Takayo
Takayo | |
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General information | |
Genre (s) | Pop , jazz , folk |
founding | 1988 |
Website | www.takayo.de |
Founding members | |
Ulrich Schroedter | |
Kayode Eschrich | |
Bass , vocals, recorder |
Ulrich Mücke |
Current occupation | |
Violin, keyboard, recorder, vocals |
Ulrich Schroedter |
Guitar, vocals, accordion, recorder |
Kayode Eschrich |
bass |
Jan Kirsten |
Takayo is a band founded on January 1st, 1988 in Leipzig , which mainly plays melodic, acoustic instrumental music. The compositions are characterized by pop music, jazz and folk .
Surname
Takayo is also a Japanese female given name. The band name is derived from Kayode Eschrich's first name.
history
Takayo was founded in 1988 by Ulrich Schroedter (formerly with Passion , Dialog ), Kayode Eschrich (formerly with Dialog) and Ulrich Mücke (formerly with Passion, Caesar's rock band ). A short time later, the GDR radio produced the titles Diabolo , Skateboard , Bengalisches Feuer and Takayo . In July 1989, they toured the occasion of the World Festival of Youth and Students to Pyongyang . Guest performances have taken her to Cuba, Bulgaria, Poland and Hungary. After the reunification , the band continued to be successful. In 1991 Mücke was replaced by Jan Kirsten (formerly at Karussell ).
In 1994 Takayo took part in the Leipzig Opera Ball and played from 1996 to 1998 as a backing band with Gunther Schmache . In the 2000s, the violin playing of the "devil's violinist" Ulrich Schroedter was in the foreground. In addition to appearances under the name Takayo, the band has played in theater projects at the Uckermärkische Bühnen Schwedt since 1991 and appears as rockhounds with Andy One Voice . Dörte Simon (vocals) and Benno Jähnert (drums), with Karussell since 2009, occasionally strengthen the band.
Discography
Albums
- 1995: Diabolo (monopoly)
- 2009: fingertips
See also
literature
- Götz Hintze: Rock Lexicon of the GDR . 2nd edition, Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-303-9 , p. 287
Web links
- Official website of the band
- Interview with Takayo 2003
- Portrait at ostbeat.de ( Memento from May 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (archive version)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.sachsenrock-info.de/o_01/g_014.htm Interview with Takayo 2003, accessed on October 6, 2009
- ↑ http://jan-kirsten.magix.net/website/ Official website of the band, accessed October 5, 2009