AAlongside the mayor of Ciboure during the greeting ceremony at the Récollets, the father of the Luzien family who passed at the start of summer 2024 from deputy mayor to deputy for the 6th constituency of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Peio Dufau, quickly shared with “Sud Ouest” the big milestones of its back-to-school week.
White sneakers, black pants, blue shirt and light jacket, the CGT railway worker on hand delighted to have been able to (re) spend time with family and (re) play pelota highlighted two promised news items, each in their own way , very rock’n’roll.
A first “big moment” was to take place the next day, Wednesday January 8, with the official submission of his bill aimed, in his words, at “limiting the hemorrhage of agricultural land”. The outlines of the text and the context of its writing, already presented in our columns, will be detailed during a press conference scheduled for Friday January 10 from the Berroueta d’Arbonne farm, a symbol of the Basque peasant struggle for the maintenance of a nourishing land and sustainable agriculture (we’ll talk about it again).
The second is mentioned with the same energy, but it is classified by the party representative EH Bai in the field of his personal, intimate life. The guitarist nourished by Basque rock confides that he will indeed have the “very great pleasure” of reconnecting his amplifier, Saturday January 11, on the small stage of the gaztetxe (youth center) of Saint-Jean-de-Luz.
“Where it all began”
This great joy, visibly electrifying, will be shared with the Iluma group; “one last time,” he says with emotion. “As announced after our last concert, at the Bayonne Festival, we were able to play again in November at Luna Negra (Bayonne). It was great, but it was sitting; but we do rock. And then it was really important to me to be able to do one last date at the gaztetxe, where I learned to play the guitar and where it all began,” he says.
“It was really important to me to be able to do one last date at the gaztetxe”
Peio Dufau with Iluma.
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The one who forged his sense of collective commitment and sharpened his associative, union and political awareness within the walls of this former elementary school in Acotz is all the more excited that he has convinced the members of his former Izate group ( in French “l’êtritude”) to join the party. The great adventure – “started from nothing”, he remembers with nostalgia – lasted sixteen years, from 1999 to 2015.
“Afterwards it will be a break”
“At first we didn’t even really know how to play music and it ended up being a big thing. We made two albums (“Gure Negu Hotzak” and “Diska”) and more than 120 concerts, some memorable, notably for Herri Urrats (the ikastolas festival) or for an arrival of the Korrika (the race in favor of the practice of the Basque language) in Donostia (San Sebastian), in front of an incredible crowd. But it’s been ten years since we’ve done a live performance, so it wasn’t a given,” he notes.
“We took advantage of the holidays to rehearse. We’ve worked hard and we’re ready! »
“In the end it gave everyone something to want. We took advantage of the holidays to rehearse. We’ve worked hard and we’re ready! », he continues, inviting people to come and check it out, Saturday January 11 evening, in Saint-Jean-de-Luz. Notice to fans: if Izate’s friends have obviously not said their last word, this will a priori be the very last concert for Iluma (contraction of “iluna” and “luma”, translated into French as “the feather of the night”).
“For me, afterward, it will be a break. The singers Myren and Johanna, at the origin of the group in 2017, had other projects of their own anyway,” confides Peio Dufau.
From 9 p.m., at Gaztetxe, 160 Route des Plages, in Acotz. Free participation
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