DILK

Jaime:  DILK is a project originally created by Espe and myself in 2018, after meeting each other in Barcelona, where we played together in another band called Vladivostok during the previous three to four years. After moving to Madrid, we decided to abandon Vladivostok and to form a separate project, dragging the essence of our previous band. Several months after the formation of DILK, Charles emerged from the need of a proper singer and guitarist.


You can stream / purchase DILK's new single 'Bad Habits' above! 
Jaime:  There are different theories about the origin of name “DILK”. I would say that the name “DILK” comes from the book Dilk and Ilk, which tells the story of an alien dog (called Dilk) that arrives to Earth by a spaceship and attempts to convince the Earth’s dog to ally with his planet as rulers of the universe.

Jaime:  We did not have particular expectations before the release of “Hardship”, but the reviews received from many other countries made us very happy. We have had very good feedback in general. However, we are a bit disappointed about the reception of “Hardship” in our own country (Spain). We think that maybe we don’t fit much here, I don’t know if it’s because of the culture or the lack of bands of the genre. Concerning your question about the electronic scene, we know that DILK has been played by electronic DJs in other countries, but I think we are currently more linked to the dark-wave scene rather than the electronic (i.e., EBM or techno) scene. But who knows, maybe I am wrong.
Jaime:  The single talks about the fact that we cannot shed our “bad habits” induced by society and its bad morals. We have no choice but to accept ourselves for who we are or what society has made of us, because it is too late to start over.

Espe:  About behavior patterns that harm us.


Jaime:  For 'Bad Habits' we decided to give an additional shoegaze / guitarish essence, in comparison to our debut album, but still keeping the electronic touch from DILK. Indeed, we learnt a lot from the production of “Hardship”. Especially, we learned to be more simplistic in the number of instruments and effects, which tended to be a mess while mixing in the studio. Javier Ortiz (from Estudio Brazil), gave us very good guidelines for our future productions.
Jaime:  In general, we tend to start from the beat first, but the music is then evolved and adapted to the structure of the lyrics. I send Charles and Espe a first draft of the composition, and then Charles incorporates the lyrics and guitars, and Espe composes the bass lines. I think we have a great collaborative environment. During our rehearsals each of us contributes with new ideas and we fine-tune our music compositions.
Espe:  About the name of the song; Jaime usually tells us the name of the song and from this idea the lyrics are made. This time was “bad habits” and I thought of bad behavior patterns.
Jaime:  our plan is to release a new EP with a bunch of singles. After 'Bad Habits' we will release another single in a short term, and then a pair of more singles so we will have material for an EP. Eventually, we would like to release a new album, but we still have too much work to do.

Jaime:  We have much stuff in the backlog. We have several milestones that we want to fulfill, but currently we are lacking time and resources, and the Covid situation does not help...
Jaime:  Many thanks for your interest in DILK, and we hope to see you very soon in Sweden. Until then, stay safe!