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Dillon’s New Video Mixes Gracefulness, Sadness, and Suspense
# Dillon’s New Video Mixes Gracefulness, Sadness, and Suspense As a new Electronic Beats staffer, I've been born (so to speak) into a legacy of Dillon-related content. We've run [cover stories][1]{: target="_blank"}, [Slices features][2]{: target="_blank"}, [live performances][3]{: target="_blank"}, and [past ][4]{: target="_blank"}[video premieres][5]{: target="_blank"} about the singer-songwriter, yet her latest video is my proper introduction to her work. "Lightning Sparked," a song plucked from her most recent LP, *The Unknown*,  opens with Dillon's girlish voice over melancholic piano keys and an implied beat held down by faraway percussive sounds. The clip is a long shot of a woman falling through empty space, and as the camera pans to different parts of her body---the wind pushing her hair against gravity, her back arching---there develops a sense of gracefulness mixed with sadness and permeated with suspense. So, I can see why Electronic Beats has kept such a close eye on this girl. Looks like I have some catching up to do---and I'll start with this: [1]: http://www.electronicbeats.net/features/interviews/d-strauss-interviews-dillon/ [2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx8-2ICbqIw [3]: http://www.electronicbeats.net/eb-live/dillon-live-at-electronic-beats-festival-zagreb-2012/ [4]: http://www.electronicbeats.net/video/video-premieres/eb-video-premiere-dillon-a-matter-of-time/ [5]: http://www.electronicbeats.net/video/video-premieres/eb-video-premiere-dillon-your-flesh-against-mine/ 
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      --></p><p>As a new Electronic Beats staffer, I&rsquo;ve been born (so to speak) into a legacy of Dillon-related content. We&rsquo;ve run&nbsp;<a href="http://www.electronicbeats.net/features/interviews/d-strauss-interviews-dillon/" target="_blank">cover stories</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx8-2ICbqIw" target="_blank">Slices features</a>, <a href="http://www.electronicbeats.net/eb-live/dillon-live-at-electronic-beats-festival-zagreb-2012/" target="_blank">live performances</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.electronicbeats.net/video/video-premieres/eb-video-premiere-dillon-a-matter-of-time/" target="_blank">past </a><a href="http://www.electronicbeats.net/video/video-premieres/eb-video-premiere-dillon-your-flesh-against-mine/" target="_blank">video premieres</a>&nbsp;about the singer-songwriter, yet her latest video is my proper introduction to her work.</p><p>&ldquo;Lightning Sparked,&rdquo; a song plucked from her most recent LP,&nbsp;<em>The Unknown</em>, &nbsp;opens with Dillon&rsquo;s girlish voice over melancholic piano keys and an implied beat held down by faraway percussive sounds. The clip is a long shot of a woman falling through empty space, and as the camera pans to different parts of her body&mdash;the wind pushing her hair against gravity, her back arching&mdash;there develops a sense of gracefulness mixed with sadness and permeated with suspense.</p><p>So, I can see why Electronic Beats has kept such a close eye on this girl. Looks like I have some catching up to do&mdash;and I&rsquo;ll start with this:</p>
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# Dillon’s New Video Mixes Gracefulness, Sadness, and Suspense As a new Electronic Beats staffer, I've been born (so to speak) into a legacy of Dillon-related content. We've run&nbsp;[cover stories][1]{: target="_blank"}, [Slices features][2]{: target="_blank"}, [live performances][3]{: target="...

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So, I can see why Electronic Beats has kept such a close eye on this girl. Looks like I have some catching up to do---and I'll start with this: . [1]: http://www.electronicbeats.net/features/interviews/d-strauss-interviews-dillon/ [2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx8-2ICbqIw [3]: http://www....