On stage, Dahlke operates his computer/synthesizer hardware by the movement or the pressure of the hands, with Thunder and Lightning, two controllers built by Don Buchla.

[2] Dahlke collaborated on several films of director Rainer Kirberg, with Der Plan in The Last Revenge (1983) and Grottenolm (1985) and in 2011 as sound designer in Das schlafende Mädchen.

On the follow-up Ausland (1981) he worked with a list of Ata Tak associated guests including his Der Plan colleagues and Holger Hiller.

The songs range from experimental electronica to synth-pop, where Wunderland (1984) became his most playful, melodic and popular effort with references to world music.

[9] The two labels have been a fulcrum of the German Post-punk/ Neue Deutsche Welle scene, with releases of artists like Der Plan, Lost Gringos, DAF, Die Zimmermänner, Holger Hiller, Andreas Dorau, S.Y.P.H., Die Tödliche Doris, or Minus Delta T. Later on Ata Tak e.g. released The Bad Examples, Element of Crime or 1993 the first album of Oval.