2023-10-15 08:10
Being adventurous and always aiming for more than you are supposed to be able to reach, is a way of life.
Small bits from our road trip in Sweden. Not finding excuses about what one &l&hell…Read More
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXZUimPHa6w Live shows 19/06/2016, L'Elabo, Rennes, France 02/07/2016, Fling Festival, Chelmsford, Essex, UK 19/07/2016, Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK 21/07/2016, Bassment, Chelmsford, Essex, UK 23/07/2016, Folk on the Lawn, Abey Mill, Wales, UK 24/07/2016, Folk on the Lawn, Abey Mill, Wales, UK 25/07/2016, Folk on the Lawn, Abey Mill, Wales, UK 28/07/2016, Auberge de Jeunesse J.Brel, Brussels, Belgium…
2023-10-13 21:10
We’re so happy and proud to have again brought into the world a beautiful art project, combining music, painting, mixed media and creative video editing. We filmed it in Brittany and f… Read More
2023-09-23 17:37
Our last busy and creative and magical day in Brittany before we left last week for a long awaited travel combining all that we love: music, nature, creativity, filming, painting, video&hell&hell…Read More
2023-09-02 17:28
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Why do we sing sad and tragic songs, WHY DOES ONE EVER SING SAD SONGS?
Perak ? Why?
In pop music, con… Read More
2023-08-28 14:27
What is a gwerz, what is the mysterious book Barzaz Breizh?
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The song is Diougan Gwenc’hlan, the lyrics ar… Read More
2023-08-21 16:28
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The song is Diougan Gwenc’hlan, the lyrics are found in Barzaz Breizh, a fantastic collection of Breton… Read More
2023-08-16 11:14
2023-08-11 11:09
From our live performance on Ouessant Island last week. We’ll have more sound to share soon! Read More
2023-01-16 17:57
Have you seen our video for The Silver Box song yet? Here are some of the incredible events that made that video possible…
About the Heart in the Silver box song here:
Hav… Read More
2023-01-07 16:03
Happy new year, bloavezh mat deoc’h, we’re happy to start out 2023 with a video with a very long and ghosty history, and yes, it’s quite dark and moody, but, hey! that&rs&hellip…Read More
2022-11-08 17:47
Many of you already saw it and gave us super nice feedback, for the rest of you, we had been working on this song for a while now, it’s a traditional lullaby from Georgia that we relea… Read More
2022-09-11 14:36
This is a truly magical moment I captured yesterday at dawn…
clouds and hazeOtherwise, our next Wild Live Songs’ session is happening tonight, 7.30pm from a nearby locatio… Read More
2022-08-30 14:19
This was just a small teaser, we’re planning an unplugged Wild Live Songs session for tonight, Tuesday 30th of August 2022 (although as usual, the weather can play its role at the la… Read More
2022-08-23 14:13
Some weeks ago, it came to our minds that we *really* like to play live, and that if it wasn’t happening enough at the moment, as artists we shouldn’t be waiting for it to happen… Read More
2021-12-06 22:28
A short video is on the tube with sequences filmed while we were living in Kyiv in June/July 2020, and we miss Kyiv, we miss Ukraine, we miss travelling. The first part of the tune is from S… Read More
2021-12-02 17:40
Your remember the video project I posted last week on our channel ? Well I’m so very honoured to say I got the second place on the challenge Enjoy, and celebrate with me xxx Simone… Read More
2021-11-25 10:53
All comments/explanations under the vidéo on Youtube Explications et commentaires sous la vidéo dans YouTube (sous-titrage en français pour les parties en anglais) Read More
2021-11-21 19:24
The second part of our Samhain / Deiz Kala-Goañv is now live on our channel, we hope you’ll enjoy it, if you do, please leave us a comment under the video, it helps the channel… Read More
2021-11-19 13:07
Our Short daily videos is over after 21 days of daily videos (last one was here https://youtu.be/IQIr1xNdpls ) We had planned for a full month, but Simone’s health has sort of shortene… Read More
2021-11-05 19:44
Our daily short videos series is running until next Full Moon, we’ve made it until midway and published n°15 yesterday! What already ? Yes, but remember they are short, but we&rsqu&hell…Read More
2021-10-26 23:20
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The next 3 episodes are here… (but remember they get posted daily directly on the cha… Read More
2021-10-23 22:08
It seems we have been more active on video that with words – which seem in a way odd since video editing is from far more time-consuming than writing, but you know…. we love vid… Read More
2021-06-17 18:17
The songs featured in the vlog and final part are both from Inês album and book.
