[Cover photo credit to Luca Bailey]
Breton producer Quinquis, aka Émilie Quinquis, is currently on tour with Gwenno across the UK, and has shared the Welsh-Cornish artist’s remix of “Morwreg” from Émilie’s new album, eor, out now on Mute.
The two artists met when they interviewed one another earlier this year for Talkhouse, talking extensively about preserving their cultural identities through their art. Both Quinquis & Gwenno sing in their native tongues, the Celtic languages of Breton, Cornish and Welsh, and Emilie’s latest album, eor, includes tracks sung in Welsh (with Cerys Hafana) and in Zulu (with Desire Marea). There will also be a Quinquis remix of a Gwenno track from her new album Utopia, out now on Heavenly Recordings.
Talking about the remix, Émilie says:
Gwenno’s remix is the remembrance of a long night, recollecting the pieces of a relationship that has broken down on the floor, while the sun is coming up. It keeps asking “what do you keep from me when your boat is leaving?” just as the obsession for a lost love would run in circles into your mind.
This new remix is the first to be released from Quinquis’ forthcoming remix EP, out on December 10th, 2025 via Mute.
eor weaves together tales of mermaids, inspired by time spent sailing from the artists’ home island of Ushant to faraway places. Émilie lives on Ushant Island, a landmass of six square miles off the coast of Brittany. Having learned to sail solo three years ago, a necessary act, she felt, to get home to the island and leave again on her terms, she kept going. She crossed the Irish Sea, circled the Scottish islands and Faroes, and kept imagining what could be in the waves around her, which led to her album, full of “visions and startling stories of the sea.”
QUINQUIS LIVE – SUPPORTING GWENNO:
11/4/2025 – Glasgow, UK – Nice n Sleazy
11/7/2025 – Bethesda, UK – Neuadd Ogwen
11/8/2025 – Blackpool, UK – Bootleg Social
11/9/2025 – Birmingham, UK – The Castle & Falcon
11/11/2025 – Cardiff, UK – New Theatre
11/14/2025 – Brighton, UK St Luke’s
11/15/2025 – Falmouth, UK Princess Pavilion
