Extensive touring through the recent years have brought the band to all parts of Scandinavia, Holland, Germany and England, and gained them a reputation as a stunning live act. They deliver a show loaded with elegance and energy, and when they leave the stage it’s certain that everyone among the audience have had the chance to warm up their legs and melt down their dancing shoes, as well as open up their auditory canal to the tunes. 2001-2003|Dúné started in Skive, Denmark in 2001, when classmates Mattias Kolstrup (Vocals), Malte Aarup-Sørensen (Drums) and Simon Troelsgaard (Guitar) joined forces with their female counterpart Anne Cecilie Dyrberg, who both mastered the synthesizer, the guitar and could sing – the boys were amazed! Polish-born classical guitarist Piotrek Wasilewski, who had just arrived in Denmark a year earlier, had never played the bass before, but was welcomed in the band as the bass player. Soon after, Danny Jungslund and Ole Bjørn Sørensen, who came from nearby towns, also joined what was to become Dúné.|Eager to play music and with a determination to succeed, the band rehearsed and played as many venues as possible. 2004|In 2004 Dúné made their first self-financed EP called ’Go Go Robot’. The EP received great reviews. Kristian Riis (Music Export Denmark) wrote:|“The EP sounds like a foundation stone to a long and successful career both in Denmark and internationally. In spite of the young age of the members, Dúné have already created an interesting frame to present their music in. It is really a refreshing and very positive experience.”|Danish national radio DR-P3 also took notice of ”Go Go Robot”, and the track Jack Beats Jim Leads was playlisted. 2005|Outside Denmark, rumors of Dúné started spreading, and the band headlined the Norwegian Aurora Festival 2005, and an enthusiastic journalist wrote:|”They took the stage, played – and won. The best band of the festival!”. During the fall of 2005, Dúné played a mini-tour of Sweden and Norway, and also supported Surferosa at the Rockefeller venue in Oslo, Norway, as well as Art Brut in Copenhagen. 2006|Dúné kicked off 2006 by playing the SPOT Festival showcase in Aarhus, Denmark, on a packed Train venue. GAFFA (Denmarks most influential music magazine) awarded the band an amazing 6/6 star review:|“During the entire 45 minutes of synthesizers, striking guitar-riffs and intense – almost desperate – vocal-manifestations from Mattias Kolstrup, the band keep up a manic level of energy. (…) The energy culminated during the last ten minutes of the show. Cascades of water are thrown and sprayed over the jumping audience from the “Fab 7”. The lead singer collapses on stage, and is soaked in water by his fellow band members – and so is everyone, including the camera crew, who is anywhere close to the stage. The last song is played like one long, accelerating wave of energy, and it ends when the lights go out, and leaves two synth-players illuminated on opposite sides of the stage. The synthesizers fade out, and a thundering applause fills the venue.”|Next stop was the ROSKILDE FESTIVAL, where Dúné managed to fill the Pavilion Junior stage. Soundvenue.com awarded the band a 5-star review:|“Dúné has an abundance of the unmistakable star quality, that one just have to surrender to. From the first monotone beats to the closing keyboard-sounds, the young septet had the eyes and ears of the crowd at the Pavillion Stage glued to the stage. (…) Songs like ‘Robot Beat’ and ‘Go Go Valentina’ were performed with such an astounding energy, confidence and a total lack of humbleness, that the songs took life and turned into an onrushing force, that manifested itself in the tent, that often reached boiling point. (…) Dúné didn’t do a single thing wrong at the concert. Sharp timing and great playing. I salute them with five festival-tents out of six. But why not six?? I guess my envy of their skills have eaten away the last tent.”|Following the performance at SPOT, where several people from outside Denmark laid their eyes on Dúné for the very first time, the band has seen a major increase in international interest. In the fall of 2006, 3 showcase were held in London.|Barely home from London, DR-P3 annouced that Dúné was nominated for the prestigious “Talent of the Year” award at the annual P3 Guld Awards in Copenhagen. At the awardshow, the band performed their first single ‘Bloodlines’ live on national television and radio. Shortly thereafter, DR-P3 chose ‘Bloodlines’ as “Track of the Week”. 2007|2007 starts out in the studio, only interrupted by a performance at by:LARM in Norway and at the Eurosonic Festival in Holland, where Dúné packs the legendary VERA venue. Shortly thereafter, Dúné makes a licensing agreement with Sony/BMG Germany for the release of Dúné in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and is followed by a number of concerts in Germany, where the album is due at the end of the year. In April, the bags are packed for L.A., where Dúné has been invited to play at the popular and renowned conference/showcase MUSEXPO. May 29th 2007 Dúné released thieir debut album ”We Are In There, You Are Out Here” was released in Denmark at Iceberg Records, and the band is getting ready for the summer festivals – again to play both Spot and Roskilde, but also numerous other Danish, Norwegian and German festivals.|September the 28th Dúnés releases their debut in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Japan. In October they are nominated at MTV’S EMA for ‘BEST DANISH ACT’, and three weeks after their supports MUSE, Motherbrother and Foo Fighters - all with in a week! 2008|The year 2008 starts out “receiving the most important award in Denmark, ‘The P3 Guld Award’ and 100.000 DKK. from the Danish National Radio, DR P3.|Les then a moth after receiving the P3 Guld award Dùné receives three Grammies:|- ‘Best Danish Rock Album’|- ‘Best Danish Band’|- ‘Newcommers Of The Year’ More over Dúné receives two awards from the biggest Danish Music Magazine, GAFFA as ‘Best Band Of The Year’ and ‘Newcommer Band Of The Year’ and are for the first time on the cover of GAFFA. In February and March 2008 Dúné are touring Denmark, Germany and Austria with sold out concerts every night.|In March Dúné signs with Columbia/Sony/BMG for the rest of Europe and with the biggest Japanese indie record label, Dreamusic, for release of the debut in Japan. In June 2008 all the band members in Dúné graduated from High School and was set free for the rock’n’roll life! During the summer Dúné toured several festivals in most of Europe. In August they went to Japan on a promo tour to do interviews on television, radio etc.|The future will bring a lot of new exciting experiences including touring in Japan, concerts on Trafalgar Square and on the music exhibition ‘Musexpo’ in London and album release in Sweden. For more info. check their Myspace site and their official site, http://www.dunesite.com. |
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