[The
band]
The band was founded in
2002. The band setup provides a significant degree of
freedom regarding the interpretation of the tunes, in
which melody and complex rythm variations can be fully
expressed, so that breton tunes self-contained energy
is well highlighted. All the songs are written in the
breton language as the repertoire mostly contains traditionnal
tunes from Low-Britanny (The breton speaking part of Britanny),
as well as traditionnal style compositions. |
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| [Simone
ALVES - Vocal] |
| She was taught the Breton
way of singing by some of the most known traditional singers.
She now takes lessons with her master, the famous breton
singer Erik
Marchand. |
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| [Yann
GOURVIL - Guitar] |
He started to play heavy metal
drums when he was 14, and the fiddle when he was 20.
He is now the guitar player of Torkad, and also the fiddle
player of another Breton music band called Kraoñ
Koko. He is also the guitar and fiddle player of the
Kreiz Breizh Akademi, a music project lead by Erik
Marchand. |
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| [Marc
Paulo - Piston, bombardes, Wooden flute, Turkish Zurna] |
| Marc was born in
a famous family of traditionnal breton musicians from
the south of Brittany. He has been member of breton fest-noz
bands such as Arsa and Int. He is also currently playing
in a band called Askol. |
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| [Tangi
Boulic- Bass] |
| Tangi is our bass
player since 2006. He is also member of another band called
Moonshine
Orchestra. |
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| [Gwendal
Richard - Sound Technician] |
Gwendal
is our sound technician, since we all got fully seduced
by his great skills and experience. He also works with
two other bands, Katé-Mé and Darhaou. |
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