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Stanley Brinks is renowned for his unique anti-folk style: both playful and suggestive, insightful and entertaining.
Brinks was born in Paris, France, in 1973. He studied a bit of biology and worked as a nurse for a while. Half Swedish, half Moroccan, strongly inclined to travel the world, he soon began spending most of his life on the road and developed a strong relationship with New York. By the late 90s he’d become a full time
singer-songwriter – <a href="spotify:artist:5GNFaJHXuzkRJaegPuP32V" data-name="André Herman Düne">André Herman Düne</a> – as part of three piece indie-rock band, <a href="spotify:artist:04Lk4wB0qijus8AOGYiHg8" data-name="Herman Düne">Herman Düne</a>. Several albums and Peel sessions later and after a decade of touring Europe, mostly with American songwriters such as <a href="spotify:artist:2Icsf5D1lAs2EFx6kggg5D" data-name="Jeffrey Lewis">Jeffrey Lewis</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4L0x6V9ckwc4QhR069mk9M" data-name="Calvin Johnson">Calvin Johnson</a> and early <a href="spotify:artist:3kjuyTCjPG1WMFCiyc5IuB" data-name="Arcade Fire">Arcade Fire</a> he settled in Berlin. The early carnival music of Trinidad became a passion, and in the early 21st century he became the unquestioned master of European calypso, changing his name to Stanley Brinks. Under this moniker he has recorded more than 100 albums, collaborated with the New York Antifolk scene on several occasions, recorded and toured with traditional Norwegian musicians including <a href="spotify:artist:4QPBu4t2HAYhbGro53hKBm" data-name="The Kaniks">The Kaniks</a>, and played a lot with <a href="spotify:artist:4MOV18YgNAGUBCJi0MIrHw" data-name="The Wave Pictures">The Wave Pictures</a>.
Brinks was born in Paris, France, in 1973. He studied a bit of biology and worked as a nurse for a while. Half Swedish, half Moroccan, strongly inclined to travel the world, he soon began spending most of his life on the road and developed a strong relationship with New York. By the late 90s he’d become a full time
singer-songwriter – <a href="spotify:artist:5GNFaJHXuzkRJaegPuP32V" data-name="André Herman Düne">André Herman Düne</a> – as part of three piece indie-rock band, <a href="spotify:artist:04Lk4wB0qijus8AOGYiHg8" data-name="Herman Düne">Herman Düne</a>. Several albums and Peel sessions later and after a decade of touring Europe, mostly with American songwriters such as <a href="spotify:artist:2Icsf5D1lAs2EFx6kggg5D" data-name="Jeffrey Lewis">Jeffrey Lewis</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4L0x6V9ckwc4QhR069mk9M" data-name="Calvin Johnson">Calvin Johnson</a> and early <a href="spotify:artist:3kjuyTCjPG1WMFCiyc5IuB" data-name="Arcade Fire">Arcade Fire</a> he settled in Berlin. The early carnival music of Trinidad became a passion, and in the early 21st century he became the unquestioned master of European calypso, changing his name to Stanley Brinks. Under this moniker he has recorded more than 100 albums, collaborated with the New York Antifolk scene on several occasions, recorded and toured with traditional Norwegian musicians including <a href="spotify:artist:4QPBu4t2HAYhbGro53hKBm" data-name="The Kaniks">The Kaniks</a>, and played a lot with <a href="spotify:artist:4MOV18YgNAGUBCJi0MIrHw" data-name="The Wave Pictures">The Wave Pictures</a>.
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