Døre kl 19 / koncert kl 20

Der er dømt førsteklasses Balkan-folk, når Afion indtager ALICE med nyt album og en smuk blanding af roots fra Kroatien, Bosnien-Hercegovina, Serbien og Makedonien.

Det garvede kroatiske band Afion er af Rough Guide to Croatia blevet beskrevet som “acoustic sound with the energy of the rock & roll band”. Her flettes inspirationer fra Kroatien, Bosnien-Hercegovina, Serbien og Makedonien sammen i et gribende og poetisk udtryk, der tager afsæt i traditionel folkemusik, men som alligevel er Afions helt eget.

Begge gruppens album, “Afion” (2006) og “Čudni Svati” (2008), blev nomineret til den kroatiske musikpris Porin, men bandet har også vundet fans i resten af Europa og spillet på en række større festivaler.

Bandet evner at få publikum til både at danse, grine og græde, og med Lidija Dokuzovićs stærke vokal i centrum har de en karismatisk frontfigur, hvis sang griber én, uanset om man forstår lyrikken eller ej.

Efter mange års pause er Afion nu tilbage, og endda med helt nyt materiale, da de har annonceret nyt album, hvorfra førstesinglen “Urodile žute Kruške” allerede nu kan høres. I forbindelsen med udgivelsen drager de også på en hel Danmarks-tour, som heldigvis også bringer dem forbi ALICE!

In English:

Merging traditional music from Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia and Macedonia which they fashion in their own and original interpretations and compositions, Afion has created a name for themselves, not only in their home land Croatia, but also around Europe. At more than five hundred concerts, playing in the clubs as well as on big festival stages they gained a cult status and large number of followers. Their live performances are probably best described in few words as the “acoustic sound with the energy of the rock & roll band” (J. Bousfield, Rough Guide to Croatia) which makes the audience dance, laugh and cry. Afion’s both studio albums (Afion, 2006 and Čudni svati, 2008) are nominated for the Croatian Music Award Porin.

The members of Afion are being engaged in various music projects, collaborating with many other musicians and are involved in teaching as well as giving music workshops led by the idea that, to stay “alive”, music should be shared. After hiatus of several years Afion is coming back more mature and hungry for new performances with new material. The first single “Urodile žute kruške” is a great announcement for the new album which we expect to be out before the end of this year. Fans of poetic Balkan folk should not miss their concert at ALICE!