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 envisioned Inês album. It’s also a personal relief that all went well, after all it’s our first book edited ever, and editing so many pages (96) in full colour with a lot of pictures (that’s the least one can say) was quite a challenge! Doesn’t it look gorgeous?
For the release of our album B, we have created some cool bundles…
They are 9 of these bundles specially made for Art and Astrakan lovers, each with a little original artwork created for the album booklet, which means, each of them is unique, and it’s of course a super limited edition that will each include:
The album of course!
A link to download the full album
One of the last copies available of or EP Torkad – Kofrig ar Sorserez… released in 2005! 100% acoustic, and it includes the very first version of “Sell ouzh ar Stered” (with different lyrics Adam hag Eva)
An original piece of artwork used to create the album booklet. Sizes differ a bit (and price also because it depends on the postage costs). They are all on very good quality watercolour paper and include various styles of mixed-media depending on each piece. (pleased note that it isn’t framed to keep the cost of postage reasonable)
Some personal notes regarding the song linked with the art-work and hand-written lyrics
A post-card with some of Simone’s Artwork print
Shipping anywhere in the world + nice and safe packaging
Here they are…
1 – Sell ouzh ar Stered (Look at the Stars)
Sell ouzh ar Stered (Look at The Stars) Approx size 15.5*15.3 cm (6.10*6 in)
Sorry… already sold !
2 – En Anv Doue ma Mamm
En Anv Doue ma Mamm – approx size 15*16.5 cm (5.90*6.5 in)
Bundle price : 45€
3 – Gwerz Inês
Gwerz Inês – approx size 21.5*21 cm (8.46*8.25 in)
Bundle price : 55€
4 – Sekrejoù ar C’Hloareg
Sekrejoù ar c’hloareg – approx size 15*15.5 cm ( 5.90*6.10 in)
Sorry… already sold !
5 – Gwerz an Yougoslavi
Gwerz an Yougoslavi Approx size 14.5*15 cm ( 5.7*5.9 in )
Bundle price : 45€
6 – Seizh Bloaz
Seizh Bloaz – approx size 15*15.2 cm (5.90*6 in)
Bundle price : 45€
7- My beloved has died
My beloved has died – approx size 15*15.2 cm (5.90*6 in)
Bundle price : 45€
8 – Ar c’hased Arc’hant
Ar c’hased arc’hant – approx size 15*15.2 cm (5.90*6 in)
Bundle price : 45€
9 – Ar Plac’h Yaouank ag an Oriant
Ar plac’h yaouank ag an Oriant – approx size 15.5*14.8 cm ( 6.10*5.8 in)
Bundle price : 45€
Your friends might thank you for letting them know about our music !
So, we’ve arrived in England last Friday, and we had an “acoustic rehearsal” in Hadleigh (Suffolk), and, well, it still sounds good! (this video has been posted on Facebook, but you still can access it)
… and in London, we performed with other bands from Brittany. We’ll soon have some pictures and even some video, and it was nice to see again Urban Kelt lovely team.
Happy to see Bunney from Urban Kelt again!
We also had the great pleasure to be at BBC Cambridge for a lovely interview with Sue Marchant, you can stream it here until the 11/10/2014 (we appear around 10 minutes at the beginning!)
Simone & lovely Sue Marchant – you can’t say they don’t seem to have fun!Yann & Simone by Sue Marchant
What’s up for today? Yann is practising Irish tunes on this rainy day (well, yes, it’s raining!)
Last but not least… we have our albums. Well, not all of them, the promotional edition only, so we can keep on getting ready for the release…[drum rolls!] … October the 23rd for New Moon! We are very happy with the way the artwork artwork came through the manufacturing process, the quality is really lovely, we definitely made the right factory choice + they are super nice and supportive with us!
Thank you all for your lovely support !
§Simone
Your friends might thank you for letting them know about our music !
First of all, we really would like to say a big thank you to all that participated, and spread the word around. What we loved the most was to read about how you actually found the languages, some using the Internet, some dictionaries, or books, some asking friends or relatives.
We were thinking we’d prepare a fun video to announce the result, but (to keep it short) we had some technical issues. So starting with English, we also had Turkish(we’re based in Istanbul), then Breton(a Celtic language still spoken by a very few in the western part of France – in Brittany, and the language we use in our music), French, Portuguese (Simone’s family is from Portugal), German, and finally Dutch(we lived in Holland some years ago).
If you’re following us on facebook, you already got the results, if not then, among the correct answers…
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Iasked an very innocent hand…
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To pick up one name :
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The lucky (happy?!) winner is from Brittany.
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Your friends might thank you for letting them know about our music !
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