TAGO MAGO

Krautrock • France

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Tago Mago biography
Tago Mago are the guitar-free French neo-krautrock band of keyboardist Joris Prigent (of Nebia and Nombre Z) and self-taught percussionist L�o Leroux (of Initials Bouvier Bernois and formerly the Madcaps). The Rennes duo began playing together in 2018 after meeting at improvisation workshops in which musicians intuitively followed the movements of guided dancers, with Prigent and Leroux additionally bonding over their love of jazz.

The pair's groovy psychedelic flow is inspired not just by krautrock greats Can, Kraftwerk and Neu! but also French and American hip-hop (especially A Tribe Called Quest), hard bop artists Elvin Jones and Art Blakey, and jazz-rock like Frank Zappa, Soft Machine, Robert Wyatt and the Canterbury Scene. Both musicians handle vocals and keyboards, with Leroux known for juggling the latter in tandem with drums at live shows. The band self-released their debut album, Travers�e sauvage, on CD, vinyl and Bandcamp in early 2023.

Tago Mago are stylistically similar to K-X-P, Weite, Ashinoa, Ex Canix and Zombie Zombie.