Benni Hemm Hemm

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Date: 10/03/2007

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Benni Hemm Hemm at Amsterdam Paradiso Bovenzaal, Sat 10 Mar

Review by Shain Shapiro

Partly I want to keep this band to myself, my dirty little secret to unveil only when needed, with and without alcohol. Yet, not sharing this music is inhuman, and I bet you every attendee who walked out as inspired as I did after a date with Benni Hemm Hemm agrees. More folks will be there next time around. I guarantee it...»

About the venue

Paradiso Bovenzaal

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About the artists

Benni Hemm Hemm

Benny Hemm Hemm is :

Benedikt H. Hermannsson, guitar, sings and more

Helgi Svavar Helgason, drums

Davíð Þór Jónsson, bass

Leifur Jónsson, trombone

Finnur Ragnarsson, trombone

Sturlaugur Björnsson, horn

Ingi Garðar Erlendsson, tenor-horn

Elsa Kristín Sigurðardóttir, cornet

Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson, trumpet

Áki Ásgeirsson, trumpet

Róbert Sturla Reynisson, guitar

Simon Jermyn, guitar

Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson, guitar

Ólafur Björn Ólafsson, drums and glockenspiel

Arnþrúður Ingólfsdóttir, glockenspiel

Páll Ivan Pálsson, bass

Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason, bass

After releasing his first EP SummerPlate in the summer of 2003 as a solo artist and moving a few months in Italy, Benni Hemm Hemm started performing with a big band. And after that performance there was no turning back.

In November 2004 the band started recording their first self-titled album which was released in September 2005 in Iceland, on Smákökurnar, then later in Japan and Germany.

In spring 2006 work started for Kajak. The album was written in a very short time, and recorded in June. The album was released in Iceland in November 2006 and in January 2007 in Europe, on Morr Music. The band have since started to tour Europe.

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