Quinquis launches all new single and video, ‘Morwreg’
Quinquis (Photo by Aurelie Scouarnec)
Quinquis – aka Breton electronic music artist and songwriter Émilie Quinquis – has shared a new track today, “Morwreg”, ahead of a performance at Trans Musicales Festival on 5 December. The track is the first new Quinquis music since the “AER” EP and her debut album on Mute, “SEIM” (2022).
“Morwreg” (‘mermaid’ in Breton) is a love song between a mermaid and a sailor. The track was inspired by the women of Ushant Island, where Émilie lives, and the love stories they historically shared with sailors who would arrive for a few weeks, then go away for months. Legends say that some of the women of Ushant have a mermaid as an ancestor. The mermaid in the song had 11 sisters, all left behind when she fell in love with a human, and she, and her descendants were cursed because of this. “Morwreg” is the love song that the mermaid may have sung to her sailor before the sea – or her sisters – took him.
Watch the video to “Morwreg” below.
Last month, Ladytron shared Emilie Quinquis’ remix of “We Never Went Away”, and recent remixes of her own work include Phew’s remix of “Netra Ken” and Keeley Forsyth’s take on “Adkrog”, which both were singles from “SEIM”.
“Morwreg” is out on Mute across all digital platforms from today on.
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