Dyk Vojtech: DYK - CD

Vojtěch Dyk recorded his solo album D. Y. K. in New York. He surrounded himself with top musicians, led by Grammy winner Ondřej Pivec

The singer praises the recording for pushing him out of his comfort zone and allowing him to dive into a world without limits. The first taste was the playful and danceable single Mr. Beat, inspired by Rowan Atkinson and the character Mr. Bean. Other singles followed, including the track Phone Song, accompanied by an exceptional music video.

The album was created entirely in New York in collaboration with Ondřej Pivec, who has a Grammy award for his album with Gregory Porter. The acclaimed musician, who has lived in New York for ten years, also invited his band Kennedy Administration to the recording process.

“I’d been toying with the idea of recording an album abroad for about nine years. I wanted to break out of the comfort zone of the Czech Republic, where I know almost everyone in the music industry, and move a step further into my authorial core, my musical universe, into a world without limits. Thanks to Ondřej Pivec and Kennedy Administration, I created my uncompromisingly free CD in New York,” says Vojtěch Dyk, who has long been musically associated mainly with the Brno-based B-Side Band led by Josef Buchta, explaining the new release.

“When Vojta approached me some time ago about collaborating on a new project, I had no idea how extensive and artistically fulfilling the work ahead of me would be. The combination of Vojta's natural talent, the New York musicians, and the environment I could provide has, in my opinion, resulted in an exceptional and unusually high-quality project by European standards, which has the potential to go down in music history,” adds Ondřej Pivec.

“I was thinking about what genre I actually make, and I found that it can't be clearly defined. So I told myself that if the album is to be truly from me, it must be diverse, which it is,” Dyk comments on the album's variety. Thanks to the members of the Kennedy Administration, the album is infused with authentic influences from American culture, pop, jazz, and soul, and many tracks are built on the Hammond organ, which Ondřej Pivec masterfully plays.

Tracklist

Intro / D. Y. K / If I Lose / Phone Song / Real / Mr. Beat / A Bathroom break / You Don't Know Who I Am / Here I Am / How Come / Mercedes intro / Mercedes / A Million Lives / Recorded at: Grand Street Recording Inc. Brooklyn NYC by Jake Lummus / Mixed by Bassy Bob Brockmann / Mastered by Vic Anesini & Ken Wallace / Produced by Ondřej Pivec (Ondre J), D. Y. K