Sophie Hunger

The first time I met Sophie in paris, she asked me right away if I knew some authentic Parisian bars, some places that would still have soul... I was about to tell her about my two favourite places in my neighbourhood, but then it hit me : they had just closed! Montmartre had just lost this legendary night-bar “Le Jack” where you could drink cheap beer til 8am and meet the craziest people, and “Le Vivarium” where you could still play the old table football.

Like those places I would have loved Sophie to witness, she has soul. You can hear it in her voice and in the words she sings.

This Take-Away Show !i was about to call it “A drunken night with Sophie Hunger”, because the night we shot “The Sad Fisherman”, we did a lot of pregaming in the bars around the Canal St-Martin with Chris, Michael and Evelinn trouble, Sophie’s musicians. Evelinn is 17 and was about to take her final exams a few weeks later... It was as unexpected for her as it was for Sophie to happen to be opening for Stephan Eicher in Paris... they’re both more used to be playing in front of 20 people in some club in Zurich. The craziest thing was when one of those 20 people happened to be walking near the Canal St-Martin that night and recognize Sophie while we were filming!

Then the day after the drunken night,, we thought it could be nice to organize a little show outside the venue where they could sell the cd... Sophie made such an impression opening the show and there singing in the streets that they sold their 70 cds in some 20 minutes... But that didn’t prevent them from keeping on playing, they would never stop if they could.

The day after, they were all gona back to Zurich, but they’ll be back in Paris on September 17th to play La Maroquinerie.

Jey