Kalakan is a music band from the northern Basque Country composed of Jamixel Bereau and Xan Errotabehere.

After touring Europe with pianists Katia and Marielle Labèque, performing an arrangement for two pianos and Basque percussion of Maurice Ravel's Boléro, they invited percussionist Frédéric Chambon to join them to form a trio.

Katia and Marielle Labèque recorded "Kantuz" with a piano arrangement made by Joël Merah, and Basque choir Anaiki from Paris contributed backing vocals to "De Treville-n azken hitzak".

After some promotional concerts in support of their first album, Paxkal Indo was replaced by singer and percussionist Xan Errotabehere.

During the summer of the same year, Kalakan were introduced to Madonna by Katia and Marielle Labèque during her holidays at their house on the coast of the Northern Basque Country.

They arrange Basque traditional songs to give them a contemporary sound, using for example the verse-chorus structure used by pop and rock and roll musicians.