---- Txütxükan is a Basque word pronounced: "Tchutchukan" ----
---- About TchüTchükan Band ----
A few years ago, in the old-town market of Lille (France), Joakim, Joseph and Dylan used to busk on Sunday mornings. At the end of the day they'd found they'd been given many precious treasures: saucisson, cabbages, encounters, etc.!
On the 28th of December 2008 an old van left France with four guys for a one-month trip with this one goal: record a CD!!
18 hours on the ferry 'Oscar Wilde': they sat down around the piano bar, and started playing. In Ireland they were amazed, everyone seemed to like music!! After two days playing together, they got their first gig in Cork on New Year's Eve, calling the band "Meskach" which means "Melt" in Breton.
The magical mystery tours had started… Guinness, gigs, parties, travelling around the West of Ireland, meeting so many friendly and welcoming people, sometimes playing in the van while driving, and finally recording in their first album in UL studio where Dylan was studying music technology. They released the album in september 2008 with a launching tour in Ireland. Then they were named "Txütxükan" (pronounced tchutchukan) which means "DIY" in Basque language!"
In January 2009 they did a residency in Brittany. Then they started touring in France with a new member in the band, playing double bass. They played in Toulouse, Nantes, in Brittany, in Paris, in Lille… they did a 3rd tour in Ireland with the new combo and found it as a revelation: they had to come back and settle there !!
They now have played more than a hundred gigs, and traveled through 7 countries in Europe. They have played in all kind of places: streets, pubs, art gallery, festivals, theatres, boats… They are planning to settle in Ireland for a while, to record a new album, and work on a new a version of the band: Electric Txütxükan !!
---- A propos de TchüTchükan ----
Né dans l'Oscar Wild, autour du piano bar, pour 18h de traversée vers l'Irlande, Txütxükan est un groupe qui s'est nourrit de voyages et rencontres pour finalement créer une musique unique, principalement inspirée par les musique d'Europe de l'est (Balkans, Klezmer, Tzigane), avec de nombreuses influences allant du folk au jazz.
Airs festifs, mélancoliques, ou déjantés, clins d'oeils à l'Irlande, au jazz, au blue grass ou aux mariages tziganes, ces 5 musiciens alliant virtuosité, énergie et joie de vivre vous emmeneront loin au délà des frontières.
---- TxüTxükan News ----
We are coming back to Ireland.... for 5 months !!! January to May, to record a new album, play more crazy gigs, and work on the new combo: Electric Txutxukan !
Txütxükan Next Tours / Prochaines tournées Txütxükan:
**Ireland (1st to 20 june)
**Berlin (25 to 29 june)
**Lille (2 au 8 juillet)
**Bretagne ( 1er au 14 aout)
**Aurillac (17 au 22 aout)
**Paris-Lille (19 septembre au 4 octobre)
**Toulouse ( 8 au 23 octobre)
**Pampelune (24 et 25 octobre)
**Nantes (fin Novembre)
**Irlande (february 2010)
Hola txutxukan, kan-kan-tirititran-kan-kan que los cielos os protejan !!! un abrazo artivista y flamenco radical de los chicos d'El Ultimo Grito ay ay nous ferions bien un petit bout de chemin avec vous... (C'est Magnifique !!)
bonjour,
txutxukan(folky punky funky jazzy balkan music) sera a "culture barbars" chez lizette le 26 et au violon
dingue le 27 novembre;le lendemain avec "pas d'nom,pas d'maison" au bar
mythique du mas theleme et dans la foullée,apéro concert le 29 a 19h a
guémené-penfao au bar du tempo...viens-y qu'on s'fasse la bise et je te
dirai avec franchise:
MERCI POUR LA JOUE
Guys i couldnt believe my eyes when i saw that youre playing in sixmilebridge!!! I am ecstatic!! I saw you in the Glucksman gallery in cork last year and cant wait to see you again!!!!!! xxx
Ohhh!!! My friends!! My friend Dylan! I couldn't find your myspace after I change my profile, and I'm very happy that you find me!!! still together and linked!!! Ciao!!
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