Herman Düne

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Herman Düne
Herman Düne performing live at the "Festival Internacional de Benicàssim", on July 20th, 2007.
Herman Düne performing live at the "Festival Internacional de Benicàssim", on July 20th, 2007.
Background information
Origin Paris, France
Genre(s) Anti-folk
Years active 1999–present
Label(s) Shrimper
Track & Field
Source, etc.
Website Official Site
Members
David-Ivar Herman Düne
Néman
Former members
André Herman Düne
Omé

Herman Düne is a French Anti-folk band, formed in 1999. Originally a trio, the band now consists of David-Ivar Herman Düne (guitars and vocals) and Neman Herman Düne (drums and sometimes backing vocals). Néman, who is from Switzerland, replaced former drummer Omé in early 2001. On December 13th, 2006, André Herman Düne played his last show with the band, and subsequently changed his name to Stanley Brinks. The band are often joined by other musicians on live performances.

Some of Herman Düne's influences include: Daniel Johnston, Lou Barlow, The Mountain Goats, Cat Power and Silver Jews.

HD has worked with several other bands and singers such as Turner Cody, Julie Doiron, Leah Hayes, and Laura Hoch.

Although the band has only five official albums, they have worked on many side projects, some of which include Kungen, Ben Haschish, Ben Dope, John Trawlings, Fountain Boats, Satan's Fingers, and Fast Ganz. They have also played as the backing band for recordings by Julie Doiron (ex-Eric's Trip) and Kimya Dawson (ex-Moldy Peaches). Both André and David-Ivar have also released numerous solo CDs (mostly self-released CDRs). André and David-Ivar each contributed a song to the 2006 album by Françoiz Breut, Une Saison Volée.

This song "I Wish That I Could See You Soon" was #89 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.[1]


Contents

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

  • Giant (2006, Source Etc.)
  • Not On Top (2005, Track & Field records)
  • Mash Concrete Metal Mushroom (2003, Shrimper Records)
  • Mas Cambios (2003, Track & Field records)
  • The Whys And The Hows of Herman Düne & Cerberus Shoal (2002, North East indie)
  • Switzerland Heritage (2001, Prohibited records)
  • They Go To The Woods (2001, Shrimper)
  • Turn Off The Light (2000, Prohibited Records)
  • "I Wish I Could See You Soon" (2006, Source Etc.)

[edit] Trivia

  • The band is often mistaken as being Swedish, probably due to the fact that André and David have a Swedish mother. In an interview[2] in the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet Nemán says "The band is French." David continues: "Yes, the confusion about our origin is because people are good at making things up. And we have never fought the rumours. I lived in USA for a while, and all of a sudden the band was American."

[edit] External links

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ No byline (December 11, 2007). "The 100 Best Songs of 2007" Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2007-12-21
  2. ^ Malmqvist, S: "Svenska Dagbladet", January 2, 2007