Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: Traditionally dressed girls performing Kyrgyz dance during the annual celebration of Nowruz (photo by Vyacheslav Oseledko, guardian.co.uk)
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Who Are You - Breizh
Who Are You is a band from Quebec City, Quebec (Canada) born in October 2007 with the union between two ex-members of Uberko, Josué Beaucage (piano, vocal, synths, bass) and Simon Pedneault (guitars, vocal, gadgets), and Dominic Fournier (drums, percussions) - ex-drummer of La Chambre. Their music has been compared to the likes of Patrick Watson, Pink Floyd and Karkwa among others.
Breizh, which means Bretange (Brittany in English) in Breton language, is the name of their first album. It was released on February 2011.
“Glisser” is the track that ends the album.
7 Billion, National Geographic Magazine
With the worldwide population expected to exceed seven billion in 2011, National Geographic magazine offers a 7-part series examining specific challenges and solutions to the issues we face. The magazine introduces the series with its January cover story “7 Billion”, offering a broad overview of demographic trends that got us to today and will impact us all tomorrow.
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Filmography 2010
(films in order of appearance here)
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