For all the rest, watch the video – and leave us a nice comment so that we know you did… Read More
2021-06-09 17:53
This is the end ! The end of a long project… (let us know your thoughts under the video & share it if you enjoyed it!)
The full project consists of 2 versions of the song, a… Read More
2021-06-02 17:01
Please, if you watch and enjoy the video, don’t forget to tell us in the comments with a small “like”
This song was first recorded in 2014 for our album B http://… Read More
2021-05-26 19:13
To donate and support our projects http://www.paypal.me/astrakan any amount small or big can make a huge difference to us.
Original paintings available for sale, 333€ for the Tripl… Read More
2021-05-05 15:26
With French/English subtitles – avec sous-titrages en français/anglais.
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To… Read More
2021-05-01 11:14
In the Breton language, “tan” is the word for “fire”, so it definitely makes more sense to us to spell it that way
En breton, “tan” c’est le f… Read More
2021-04-15 13:21
Almost nothing to add ! Just watch it, share it, leave us your comments, and get to practice the song with the lyrics included on YouTube. You can switch from Breton to English or even Fr… Read More
2021-04-04 18:01
Our latest video experience, let us know in the comments on the video if you like it you’ll also find some interesting reference links on the description section under the video, but… Read More
2021-03-11 21:06
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2021-03-07 23:27
We’re happy we have completed this video project created for 2021 international women’s day on the request of http://www.facebook.com/ressurrectos (Beja, Portugal)!
Song… Read More
![Erwanig Ar Skolan · Gwerz [ Traditional Mythological Breton Song ]](https://cdn.blogarama.com/images/posts_thumbs_site_id/2866/286574-2561781640.w320.jpg "Erwanig Ar Skolan · Gwerz [ Traditional Mythological Breton Song ]")
2021-02-22 20:24
Our project on the mysterious “protest song” collab is making progress, we’re almost done with the vocals and we’ll start the real editing phase tomorrow. In the mean… Read More
2021-02-11 17:01
We’re explaining all in this short video, here :
To send your short videos use http://www.wetransfer.com to [email protected] (explained here : http://www.youtube.com/wat… Read More
2021-02-04 21:50
Dear all, (en français plus bas)
Here’s a (long!) video update with also nice sceneries from Kiev and Brittany, and some glimpses into our future projects:
from KYIV to… Read More
2020-08-05 12:05
Along our travels we certainly heard plenty of songs, and we started recording some of them that we entend to release as video projects for now. This one is in Turkish, from the Black Sea… Read More
2020-06-12 09:39
The result of a wonderful beautiful ecstatic adventure. That really indeed started around 2014 while we were working on B album in Greece. We’ll put some day a video up to explain th… Read More
2020-06-11 07:51
Let’s start with the main info so that you’re good to go: our new video will be live tonight 6.30pm (London)
On commence par le plus important, la vidéo qui nous… Read More
2020-06-01 18:30
(en français plus bas)
A quick post to let you know that we’ll need a bit more time to get through the editing of the video for O Redek War ar Roz, about one more week (7 or… Read More
2020-05-23 12:47
Just in case you’d miss it, we couldn’t carry any longer without a little teaser for our project Best way to keep up with our videos updates is to subscribe to our channel… Read More
2020-05-21 12:44
(en français plus bas)
We’ve had altogether about 50 different wonderful persons sending out their playback for us to consider using in the official video for our Running Up… Read More
2020-05-11 16:06
Both sides of a scene yesterday on the left bank of Kiev, let’s have a closer look at this quite rich scene.
Doing the playback for our “running up that hill” video, a f… Read More
2020-05-09 07:09
Here’s the third of a 3 video series with me singing at a lower and without music but with some explanations the lyrics for our collaborative video project based on the Breton versio… Read More
2020-05-08 06:08
Here’s the second of a 3 video serie with me singing at a lower and without music but with some explanations the lyrics for our collaborative video project based on the Breton versio… Read More
2020-05-07 10:48
Here’s the first of a 3 video serie with me singing at a lower and without music but with some explanations the lyrics for our collaborative video project based on the Breton version… Read More
2020-05-04 18:10
Hello Astrakanees !
