deep into the world of drum and bass. This page probably has over 10,000 drum and bass tracks reposted by me that I really enjoyed. A few years ago, my friend invited me to a festival in Belgium, and I fell in love with heavy dubstep. After that, for 2 years straight, I was obsessed with it and even made another page for reposting. I found out about genres like riddim, wave, and trap. At one point I didn't want to know anything about it and deleted the page! Right now this is the only page I use. Maybe one day I will return to drum and bass, but lately I've been feeling crazy and reposting other stuff too. I love good music; I don't care what you call it, and I love to find inspiration in different genres.
For some time I was really into deep house. I love to shuffle (dance). I don't mind some bass house. Slap house? I love that. Club house, G-house, melodic house, electro house, progressive house, and yes, even tech house... whatever. I love house music!
I love big festival music like trap and hardstyle, but I also know what underground techno means. I love hardcore, and sometimes I love chillout.

Have a good day,
Villem

PS: I really love to dive into other genres but the freakin soundcloud 2k following limit is so annoying! Do i really have to make a new account for each genre? I got big love for over 10k DJs.

Live in Dunedin, New Zealand. Enjoy mellow sips.

Deep Industrial techno

The drums are beating under the surface...

footwork, halftime, hip-hop and all things chill and bass-y

Since she first opened a DAW, 29-year-old Piper Hewitt-Dudding, aka Dilemma, has seen support from all corners of drum and bass. She brings fresh musicality and versatile production with a unique tone. Her sound is instantly recognisable and with each new release she continues her upward curve in the scene.

Dilemma has released on labels ranging from Lifestyle Music all the way to Flight Pattern. Her journey started on Skankandbass’ free download series with ‘Binary/Circumspect’ - the latter track gained airtime on Friction’s BBC Radio One show and the release itself garnered support from the likes of Calibre, DLR, Mistanoize and many more. Since her debut, Dilemma has found herself most at home on Pola & Bryson’s Soulvent Records, having most recently released the four-track stunner Exit Stage Left, which saw support from LTJ Bukem, London Elektricity and S.P.Y among others. The title track saw a feature on bass music giant UKF’s YouTube channel, as well as its Spotify playlists - the track now has a combined 700,000 streams. 

A particular love for liquid and techy, rolling drum and bass is evident in Dilemma’s productions. However, she draws inspiration from an array of different genres ranging from grunge to hip hop, industrial to psychedelic rock. As a result, her productions have a rare and infectious musicality to them, seizing ideas from a diverse pool of genres into a new, drum and bass context. This, paired with an earthy tone and love of early 2000’s liquid, means Dilemma’s productions continue to surprise even the keenest listener.

Dilemma’s work has seen support from around the world as well as the UK, with her productions having airtime on BBC Radio 1, Bassdrive and Rough Tempo to name a few, as well as inclusions on the revered Drum&BassArena yearly compilations in both 2018 and 2019. With historical support from Random Movement, BCee, Skankandbass and Soulvent Records, the list of DJs rolling out Dilemma tracks in the rave is only getting bigger.

Pre-Covid, Dilemma was making moves in the Let It Roll and Hospitality circles, appearing on the main stage of the 2019 iteration of Hospitality on the Beach in Croatia, and Let It Roll’s sold out UK and Prague events. Alongside this, she made her sophomore appearance at the legendary fabric in early 2020 and was part of UKF’s 10-year celebrations in south east London’s Studio 338, later returning to its main stage for Hospitality BBQ.

The last year has seen Dilemma continuing on her Hospitality streak at Motion Bristol, Concorde 2 Brighton, Hospitality Weekend in the Woods, and the Albanian iteration of Hospitality on the Beach. She has also showcased her varied DJing style at Worried About Henry’s O2 Academy Leeds event, enjoyed a prime-time spot celebrating 20 Years of Critical Music at Motion, set the stage for Fabio & Grooverider at Chase & Status’ RTRNIIDNCE festival, and made her Netherlands debut at liquid giant Liquicity’s Springfestival.

With many more bookings on the way including a return to Liquicity in the summer, Dilemma is sure to continue her upward curve, with many respected eyes watching this budding artist.

Bookings: andy@aptitudetalent.co.uk
Enquiries: piper@dilemmadnb.co.uk