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When the former ballet dancer Danyx Simone and musician Dirk Henry decided to
start The Kokoon early 2000 in Berlin it wasn't clear for both of them how long
this journey would take and where it would go.
They both shared the same interests like their strong passion for so called
"art-house" films especially from the 60's (Godard, Truffaut, Antonioni, Fellini,
Kubrick etc.) as well as the same musical references like 70's Roxy Music,
Talking Heads, David Bowie or Siouxsie & the Banshees, just to name a few. From this background they've
started to create the sound of The Kokoon.
It's a music that combines both influences into a very personal, story telling
form, like little movies - always more than just a selection of songs and their
lyrics. It's carried by the versatile, often androgynous but also sensitive
character of Danyx's voice. The music varies from edgy to hard, smooth to sick
but never soft really. The Kokoon always leaves the standard, sometimes plays
with it to destroy it finally - like movies without happy end or with open end.
And they work slow. Three long-players in 10 years don't seem to be many but
every new album takes as long as it needs to feel right and they select carefully
from their impressions and inspirations until they start to work on recordings
and all visuals they always create on their own like cover artwork, web site and
videos.
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Berlin
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Erase
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