Biography
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Born
12 April 1974 (age 50)
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Born In
Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Dyzack, moniker of Erik Hofland (1974), is a Dutch singer, songwriter, guitar virtuoso and one man band from The Hague, The Netherlands, who seems to have disappeared from and returned to the Dutch music scene a few times.
Having made a name for himself in The Hague's pub circuit (1992-1998), Dyzack finally lands a record contract in 1998 and records his début album, The Rat Dance Refizz, released to overwhelming critical acclaim in early 1999 and awarded a Dutch Zilveren Harp ('Silver Harp').
Dyzack gets invited for CMJ in New York, gets snapped up by Polydor and releases a sophomore album, Neurotic Jackpot (2000). The album has more of a band sound, but sales are disappointing (by Universal Music standards anyway). He gets dropped, the album bombs and Dyzack… seems to disappear from the public eye for the first time.
(In truth, he is making music for a children's stage play, composes campaign music for the Dutch Labour party and the Dutch 'Green Left' party, makes music for a Netherlands-meets-Morocco music project and what not… But as a recording artist he disappears off the radar for a while.)
In 2005 Dyzack returns with album number three, Somewhere There's A Monkey Laughing… and disappears again.
(He writes music for the Groenland stage play by the Vis à Vis theatre group and released the music on an 'internet only' album called Una Suna? (which is Inuit for 'What is this?') in 2010. The album gets a very, very limited CD release a while later.)
2011… and back is Dyzack. The personal and intimate self-released album This Mangy Soul comes out, he returns to the live circuit, puts out twin-EPs in 2014 (The Still Joy and The Loud Joy)… then disappears again from the music scene, although he's never really gone. He makes music for Meneer Monster, for example, arguably The Netherlands' coolest and edgiest theatre group for kids.
Fast forward to 2020, the year of Covid-19 and yet another return of Dyzack. He releases a song called 'Bravo Bandit!', followed by one named 'Lucid Locust'. Then there's one called 'Steady As I'm Waiting', then 'Tidal Taboo' and so on. Dyzack claims it's the start of a never-ending string of songs: "It's time for monthly singles, 'til the end of time."
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