Tryo

Tryo
General information
origin	France
Genre (s)	reggae
founding	1995
Website	www.tryo.com
Founding members
Guitar , vocals	Cyril Célestin (Guizmo)
Guitar, accordion , vocals	Christophe Mali
Guitar, vocals	Manu Eveno (Manu)
Drums	Daniel Bravo
Sound engineering	Sébastien Bibou

Tryo is a reggae band from France that mainly uses acoustic instruments for their music.

history

Tryo was founded in 1995 by the musicians Guizmo, Manu and Mali. Guizmo and Manu had already played together in a band before, met the third guitarist in a Paris youth club and made their first attempts to perform as a reggae group. Her first tour of Brittany and some appearances at music festivals followed in the next year . In 1997, the band was enlarged by the percussionist Daniel, who reinforced the band's sound with rhythm.

The following year, their first album Mamagubida was released , which they produced themselves. Since the radio stations only wanted to take singles with video clips, they had to distribute the album themselves. It sold over 15,000 times in the first few months. Due to the success, Sony became aware of the band, and a short time later Tryo signed a contract that guaranteed them great independence. From then on, they also produced music videos, which added to their popularity. In 2000 the second album was released called Faut qu'ils s'activent ( French: "You must be active"). The subsequent European tour with the artist group “Les Arrosés” is available on DVD. In 2003 and 2004 two albums were recorded again (2003: Grain de sable , 2004: De bouches à oreilles ).

style

Tryo's reggae sound largely dispenses with typical instruments such as keyboard, bass or drums. Instead, the musicians play on three acoustic guitars, supplemented by some percussion. The rhythm is mainly created by the touch technique. The polyphonic singing in French harmonizes with the guitars.

The lyrics are humorous and political, the songs provocative and rousing. Classic reggae themes are not left out either. In C'est du roots it says “It is necessary for the music to get involved, so Tryo get up and do politics”. Tryo are members of the “Solidarité Tibet” group and collect signatures at their concerts, for example for underage prisoners.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		FR	BE W	CH
2000	Faut qu'ils s'activent	FR8th × 2 Double gold (44 weeks)FR	-	-
2003	Grain de sable	FR6th × 2 Double gold (79 weeks)FR	BE W27 (12 weeks) BE W	CH50 (12 weeks) CH
2008	Ce que l'on sème	FR1 gold (94 weeks)FR	BE W3 (56 weeks) BE W	CH12 (9 weeks) CH
2012	Ladilafé	FR1 (40 weeks) FR	BE W1 (25 weeks) BE W	CH26 (6 weeks) CH
2014	Né quelque part	FR43 (11 weeks) FR	BE W71 (5 weeks) BE W	-
2016	Vent debout	FR13 gold (28 weeks)FR	BE W29 (15 weeks) BE W	-

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		FR	BE W	CH
1999	Mamagubida	FR7 (99 weeks) FR	-	-
2004	De bouches à oreilles	FR8th gold (107 weeks)FR	BE W81 (3 weeks) BE W	CH98 (1 week) CH
2009	Sous les étoiles	FR37 (22 weeks) FR	BE W58 (5 weeks) BE W	-

More live albums

• 2006: Fête ses 10 ans ...

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		FR	BE W	CH
2020	XXV ans	FR4 (... weeks) FR	BE W19 (... wk.) BE W	-

Box sets

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		FR	BE W	CH
2005	Mamagubida / Grain de sable	FR144 (2 weeks) FR	-	-
2008	Ce que l'on sème / Mamagubida	FR153 (1 week) FR	-	-

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		FR	CH
2005	L'hymne de nos campagnes Mamagubida	FR21 (24 weeks) FR	-
2007	Désolé pour here soir	FR6 (24 weeks) FR	CH57 (8 weeks) CH
2012	Greenwashing	FR92 (6 weeks) FR	-
2019	L'hymne de nos campagnes 2019	FR179 (1 week) FR	-
2020	Désolé pour here soir XXV	FR170 (... wks.) FR	-	featuring McFly & Carlito

Guest Posts

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		FR	CH
2018	Ferme les yeux La vie de rêve	FR148 (1 week) FR	-	Bigflo & Oli feat. Tryo

Video albums

• Reggae à coup d'cirque (2002,platinum)
• Tryo au Cabaret Sauvage (2005,× 2Double platinum )
• Fête ses 10 ans ... (2006)
• Sous les étoiles (2009)

Web links

Commons : Tryo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Tryo at Discogs (English)

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1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Chart sources: FR BEW CH
2. ↑ Awards for music sales: FR