Les Mécanos

Les Mécanos are ten French singers bound by solid friendship who have been exploring the French and Occitan sung heritage since 2018. Their common desire is to reclaim regional repertoires from each singer’s musical universe. Thanks to the addition of modern instruments (bass drums and floor toms) and percussion, the vocal polyphony of traditional music opens up to contemporary music. The group’s pieces are inextricably linked to the popular origins of lyrics and melodies, using objects such as spanners, exhaust pipes or wheel rims.

On stage, they open the doors to their workshop and perform songs of labour and struggle, love laments, political and religious satire, and dancing and drinking songs, all rearranged for ten voices and percussion.