Somnam’bal #2

Somnam?bals is back!

An evening dedicated to dance and celebration, featuring dances where live music invites you to come together, move, and share a simple, warm moment.

It’s a friendly gathering, open to everyone, that celebrates the joy of being together through music and modern dance.

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Here is a duo that weaves together timbres, strings, and languages like lines across a landscape, connecting repertoires gathered from the Quercy region to the Massif Central. Bourrasque is a story of a musical and emotional connection, of a complementarity and intensity unique to the duo. While the two friends are united by their love of music rooted in popular cultures, it is a desire to encounter and understand music as a reflection of a broader way of being in the world that truly unites them. Since then, they have been forging this path, creating music in which improvisation, the Occitan language, dance, their connection to their homeland, and collective adventures all contribute to enriching the musical fabric. This dynamic relationship provides fertile ground for a vast field of experimentation where the banjo, violin, and vocals bring out flashes of these folk tunes to the rhythm of beats on the ground.

Marthe Tourret: violins, vocals, feet

Elisa Trebouville: banjo, electronics, vocals

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%A0Duo Artense

A dynamic duo delivering subtle, rhythmic music born on the Artense plateau. Basile and Hervé have pulled off a paradoxical feat: they’ve made this music and these melodies their own (sometimes with humor—a musical humor that’s the polar opposite of derision) while remaining at their service. That’s because their approach is, quite simply, rooted in their love for this music.

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%A0Tust

Tust is the beat, the strike, the gentle collision of Cocanha and SEC. Imagine the blazing asphalt in a parking lot during a heatwave. When the drumming rain slowly evaporates and the storm howls in the distance. Four voices, two stringed tambourines, two basses, a drum set playing in unison, and hearts pounding together. A few trip-ups to throw the bodies off balance, ward off boredom, without shying away from repetition. They all sing in Occitan, the language of the region where they met. Hold on tight and let the dance begin.

%A0%A0MC KER6

MC KER%B76 is the unbridled alter ego of Bastien Fontanille, a musician from Quercy. With his Francitan vocals, keyboards, and electronic gear, he performs music from Quercy and Occitania, paying homage to the many facets of traditional folk music that incorporate synthesizers and drum machines. The sound features sampled cabrettes and other bagpipes, distorted percussion loops, and autotuned songs that bridge the gap between folk and electronic dance music. A unique mix to set the mood on the dance floor, just like at a village wedding in the Causses du Quercy!