Music
Beltim is currently working on his second album entitled Le retour du cirque : fourteen new tracks about childhood or the world of clowns and acrobats... To be released in two parts, between the fall of 2011 and the summer of 2012.
It is now possible to follow Beltim on Facebook or Noomiz.
L'échappée belle (2008) is still available on iTunes and at CD Mail.
Biography
Beltim is a musical project initiated by the multi-instrumentalist Marc-Albéric Lestage whose first album, entitled L'échappée belle, was released in November 2008.
Beltim was born from a simple idea : to work on small snapshots that emphasize the melodies, without being afraid to use shortcuts. To ignore styles and trends, under cover of an intuitive orchestration...
Through an unlikely combination of instruments, L'échappée belle is the first expression of this musical journey in which we will obviously recognize some familiar resonances, but also the immodest desire to tickle curious ears of the world.
From strange moods to quiet atmospheres, and from nostalgic tunes to convoluted themes, here are the first steps of an unclassifiable music always ready to be tamed.
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Legend
Also known as May Eve or the Night of the Walpurgis, Beltim marks the arrival of summer in the celtic year. It is traditionally celebrated on the eve of May 1st.
A time of unbridled merriment, Beltim was the celebration of the heart of spring and of life blossoming. At night fall, druids used to light up great fires on hilltops.
Through this magical ritual, they mimic the sun's light and call on it to triumph over a waning winter. Jumping between two fires was moreover supposed to attract prosperity as well as health for one's cattle.
In the countryside, young people used to spend the entire night making love in the woods whereas older couples were allowed to take off wedding rings (and forget the constraints that went with them).
In the morning, all would return to the village carrying huge bunches of hawthorn and gather to dance around the May tree. The latter represented the union between the Earth Goddess and the Sun God : the pole symbolised the God and the ribbons around it the Goddess.
Beltim was thus a celebration of flowers, fertility, sensuality and pleasure !
