Tue 17th November 2015 8:00pm

Astrakan Project

at Mrs Yarringtons Music Club, Battle

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"Gloriously full-throated, truly inspiring Breton singing and melodies from Simone Alves [...] roaring, intricate, fiery, imaginative accompaniments" Ian Anderson.

Astrakan Project’s music is born somewhere between Brittany (East of France) and Istanbul. From their Celtic homeland, Yann Gourvil (strings, programming and loops) and Simone Alves (vocals) bring in ancient songs and legends, that they then blend with Turkish instruments (‘ud, blaglama) they discovered while living in Istanbul.
Since their debut in 2009, the duet has been performing its dark neo folk around Europe and beyond, including a couple of tours in the UK and major festivals like FMM (Sines, Portugal)

Simone Alves (vocals) and Yann Gourvil (guitar, ‘oud, saz, violin, programming) have already collaborated on various music projects in Brittany (France) when they initiated Astrakan Project while moving to Istanbul in 2009. After a couple of concerts hosting Turkish percussionists, they wanted to experiment the duet formula further and started touring as such.
All the songs are in Breton, a Celtic language from the West of France, close to Welsh (and Cornish), which they both speak.