We did a Q&A yesterday on facebook, you can watch it on our YouTube here, but know that since it came from the live version, this version has completely unsynchro… Read More
2020-04-29 21:14
Here is the mysterious project we’ve been working on / le project mystère enfin révélé:
PdF with lyrics / PdF avec le texte : http://drive.google.com/… Read More
2020-04-27 19:31
Today, and because it’s been a long time, 2 videos, one in English, on in French, both with a big up-date, and some clues about next project that we’re about to release in its fi… Read More
2019-06-18 21:37
I told you I was back into video, and tha I had plenty of ideas ! (so remember if not done yet, to subscribe to our channel, or even share it, there’s plenty more we could do on the ch… Read More
2019-06-15 20:00
We filmed a bit in Carnac (a beautiful and magical location in the south of Brittany) where we were some days ago, we wanted to share a bit with you what we are at. If you have a look at our… Read More
2019-05-27 09:54
June is around the corner. And it’s almost the end of the school year which for us means the end of our job contracts in high schools/ secondary schools. And it means also look behind… Read More
2018-12-06 18:20
We feel very honored to be among all these talented artists. And it gives extra value to these months/year of deep and profound search around music and sound. And also it cheers us up as w… Read More
2018-10-18 14:07
This is true. Our child is rather enthusiast, and also we promised he would get extra carousel rides for each book and album sold, but without that it really makes him happy when we have s… Read More
2018-10-17 13:01
As we already mentioned in previous blogs, we are in this awkward time frame. Inês is released, copies have been sent to most of our audience that supported the project along the crowd… Read More
2018-10-15 17:05
Have you ever dream of a list of Breton music to listen to? Essentials that you could be introduced to ? Fascinated by breton fest-noz music and not knowing where to start from?
We’ve… Read More
2018-10-10 15:43
One of the things we weren’t expecting while preparing Inês project album, was the huge raise in postage costs happening on the 1st of July in France. It costs 9,60€ for eac… Read More
2018-10-09 17:17
We’ve arrived in Greece after 2 weeks travel across the Balkan region (mostly Serbia and North Macedonia) that we miss so much. It had been 2 years since we hadn’t been around, a… Read More
2018-09-29 12:44
Our Kid has grown with the story of Pedro and Inês, even before we started to compose for Inês album. Here’s his version of the Hunt (n.III on the album), in French, but du… Read More
2018-09-21 12:42
This unique piece of Artwork travels to Ireland as a reward for contributions to our Crowdfund campaign. Yann has been a few time to Ireland, but I haven’t so far… I’m ho… Read More
2018-09-19 22:17
Very exciting days for Astrakan Project team – since Monday we’ve been processing rawards for contributions to the crowfound campaign and pre-orders, and it’s such a deligh… Read More
2018-09-18 16:51
We are so – so – so happy that it’s all falling into place! The books have arrived and their colour are brilliant! They reflect very much what I had in mind when I envision… Read More
2018-09-12 11:32
Drum roll! The CDs have arrived, we only need now the books, but… Inês will officially be shipped out on the 18/09/18 ! You can pre-order both digital edition and hard copy righ… Read More
2018-06-12 15:56
(this page relates to our crowdfunding campaign rening right now for our music and book project Inês. Please have first a look at the general campaign!) / (cette page concerne la campa… Read More
2018-06-08 23:02
It’s really been 12 very long days for both of us. 12 days since we launched the crowdfunding campaign, and they seem like months.
12 days with some hopes, some joy, but mostly doubts… Read More
2018-05-28 15:00
(this page relates to our crowdfunding campaign rening right now for our music and book project Inês. Please have first a look at the general campaign!) / (cette page concerne la campa… Read More
2018-05-27 18:32
(this page relates to our crowdfunding campaign rening right now for our music and book project Inês. Please have first a look at the general campaign!) / (cette page concerne la campa… Read More
2018-05-27 18:28
In English : details and links to the pages with artwork are here or go directly to Indiegogo
En français : les détails sont ici ou directement sur Indiegogo (en anglais)… Read More
2018-04-10 12:01
Dear all,
It has been considerable long time without any up-date from us. Probably because sometimes our progress is so slow that we even barely seem to notice any.
For B album, I remember w… Read More
2018-02-05 13:13
Last December we’ve been invited by Arvest Kafe team for a music show during which we performed some songs – interview is in breton but with french subtitles, you may be able to… Read More
2017-10-07 11:57
The Tale of the Coffee Mug that set itself free. A true story, inspired by our road trip, our love for travel and freedom, and with a music initially planned for next album Inês.
And… Read More
2017-09-28 16:50
A small animation made with pictures of Northern Lights – we wish we had the equipment to film this beautiful show.
Music was the primary study for next album Inês (based on a me… Read More
2017-09-27 14:02
Everything is in the video ! Enjoy !
Remember to support our next album release, you can order / gift / share our music here (and if you’re quick enough it will be sent out to you fr… Read More
2017-09-01 20:30
Is is been a month already? It is, and we celebrated it the best way we could think of by making music!
A month can be a lot. It can bring a lot of changes. But deepest and more meaningful c… Read More
2017-07-27 15:04
Happy, alive and inspired.
