Spontus will unveil “Ar Lagad – Bleiz”, their 9th album, on its release, June 27, 2025, on Klam
Records / L’Autre Distribution.
The quartet is composed of :
Alan Paranthoën: Violin, vocals
Thomas Hurtel: Bass, vocals
Erwan Bérenguer: Guitar, vocals
Youen Paranthoën: Accordion, vocals
With their feet in the round and their heads in the stars, the ”plijadur” has been moving between stage and floor for thirty years. With La Ridée du petit René and La Pourlet de la valise volée, the rural groove of Spontus gives pride of place to the communicative energy of the song. With a repertoire of 2 hrs 30 mins, the musicians draw on their thirty years’ experience as dance leaders to offer a wide variety of dances from Lower and Upper Brittany, both sung and instrumental.
‘’ Recreating the energy of singing in dance and bringing it back to instrumental music, that’s where we were when we decided to put down our instruments to renew the repertoire. And then memory kicked in, we remembered the “bedjon” of a capella singing on the parquet floor at the end of the evening, we remembered the power of singing back … We started listening again to our primary sources of inspiration, traditional singers. We soon started tapping our feet and singing in response, then picked up our instruments again. After a few months of rehearsals, the decision was made. We had to start singing.
Lyrics sung by the old-timers to new music and new lyrics. This was the new direction we were going to take to entertain the dancers, and bring them into the dance. So we sing. We sing as we talk to people, we tell them beautiful stories in French or Breton, and we set our songs to instruments that illustrate, complete and feed the imagination.
We escape, we fly away with this man who captures the colors of the world and finally succeeds in making the rainbow dance.
We leave the world of humans to join the insects’ revolt to claim their freedom, and find out why Baltazar and Barbara dance without discord. ‘’
Spontus
