Tryo inaugurates the Espace Mayenne in Laval, Thursday October 28 at 8 p.m., in front of 1,500 people. This private and free concert marks the opening of the new Laval sports hall, shows and conferences. The event is organized by France Bleu Mayenne for 40 years of radio, in partnership with the city of Laval, Laval Agglo, the department of Mayenne and Crédit Mutuel.
Active for 25 years, the French song and reggae group (quartet turned trio, since last April) still finds its audience in Mayenne. Particularly in downtown Laval, where their music is synonymous with sharing and good memories.
Music still relevant today
Among them, Ségolène, 36 years old. This Changéenne has been listening to Tryo’s music for over fifteen years. Although she struggles to name song titles, she especially remembers the group’s committed messages : whether to denounce overconsumption, poverty or global warming.
I find that despite the new groups that are also coming out now, Tryo still has its place, nowadays, especially through its committed messages. Among the youth also elsewhere. If we listen, they listen!
Later she counts well pass on his passion for Tryo to his two-year-old son, which she takes in a stroller through the streets of Laval. This is what happened to 15-year-old Yohen. Skateboard under his arm, this Laval resident explains associating Tryo with family memories.
I mostly listened to that with my parents. It’s a bit of reggae music so they wanted to show me around. So, I often listened when I was a child and I loved it. Now, I listen to this from time to time: it brings back memories of my childhood.
A group associated with good memories
Twenty years earlier, Claire, 47, was also sharing good times from her youth by listening to Tryo. For her, on the other hand, their music could be listened to especially during student parties.
Tryo, for me, it’s very festive. Reminds me of my twenty-five years. They were pretty cool hits, which we listened to like that with friends. So when it airs on the radio, it brings back some pretty cool memories.
This is also one of the peculiarities of Tryo’s music, believes the music journalist Bertrand Dicale, author of a biography on the group: this ability to create moments of sharing.
We sang them while walking in the forest with friends, on cockroach nights with friends in a student room … There are still songs that go through life, in the shower, in the car, on vacation, with children, and so on.
Despite its quarter of a century on the clock, the Tryo group is transgenerational for these Mayennais. Something to please the 1,500 spectators of their private concert at the Espace Mayenne, on the evening of Thursday, October 28.