Tryo

Tryo
Tryo performing 2007
Background information
Also known as	Les jumeaux Tadros
Origin	France
Genres	Reggae, French music
Years active	1995–present
Labels	Columbia (Sony Music)
Website	tryo.com
Members	Cyril Célestin (Guizmo) Christophe Mali (Mali) Emmanuel Eveno (Manu) Daniel Bravo (Danielito) Sebastien Pujol (Bibou)

Guizmo (Cyril Célestin)
Guizmo with Tryo during Pinède Gould Festival at Juan-les-Pins, July 2007
Background information
Birth name	Cyril Célestin
Born	(1979-04-18) 18 April 1979 (age 38) 14e arrondissement, Paris, France
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, musician
Instruments	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1989 – present
Associated acts	Formations: M'Panada, Desert Rebel, Pause, On y pense Artists: Abdallah ag Oumbadougou, Manu Eveno, Despo Rutti, Mokless

Mali (Christophe "Mali" Petit)
Christophe Mali at Eurockéennes, Belfort, 2011
Background information
Birth name	Christophe Petit
Born	(1976-08-25) 25 August 1976 (age 40) Antony, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, musician
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, accordion, piano
Years active	1990 – present

Manu (Emmanuelle Eveno)
Manu Eveno playing with Tryo at Pinède Gould Festival, at Juan-les-Pins July 2007
Background information
Birth name	Emmanuel Eveno
Occupation(s)	musician

Danielito (Daniel "Danielito" Bravo)
Background information
Birth name	Daniel Bravo
Born	Chile
Occupation(s)	musician
Instruments	Purcussions

Tryo is a French language 'unplugged' ska acoustic band, popular in Europe and in Quebec, with three French guitarists, a percussionist, and a producer: Guizmo, Christophe Mali, Manu Eveno, Daniel "Danielito" Bravo and Bibou.

Tryo are popular in France partly due to their politically charged lyrics, whilst also showing a fun side with a range of humorous songs, especially in live performances.

They take a left wing stance, criticising various French politicians such as Charles Pasqua (named in corruption scandals concerning suburban low cost housing or HLM) and Jean-Marie Le Pen and world leaders (George W. Bush, for example) in their music. The band has a "tolerant" view on cannabis, demonstrated by "La Main Verte" from the Mamagubida album. Drug references are reduced in their later albums.

They have sold 900,000 albums. They had their 10-year anniversary in 2005, followed by a nationwide tour. Tryo have four studio albums, a double CD live album and two live DVDs.

Band members were also active in independent work. Christophe Mali released a solo album Je vous emmène in April 2006. Guitarist and songwriter Guizmo was part of the band Pause.

In August 2012 they released new album called Ladilafé, a tribute to Patricia Bonnetaud who died in February 2012. This is the first album featuring DJ Catman.

Guizmo, real name Cyril Célestin, born in the 14e arrondissement in Paris on 11 April 1972, singer, composer, and guitarist for Tryo, has had a prosperous solo career on his own. He grew up in Cachan in an HLM for low income families. He started performing as a 14-year-old, leaving school after high school. With Manu Eveno, whom he met in 1989 when he was 17, they both formed part of M'Panada, a reggae rock and funk group, for almost 5 years. The band split up in 1994. With Emmanuel "Manu" Eveno and Christophe Mali, he took part in the musical comedy Histoire de piano written by Christophe Mali and Maïa Rubinstein. This was the beginning for the eventual formation of Tryo.

Besides Tryo, Guizmo was active in the music collective Desert Rebel, a joint cultural project launched by Tuareg guitarist Abdallah ag Oumbadougou. Desert Rebel made a tour of Niger.

Other projects Guizmo was involved him included the band Pause contributing as singer, songwriter and composer. The band was made up of Guizmo (vocals), Negoos (vocals), Daniel Jamet and Olivier Mizrachi (guitars), Thomas Loyer (keyboards), Julien Bonvoisin (bass) and Sébastien Le Bon (Zeb) (drums).