Biography

For years, Dillon Lewis has been working in the music industry. Dillon Lewis is a multidisciplinary musician and has a good understanding of the vocation and knows how to meet the wishes of the music enthusiast. Dillon Lewis comes from a very musical family: his father was the first steelpan player to have brought the Caribbean sound to the Netherlands. His younger sister Berget Lewis is one of the most famous singers in the Netherlands. In addition, his two brothers Alvin Lewis and Rory Ronde are two critically acclaimed guitarists in the Netherlands. They are part of, among others, Wouter Hamel, Ladies of Soul, New Cool Collective, Ali B, et cetera.

Dillon Lewis belongs to one of the first break dancers (b-boy) of the Netherlands, which he became in the eighties. With his formation “Alex & the City Crew”, he belonged to the best known breakdancing act of the Netherlands and Europe.

In 1985, Dillon Lewis started his first live band ‘D-Extended’, followed by ‘New Jack Style’. As a producer and performer he scored his first top 40 hit ‘Special Girl’. During the late nineties, he became the band leader of ‘Food for Funk’. In this position, he and his family organized many several musical evenings at Panama and Paradiso, named ‘Soulservivors’. These events brought live music back to Amsterdam and in doing so, Dillon Lewis and his family created a platform for new singing talents to emerge. Through the years, Dillon Lewis has worked with many different artists.

In present day, Dillon Lewis works for several projects as a percussionist, bandcoach, MC, DJ, producer, composer, organizer and teacher. The highlights of his work are collaborations with Robin Thicke, Gloria Estafan, Sister Sledge, Ladies of Soul and Sheila E.

More artists to have worked with Dillon Lewis are:

Sylvana Simons / Shirma Rouse / Lois Lane / Angela Groothuizen / Johnny Guitar Watson / Beef / Candy Dulfer / Brainpower / Edsilia Rombley / Berget Lewis / Giovanca / DJ Erik E / Michelle David / Sabrina Starcke / Ladies of Soul