Jayney Klimek


Jayney Miriam Klimek, is a Berlin-based Australian-born singer-songwriter.

Early years

Jayney Miriam Klimek was born on 18 August 1962 and grew up in Melbourne. Her father, Alfons Klimek, and mother, Luisa née Cester had eight children: Eugenia, Lydia, Naomi, Greta, Alfons junior, Robert, and Jayney and her twin brother, Johnny. Johnny is a successful Hollywood composer. Their cousins Nic Cester and Chris Cester are founding mainstays of Australian hard rockers, Jet. Klimek studied classical singing and acting at the National Theatre, Melbourne and at John Gauci School of Film. In 1984 she relocated to Berlin to join her two brothers, Alf and Johnny, where they had formed The Other Ones with three local musicians.

Music career

Jayney achieved chart success with The Other Ones. "Holiday" spent 20 weeks in the European Top Ten.
Collaborations include work with Tony Banks on two of his solo albums Bankstatement and Still, Tangerine Dream, Paul van Dyk, Alphaville, the French band from Bordeaux XII Alfonso.
Jayney co-wrote and performed lead vocals on Digital Tenderness Terranova.
In 2005 she formed You Pretty Thing with Andreas Schwarz-Ruszczynski.
Their Single "Push It" has become the longest running No.1 played track on RadioEins.
In 2014 she released her first solo album "Awake" on Inflatable Records. The album was recorded in Berlin and London and produced by Gareth Jones.

Film career

In 2016 Jayney made her acting debut in the Austrian film :de:Hotel Rock’n’Roll.
She is slated to appear in the film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 in 2017.