Ah, 2018! The yellow vest movement, Deschamps’ blues on the roof of the world and… “La Fête à Pontivy”. Lyrics written in five minutes, production done in thirty: the success of this homemade clip is as unexpected as it is resounding and sends the click counter on the online video platform YouTube into panic. The rest is history: a live appearance on Virgin Radio, a show in front of 1,500 Pontivyans for the Fête de la Musique and even a short appearance on the big screen, in the film “Roxane” by Mélanie Auffret. A real success story for Charles, Rémi and François, aka Charx, Romé and Dj SOrCrak, who will even win… Quebec! About 5,000 km west of the Château des Rohan, Myssil and Bahia Café sublimated by the pen of the trio, Pontivy folklore has landed on the banks of the Saint-Laurent, in the small town of Rimouski, thanks to a group of expatriate Bretons.
“A student’s delirium”
The story takes place at the University of Quebec in Rimouski. A large stone building, overlooked by a cross and a large central clock which could recall the Saint-Ivy high school in Pontivy. Nearly 5,000 students pass there each year. In 2018, a small group of Brestois on Erasmus is part of it. All that was needed to export Breton culture in all its forms! Marine Uguen, then in biology faculty, made it a personal mission. “As soon as Breton songs had to be played, I was there! », recalls the former student. “Quebecers weren’t really familiar with our playlists, apart from “La tribu de Dana” which, curiously, was playing in the university bar. We stayed a lot among Bretons, so when we invited Quebecers to our evenings, we completely overhauled their musical culture.” And from Matmatah to Charx, Romé & DJ SouCrak (Renamed Los Bazos, in 2023, Editor’s note), there is only one step. Marine discovered them through Pontivy friends, and joined immediately. “It’s also part of our culture. It was a student’s delirium, it went down well in the apartment,” smiles Marine.
Live on the radio
“La Fête à Pontivy” then becomes an evening anthem, which we like to sing within the group of friends. “But it remained in the close circle,” regrets Marine. But one beautiful afternoon in March, the song will be broadcast to all students on campus, via Rimouski university radio. “We knew a little about those who ran the radio. We left them a 100% Breton music USB key, they played it all without really looking at what was on it.” 4 p.m.: the time has come. The corridors, the refectory and all the users connected to 95.9fm heard the Pontivy tube live. Marine remembers precisely what she was doing at the time of the events. “I was eating with a friend. People were confused, they asked themselves “but what is this? ? “. We were used to hearing varied songs, but this was really original. It was funny and as I remember, no one hated it ».
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