The beginning of the Mindstrip history was rather accidental in 2009 when Chris improvised on his acoustic guitar and Marco contributed spontaneously some lyrics. Straight away it was obvious to both that from this jam session had to become more.
In earlier days Chris played guitar for the rockband Someone's Sons. His play was influenced by bands like The Church and The Chameleons. Marco had published two albums as a singer and keyboarder with the Electro-Duo Twin Machine.
The coalescence of electronic sounds, guitar melodies and melancholy vocals was quickly named as: Mindstrip.
In the same year the duet became a trio. In search of a sound tinkerer and programmer to give the songs the last grinding Marco thought of Dirk, a comrade-in-arms from old days with whom Marco had collected live experiences in the 90ies with his first band, Dekalog, III.
Since then they contributed several songs to compilations. The first gigs Mindstrip played 2011. The press describes the liveshow of the band as a mixture of psychedelic rock and synthipop with electronic sounds and multimedia-show. 2013 Mindstrip was the openening-act for Men Without Hats in Berlin.
The first EP “Beautiful Liar will be released in Mai 2013, the album “Polymere” currently is in process.
Mindstrip - Cast
Marco Dames - Vox, Electronica
Chris Kobilke - Git, Vox
Dirk Wisny - Electronica, Bass, Percussion
http://www.mindstrip.net/en
