Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you…the much-loved Zurich club Mascotte is turning 8 years old on 12.02.12! That’s eight years of amazing music (just look at the Mascotte concert archive to see all the awesomeness that has passed through the Mascotte’s doors), good times and fun. I’ve spent many a happy night ensconced in front of one of the Mascotte pillars, soaking up good music.
And what’s a birthday without a party? Eclectic Finnish French duo The Dø will be playing on the night, and I’m sure they’ll be properly celebratory.
The Dø released their second album Both Ways, Open Jaws last year, the follow-up to 2008′s wildly diverse Open Mouth, a surprise chart topper in France. Sometime-actress and chanteuse Olivia Merilahti and film composer Dan Levy are whizzes at radically jumping genres, with styling and music ranging from Björk to blues to experimental jazz, rock, hip-hop and folk. I saw them last year at Komplex 457 where, if I recall correctly, their live set-up included a veritable kitchen sink of miscellaneous instrumentation (which might come in useful for birthday cake eating).
Watch ‘Too Insistent’, one of my favourite tracks from Both Ways, Open Jaws:
Here’s to another 8 years of brilliant live music from Mascotte. Thanks for all the good times!
The Dø play at Mascotte, ZH, on 12.02.12. Tix here.
Both Ways, Open Jaws is out now on Get Down!/Cinq 7/Wagram Music
I hope there’ll be cake.
Saw The Dø at Mascotte several years ago and glad to see them back.
As you get older, you find you start repeating yourself. I do hope there’ll be cake.
I hope there will be cake, too. Perhaps I should bring some myself, just to make sure :)
I saw them at Komplex last year, but I thought the venue was too big for them. I think the Mascotte will be just perfect.
See you there. And thanks for reading!
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