A music in love with Maloya, emancipated and roaming. In Creole and French, their lyrics rise and rage, seeking beauty in the darkness of the world. For the past decade, Saodaj has been tracing its path between tradition and modernity, where the alternative rock of saturated strings becomes one with percussive polyrhythms.
Saodaj’s committed poetry deals with fundamental themes such as the thirst for justice, the struggle for freedom, the duty to remember and to pass on. Their musical creation is experienced as a necessity: “It helps us to accept the world as it is offered to us today, with its beauties and uglinesses, without resigning ourselves to fatality.
With their new album “Lodèr la vi” (Parfum de la vie), release in autumn 2025, the group dares to explore new musical landscapes. An ode to the metamorphosis of birth, to wandering beyond the usual paths, to those who live and those who die, with love always in the line of sight.
Concert live @ La 1ère, France•tv
Album “Laz” / Daydream Music – Sortie le 3/03/2023
“We had a wonderful time with Saodaj, magnificent music and songs, and great artists! The audience was delighted too. A lovely, warm evening!” Marie Maubrey-Picado – Les Docks, Cahors, March 2023
“Marie is very dynamic on stage, the instrumentation is original, and the vocals and compositions are spellbinding. You can feel the complicity of the musicians, who don’t hesitate to give their all to the audience. It was a really great concert, and the audience was delighted.” Maryline Bailly – Jammin’Juan, Juan Les Pins, August 2023
“This Saodaj concert was much more than a concert! A moment of magic, of encounters, of fusion of rhythms and hearts. The Bordeaux public had never had the chance to see them before, and we’re so happy to have been able to welcome them!
We felt their generosity in their lyrics, in their embodiment of the music they play. It all came together with our project, our team and the audience in a very touching way. I could go on and on, but as you can see, we loved it!” Marion Chassat – Jardin l’Ephémère, Bègles, August 2023
“Saodaj were very well received by the audience and I had “goose bumps” at the concert. A good time!” Jordi Preußer – Initiative Folklorefest, Krefeld DE, August 2023
SAODAJ is looking for its residency in Metropolitan France
AUTUMN 2025 NEW ALBUM & RESIDENCY
AUTUMN 2025 + SUMMER 2026 EUROPEAN TOUR
Workshop - Instrument / vocal / writing
Marie LANFROY - Vocal, Bobr', Kayamb, Tarlon
Jonathan ITÉMA - Vocal, Roulèr, Sati-pikèr, Bobr', Morlon, Triangle
Mélanie BADAL - Cello, Vocal
Frederick CIPRIANO - Sati-pikèr, Triangle, Kayamb
Blaise CADENET - Guitar, Percussions
Zélito DELIRON - Percussions, Ethnic flute, Roulèr, Vocal