BIOGRAPHY
BIOGRAPHY
TekMao is a blend of festive music genres. First of all you’ve got the traditional Breton music, that can be heard in Festoù-Noz, where dance has a naturally dominant place. Then you mix it with Techno music, a style they discovered by attending the undeground party scene during their student years.
This mixture, the 3 boys have simply named it “Techno-Trad”. It has the power to gather people of all ages and all origins. It’s a sound that helps let off steam, and TekMao’s concerts are places where electro lovers as well as traditional music enthusiasts will find their account for sure.
TekMao’s influences are eclectic and rustic. Most of the themes and tunes of the band are composed, but many traditional themes are also incorporated and revisited. The sound of TekMao is recognizable thanks to the bagpipes and the bombard of course, but also thanks to their characteristic Techno beats evolving in unorthodox ways. We can also hear the jew’s harp and it’s ancectral trance enducing sound, as well as the harmonica, giving a tipically bluesy flavour to the tracks.
TekMao, originally was created in 2016 by Malo Gentil and Malo Breton. On a whim, the idea came to Malo.G to add bagpipes to one of his Techno compositions, and right away he called on his lifelong mate, Malo.B to add bombard, from there was born the essence of TekMao.
In 2017, Toutz joined the band as a DJ, to be able to play live, and bring variations to the compositions.
In 2019 their first album “Le Maill’” is released. Since then the group has not stopped scouring the scenes of the region as well in the middle of Festoù-Noz, bars, as in that of festivals.
In 2022 they prepare their first EP “Hors-Série” called “The Drunken Rebelioñs” and which is released on 09/12. An EP of covers of Irish songs to delight fans of Celtic music of all kinds. A new album is in preparation for 2023.
TekMao, originally was created in 2016 by Malo Gentil and Malo Breton. On a whim, the idea came to Malo.G to add bagpipes to one of his Techno compositions, and right away he called on his lifelong mate, Malo.B to add bombard, from there was born the essence of TekMao.
In 2017, Toutz joined the band as a DJ, to be able to play live, and bring variations to the compositions.
In 2019 their first album “Le Maill’” is released. Since then the group has not stopped scouring the scenes of the region as well in the middle of Festoù-Noz, bars, as in that of festivals.
In 2022 they prepare their first EP “Hors-Série” called “The Drunken Rebelioñs” and which is released on 09/12. An EP of covers of Irish songs to delight fans of Celtic music of all kinds. A new album is in preparation for 2023.