Yann’s passport arrived yesterday, we are already somewhere in Normandy, for a very long trip…
We hope to cross the polar circle in Sweden very soon… Read More
2017-07-26 08:16
Last thing we need to depart will be in our hands within hours: Yann’s brand new passport! We have all the rest and the mysterious destination will soon be revealed, though this video… Read More
2017-07-24 19:47
It’s been months since we’ve been thinking about what our next big road-trip could be, and it took a lot of energy to make sure we could make it happen, but we’re almost t… Read More
2017-05-05 10:16
#shamanstick is a land & street art project around “En Anv Doue ma Mamm” is which we combined most of our passions: music, visual arts, video making, road trip and Breton lan… Read More
2017-05-02 11:21
#shamanstick is a land & street art project around “En Anv Doue ma Mamm” is which we combined most of our passions: music, visual arts, video making, road trip and Breton l… Read More
2016-07-21 00:23
Thursday 21/07/2016 with DeaSi Group & DJ Silicon Gypsy
Bassment, 16 Wells Street, CM1 1HZ Chelmsford (£5)
Tickets: http://www.musicglue.com/bassment/events/21-jul-16-astrakan-pro… Read More
2016-07-18 19:50
In 2010, while staying in the Rodopi mountains in Bulgaria, we recorded the first bits of this song that then appeared on our 2012 studio album:
We’ve since then tried to adapt it on… Read More
2016-06-15 12:21
Yeah, we did it again! It has been too long since a real Astrakan Project teaser, with all ingredients we love including road-trip sequences!
Facebook event for Rennes concert next Sunday:… Read More
2016-06-10 18:08
Some venues may have big PA’s, but in most cases… no monitors. Well, we always have our own PA at the back of our car while touring, so why wouldn’t we use it as an onstag… Read More
2016-06-04 12:58
The following can be seen as the continuation of a previous topic entitled “The DIY table“. After lots of touring across Europe, we realised we needed something more compact to p… Read More
2016-05-28 12:09
Last month we had the honour of being invited to perform a couple of songs for the live show “Bec’h De’i” on Brezhoweb web channel. The show is lived streamed and aft… Read More
2016-05-22 15:27
‘Last week-end we had the chance to spend 4 days in Paris for “Fête de la Bretagne” celebrations, all happening in the borough n°XIV (XIV arrondissement as we say… Read More
2016-05-18 14:25
We’re just back from Paris where we had a few gigs and also the chance to sing an a-capella Kan ha Diskan for a danse at a fest-noz. Image is quite blurry but sound is cool!
Filed unde… Read More
2016-05-07 16:23
Upon an almost general request, here are the lyrics with an approximative translation in English – bellow the video, so that you can follow the lyrics – or download the PdF… Read More
2016-05-04 10:54
Not only do we look at the Stars, but today we almost feel like Stars! During our last UK tour we had the pleasure to meet the lovely fROOTS magazine team for an interview that wi… Read More
2016-05-01 19:39
Today is the Celtic celebration of Beltan, and was the perfect day to release our video from our song Sell ouzh ar Stered…
Since the shooting in London, there was a lot of work to br… Read More
2016-04-19 12:06
Preparing a tour is like dreaming of the new places we’ll see, the wonderful people we’ll meet… and we are so pleased our Fall tour we’ll lead us to Luxemburg, Germa… Read More
2016-04-07 19:52
Hello,
It’s been a long time since we haven’t blogged. Not that we didn’t have anything to tell about. We may even have had so much to tell about that it could somehow… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
We moved back to Brittany, basically we’ll be away from Middle-east/East of Europe for some very long months, we don’t know when we can have a base there again, and after 7… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
In the small town of Llanelli in South Wales (spot it here on google maps)Filed under: Pics on Tour Tagged: Poster, UK, wales Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Sunday, Folk East Festival, 9pm, Soap Box Stage. And yes, we did some soap! A very limited edition only available at Folk East! Filed under: Sound & Video Tagged: DIY, Folk East, Me… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
It may sound a bit like a movie script. And actually it could be, those are some of the themes of the story of Pedro and Inês, a Portuguese medieval love story turned into a myth. We s… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Filed under: Pics on Tour Tagged: Equitable Café, Marseille, tour Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
What we really love about playing in places we haven’t been before is the unexpected discovery. We love to stay one more day to ramble around, get the ambiance of the place. Since we w… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
While in Auvergne (central France), we found a Davul-like instrument (it looked similar to the Turkish Davul) on which Yann tryed out a rhythm we’ll try to work out for a brand new tun… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Filed under: Pics on Tour Tagged: France, Grenoble, Karkadé Read More
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