Dowdelin explores as a tireless ever moving trailbazer a path where Creole jazz, electronic dancefloor sounds and Caribbean percussions come together to create a unique Future Kréol feeling.
The Black Atlantic, title of an important work by Paul Gilroy, an English sociologist, states the theory that “there is a hybrid culture, which is neither African, nor American, nor Caribbean, nor British, but all that at the same time: the black Atlantic. ”
It is a world of cultural exchanges and incessant back and forth, where music is key/central. A universe of multiple and reciprocal borrowings that, aesthetically, sticks perfectly to Dowdelin, a Lyon-based trio exploring Afro-futurism in its Creolized form, plunging the traditions of the French West Indies into a great fountain of electronic youth glazed in jazz, in a way that few have so far.

The Dowdelin group is a new iteration of the musical adventures of David Kiledjian aka Dawatile, seasoned musician and producer. lyonnais producer. It is a window opened on the Creole music of today.

As an eternal pioneer, David marks with Dowdelin a new chapter in his fight against frozen categories in music, as showcased with his other projects his projects as well (Armad & Cyme, Plaster Cats, Fowatile, HILA) and his collaborations, including with Tigran Hamasyan, the jazz piano prodigy and custodian of the Armenian cultural heritage.