Stanley Brinks (Herman Dune) vuelve a Barcelona en Marzo con un concierto intimista!
El cantante francés de indie folk Stanley Brinks, también conocido por el dúo Herman Dune, vuelve a Barcelona para el estreno del proyecto Vinil(o) Drops en un concierto íntimo. Además de sus bellas composiciones, Brinks también viene acompañado por Freschard, cantante francesa que comparte proyectos regularmente con él. El grupo barcelonés Boletaire, formado por dos brasileños y un portugués, serán los teloneros.
Vinil(O) Drops
Presentamos Vinil(O) Drops, una propuesta de pequeños conciertos por la ciudad de Barcelona que apuesta por la música alternativa e independiente creada tanto por artistas emergentes como por otros ya consagrados en el panorama musical. El proyecto es una colaboración curatorial entre el bar Indie Rock, ubicado en el barrio de Gracia, Vinil(o) y la Cooperativa Cultural L'Occulta, ubicada en el barrio del Raval. Para la primera edición, el 10 de marzo, traemos al dúo francés Stanley Brinks (Herman Dune) y Freschard y los teloneros Boletaire, de Barcelona.
Qué: Vinil(O) Drops
Quién: Stanley Brinks (Herman Dune) & Freschard + Boletaire.
Cuándo: 10 de marzo de 2023. Apertura de puertas 21:00h
Dónde: L'Occulta. Carrer de Vistalegre, 18, Raval - Barcelona
Stanley Brinks
Born in Paris, Stanley Brinks studied a bit of biology, and worked as a nurse for a while. Strongly inclined to travel the world, he soon started spending most of his life on the road, and developed a strong relationship with the city of New York. He also played the soprano sax (among other instruments) in jazz bands. He finally became a full time singer-songwriter – as André Herman Düne – in the late 1990's.
He recorded several albums and Peel sessions with his three piece indie-rock band, Herman Düne. After a decade of touring Europe, most of the time in the company of American songwriters, he finally settled in Berlin, Germany. There he developed a taste for the early carnival music of Trinidad, and in the early 21st century he became the unquestioned master of European calypso, and changed his name to Stanley Brinks.
Performing solo with a guitar or a clarinet most of the time, he also toured and recorded a lot with the Wave Pictures, Freschard, Ish Marquez, among others.
In 2010, after an all-night jam with local musicians in Egersund, Norway, he started his own band: Stanley Brinks and the Kaniks. The seven-piece all acoustic band recorded “Jamaica Inn” at a nearby lighthouse. It was followed by “Alligator Twilight”, recorded in a Norwegian farmhouse in 2011. In 2012 Stanley Brinks and some Kaniks, the Flying Kaniks - violin, trombone and banjo – went to Malta and recorded “Hafna Xita”, a collection of fun dark songs, both minimal and sophisticated, very much in tune with the spirit of the island.
On “Stanley Brinks hovers” (2012), the 100th album in his discography, he uses a great variety of arrangements, and somewhat classic songwriting.
In “Maltese Suite” (2013) he explores the sounds and styles of a decadent Sicilian-Arabian folklore.
On “Stanley Brinks Whistles” (2014) he mixes South African kwela and songwriting, and improvises on the pennywhistle.
The same year, “Gin”, his third album with the British rock band The Wave Pictures, is released by Fika Recordings. He also writes and records a country album with Freschard, “Pizza Espresso”.
In 2015, he uses Greek rhythms and scales on an album about robots for robots, “Robotika”.
In 2016 Stanley Brinks and the Kaniks get together again to record “Turtle Dove”, an ode to peace inspired by ancient poetry, featuring instrumental pieces. During the same recording session, Stan and the Old Time Kaniks – banjo and fiddle – keep the barn rocking all night with new old-timey songs that will be put together on a double LP: “Vieilles Caniques / Nouvelles Caniques”.
Many more albums follow, solo, with Freschard, the Wave Pictures...
Freschard
Freschard grew up in a farm in French Burgundy. She started organizing shows in the barn when she was about 12 years old. Aged 18 she moved to the big city, Paris, where she baked pies and cakes in a cafe. There, a local musician and regular customer called Andre Herman Düne wrote a few songs for her to sing. She called her first E.P. “Neon Orange”.
Homeless in Paris, she saved up just enough money to get herself a ticket to New York. There she found an old electric guitar and started writing her own songs. She recorded her second e.p., "Shower Gel", with Mike Gomez on lapsteel guitar.
In 2004 Freschard moved to Berlin, where she recorded her first LP, "Alien Duck". Her second album, "Click Click", recorded in 2006, features a drummer (Leo Bear Creek), and electric guitar by Stanley Brinks. On her third album, “moonstone”, she plays the drums herself. On her fourth “shh...” she also plays the flute. Her fifth album “boom biddy boom” is an urban pop masterpiece. Her 6th LP, 'Sunday Night' features such hits as 'friends' and 'party'. In 2019 she released 'Freschard On Fire' and in 2020 “Five Mountains” an album composed by Stanley Brinks.
As a producer she recorded “Yodels” by Stanley Brinks, “if you leave it alone” by the Wave Pictures and many other great sounding albums.
Freschard has a Calypso cover band with Stanley Brinks, called Kreuzberg Museum. She's also part of the cult band "the Fox" with Stanley Brinks, Ariel Sharatt and Mathias Kom (aka "the Burning Hell"). She also has duet albums co written with Stanley Brinks : 'New Cologne', 'Pizza Espresso', 'Midnight Tequila' and “lion Heart”
Freschard's shows often feature Stanley Brinks on guitar, the Wave Pictures, the Burning Hell or the Kaniks as a backing band, and she also plays amazing shows on her own.
Boletaire
Cuando dos brasileños y un portugués se encuentran en Barcelona para hacer música alternativa con una fuerte influencia del indie rock americano de los 90 y el post-punk británico de los 80, parece que nada está en su sitio. Y tampoco debería estarlo. Boletaire, una singular palabra catalana, ausente en casi todos los idiomas y que resume esa búsqueda diaria de la novedad sonora del mundo moderno, da nombre a este proyecto.
