The music in the publicity spots for Paysan Breton, a french brand of dairy products, is generously inspired on the theme of Blue Room, a compostion by Raquel Gigot on the homonymous Orion album, released by the breton label Keltia Musique in 1993.
See http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1eijt_pub-paysan-breton_ads and http://word.toutes-les-pubs.com/2007/12/05/paysan-breton-beurrier.
Orion is featured on the frontcover of the wellknown english
folkmagazine "Living Tradition". Hector Christie concludes his three
page article on the band and its latest album 'Restless Home' as follows :"An
incredibly good album by a group of musicians who have simply got it. They have
got that something special that differentiates the great groups from the rest
of the pack. A few better known but tired old war-horses would do well to listen
to this and learn."
Rudy's nyckelharpa was build by Joos Janssens, a belgian master instrument maker living near Lyon in France. It is a beautifully crafted piece of work, with a row of keys on each of the four main strings. If you are interested in nyckelharpa playing and looking for a top class instrument : Joos Janssens - nyckelharpa maker, L'Étoile, 43.220 Dunières, France. Tel: 0033/471.66.89.72
Orion's music is played far and wide, from east to west! When former Orion keyboard
player Gwenaël Micault went on tour in Chili with a Spanish singer, the very
first music he heard after setting foot on the Chilean ground was Orion's "Blue
Room" album, playing through the speakers in Santiago de Chili's central
station!
A few months later, Raquel and Rudy, Orion's accordionist and fiddle player went
on a holiday to Indonesia. On the very moment they jumped on a bus to the village
of Amed in the north of Bali, the driver was playing an Orion tape!
Car thieves fond of Orion ? A man shows up to buy an Orion album at a concert, saying that his own copy was stolen. He had left the CD in his car, and the car was stolen in front of his house. Hapilly, the police found the car back after one week, but unfortunately, the CD was gone!