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:
Have a great week, creative and peaceful,
Author: Astrakan Project
The Sailors drowned at Sea, whose heart returned to his beloved in a silver box
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’s also very Breton!
We hope you’ll enjoy, the sound has been remastered in that version, but the original version is to be found in B album here:
https://astrakanproject.bandcamp.com/album/astrakan-project-b
Enjoy, have a nice 2023! Simone ha Yann
Chuta Chani, a georgian Lullaby
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 released right before Samhain. Our son was super kind to take part into the video itself – look for the description under the video, there’s plenty about the origine etc…
(please if you have a YouTube user account, like/subscribe/comment, sounds cheesy, but it makes a huge difference on the way our channel and music gets promoted to people that don’t know us yet.)
Simone did an extra video about Samhain/Art/Honouring our ancestors and the meaning of the song to her.
When you live in an Astrakan Project’s video…
This is a truly magical moment I captured yesterday at dawn…
Otherwise, our next Wild Live Songs’ session is happening tonight, 7.30pm from a nearby location and it will be an unplugged session. (link goes to the live and the replay). More thoughts about these livestreamed sessions very soon, we’ll traveling towards Germany (area of Bremen and Hanovre), and then to The Netherlands and Belgium, where we’ll play in Brussels at an underground tavern we missed.
Where will next Wild Live Songs happen?
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 last minute, but we stay positive!) It will be streamed on this link here. The replay will be available shortly after.
In the meantime, here’s the replay from last week performance, by a beautiful and magical (and quite intense!) beech tree located in our area. It was our second performance with Diffaith, our fellow musician friend from Germany, with whom we worked on tunes from Astrakan Project as well as on a new piece (Skolvan). We’re extremely happy and proud of the result, both musically and visually.
If all goes well, tonight will be our 5th streamed show on YouTube, we’ll do a small recap very soon, but we can say shortly that it’s been one of the most exciting projects we’ve taken part lately. We see plenty of perspectives to try, collaborations, different places, etc!
We’re also amazed by your kindness, and your patience. We encountered many sound issues, we’re still testing the process, and we only received but encouraging comments and support. Thank you! It means a world to us that you also witness the dirty stages and somehow understand where we want to get you along with us.
A galon, Simone & Yann
Wild Live Songs
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, and rather be creative about it. Aussitôt dit, aussitôt fait, this is how we started this weekly series of short lives, from remote places we love and want to share with you, all while keeping what makes our shows unique. We’re still on the testing phase, and we’re so grateful for the amount of support we’ve already received, and the interest in this project!
We’ll come back to it shortly with a video, but so far, we’re extremely happy and excited about the potential of this new project! We’re aiming for a weekly live, but we’ll be flexible on the day/time, since that will depend on our gigs schedule and weather forecast. ( the best way to stay tuned is to activate the notification mode on our channel)
We’ve created a playlist on our channel for you to follow (next one is tonight at 7.30pm Paris/Berlin time)
#wildlivesongs
Saz in Kiev
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 South Brittany, the second half is from Albania/Balkans and is called Loukoum – and we have a longer version of this on stage 😉 The instrument is a Saz/Bağlama and is from Turkey (at least this one is 😉 )
I think I win ! Je crois que j’ai gagné !
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
Vous vous rappelez le petit projet vidéo que j’ai publié la semaine dernière ? Et bien, j’arrive en 2ème place de ce challenge, la classe quoi! xxx Simone
Mon projet / My project
A different kind of project – un projet un peu différent
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)
New vlog / Nouveau vlog
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 get promoted + subscribe ! And yes, the cover image is really cool !!!
La deuxième partie de notre projet vidéo/peinture pour Deiz Kala-Goañv Samhain cette année est en ligne, on espère que vous aimerez (c’est en anglais, mais il y a les sous-titrages en français), et si c’est le cas, soyez gentils, laissez-nous un petit message sous la vidéo, ça aide la chaîne à gagner en visibilité ! Et sinon, oui, l’image de couverture est carrément cool !
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