Timing
7pm doors
8pm Baby Skins
9pm Herman Dune
Herman Dune can quite simply be called a cult phenomenon. After a 10 year career and 7 studio albums, the new opus 'Next Year In Zion' has just been released, bursting with harmonious pop chansons. Dylan, Cohen and Richman are never far away but while recording in Venice, California musically this group travelled virtually through the cradle of the spaghetti western, the Mexican coast, the Balkan, Nigeria and back.
Herman Dune, that is not Herman Dune but rather David-Ivar Yaya Herman Dune (song deliverer, singer, guitarist) and Neman Herman Dune (drums). You still with us? Visited BBC radio icon John Peel a dozen times and their 'I Wish That I Could See You Soon' turned up in Rolling Stone magazine amongst the best songs of 2007. Producer Richard Formby (who also sat behind the dials for predecessors 'Not On Top' and 'Giant') is present again here too, and in the studio assistance was asked of the likes of Jon Natchez Bourbon Horns (see also: the records of Turner Cody, Beirut, Arcade Fire).
On the eve of his performance in l'Olympia in Paris, Herman Dune honours us with a visit to the AB.
The duo The Baby Skins, consisting of the ladies Crystal Madrilejos and Angela Carlucci, comes from Brooklyn, New York. Their acoustic folk is built upon guitar, xylophone and their harmonious voices. Breathtakingly beautiful and playful.
Timing
7:00 pm doors / DJ Tequila B
8:00 pm The Baby Skins
9:00 Herman Dune