Sunday, May 15, 2022

France - Alvan feat. Ahez - Fulenn

14 - 17 pts 
Fulenn by Alvan feat. Ahez is the French entry for Torino. Fulenn is sung in Breton and is written by Marine Lavigne and Alvan Morvan Rosius.

Alvan is the bloke in the collective, Ahez are a vocal trio singing in Breton. They are Marine Lavigne, Sterenn Diridollou and Sterenn Le Guillou.

Fulenn (spark but also slang for young girl) was released on February 18 (digital single)

A promo 7"inch vinyl single was issued.

Alvan releases his first full length album Magma on May 13. It will include Fulenn. (Out on Parlophone)
From the album press release:
"This mystical and bewitching opus, in the same vein as the single "Fulenn", allows us to discover the electroworld universe of the artist from Rennes. 
In Breton, English or even Spanish, with sounds coming from multiple cultures - sometimes tribal, sometimes organic, but always dreamlike - Alvan presents a hybrid project, an encounter between world music and  electro".

France had their National Final, Eurovision France, c'est vous qui décidez ! on March 5. You can find the competing songs in this Youtube playlist. All songs have already been released as digital singles.

For France it's the second time a Eurovision entry is sung in Breton. In 1996 we had Dan Ar Braz and his Heritage des Celtes with Diwanit Bugale which finished 19th.


Versions:
Fulenn - single/ESC version
- digital 18-2, on the official album, CD Magma
Fulenn - karaoke
- on the official karaoke album (digital)

Links and sources:
Alvan: FB, Insta
Ahez: FB

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  2. Preview studio version ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO07xLUlK2g ) has a slight alternative version with Alvan telling some words at the end of the song (released version has not that outro words)

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  3. There is also a 1-track promo CD-Single and a 1-track 7" vinyl (no B-side)!

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