Dyko

Dyko is an electronica / synth pop band, which was founded in Frankfurt am Main, 2003. Head of the band is the Australian-born John Barrie Dyke.

History

The Australian artist John Barrie Dyke grew up in Melbourne, but since the early 1990s has been living in Frankfurt am Main. Here Dyko was founded in 2003. The music and the visuals used in performances are created in close cooperation with the German Christofer Jost.

Dyko touring regularly since its inception, and have been known to occur in more than 20 countries, including in Club B2 in Moscow, Club 103 and Club Maria in Berlin, at the Rote Fabrik in Zurich and at the Exit festival in Serbia and in framework of the initiative Germany - Land of Ideas in the Chinese - German POP Festival in Nanjing, where they, together with German bands like July 2raumwohnung, Tele and MIA. stood on the stage.

The music of Dyko reflects John Barrie Dyke special passion for the German everyday culture and language. Since 2007, therefore, the Goethe- Institut promotes the band stands out with more than 30 performances with up to 10,000 listeners, and sets Dyko worldwide as a kind of cultural ambassador for Germany. Concerts under the auspices of the Goethe Institute took place including Toronto, Estonia and Poland. In this case, the spread of German as a foreign language to be supported, for example, by an appearance at the conference "Languages ​​Without Borders " of the Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers ( CASLT ) in Edmonton, Canada. The release party for the single in proper place on 28 August 2009 at the Goethe Institute in New York.

An integral part of the performances are the red fitter similar suits, because Dykos operation is based on the Bauhaus concept of " designer as a technician " and the electro-pop and new wave of the 1970s and 80s. Especially bands like Kraftwerk, Nina Hagen, Ideal, Trio and David Bowie influence the work of the band.

Discography

  • 2007: Dyko - Full Length Album
  • 2009: Dyko - ok and highway featuring Wolfgang Fluer (ex - Kraftwerk )
Exit (Festival) Ideal (German band) Trio (Band)
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