Mamagubida is the debut album by the French

Music of France

France has a wide variety of indigenous folk music, as well as styles played by immigrants from Africa, Latin America and Asia. In the field of classical music, France has produced a number of legendary composers, while modern pop music has seen the rise of popular French hip hop, techno/funk,...

 acoustic reggae band Tryo

Tryo

Tryo is a French language 'unplugged' reggae 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....

, released in 1998. Thirteen of the fifteen songs were recorded live (on two dates, November 1 and December 7), and two are studio recordings. The title of the album is not a word in French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

, or for that matter, in any language, but a portmanteau of the names of the band members (Mali, Manu, Guizmo, Bibou, Daniel).

Personnel

1. Manu Evno- Guitar, Vocals
2. Guizmo- Guitar, Vocals
3. Christophe Mali- Guitar, Vocals
4. Daniel Bravo- Percussion

Track listing

1. L'hymne de nos campagnes (Guizmo)
2. Pour un flirt avec la crise (Mali)
3. C'est du roots (Manu Eveno)
4. Salut ô (Guizmo)
5. La révolution (Mali)
6. Regardez les (Guizmo)
7. La misère d'en face (Guizmo)
8. Un homme qui aime les femmes (Mali)
9. La main verte (Guizmo)
10. France Télécom (Mali)
11. Yakamonéyé (Guizmo)
12. Les soldats de plomb (Bob Diaz-Guizmo)
13. Suprématie (Guizmo)
14. Babylone (Guizmo)
15. J'ai rien prévu pour demain (Guizmo)