Cocanha
Flame Folclòre
Songlines Encounters Series
| Lila Fraysse | voice, hands, foot & tambourins à cordes (string drums |
|---|---|
| Caroline Dufau | voice, hands, foot & tambourins à cordes (string drums |
Cocanha are two singular voices, those of Caroline Dufau and Lila Fraysse, carried by the pulsation of ‘tambourins à cordes’ or string drum, feet and hands. In this impactful face-to-face, the two musicians deliver their complementary vocal personalities, built over 12 years of artistic complicity.
Cocanha cultivates minimalism and is part of the aesthetics of amplified music, inviting our bodies to dance. Cocanha draws from the traditional Occitan repertoire, recovering songs from the archives, and proudly placing them back on the timeline of an oral art form. Some lyrics are rewritten, others invented, springing from a common imagination as large as the open skies, where the protagonists re-appropriate their political and desiring power.
In a centralist French state with a strong colonial past, silencing the languages that inhabit it and formatting accents, Cocanha chooses to sing in Occitan. This artistic adventure is supported by their Toulouse company Dardalh, based in the territory where they live, create and act.
Their latest album Flame Folclòre (Bongo Joe Records 2025) produced by Raül Refree, placed the group in this exciting generation emanating from traditional music, like San Salvador or Rodrigo Cuevas. In this previous opus, Cocanha questions our misogyny and our relationship to the social norm by using the subversive force of the Puput, Occitan name for the hoopoe, this bird with a leaping flight and an erect crest.
This event will last approximately 75 minutes, with no interval.
The curation of Songlines Encounters is supported by the 1900 Building
Concessions & Under 30s tickets
Kings Place Concessions Tickets
We want to ensure that people who may be struggling financially to purchase a ticket can still enjoy visiting Kings Place. A limited number of tickets are allocated for certain events (if the ticket type does not show in the booking pathway, it means they are not available for this event or have all been sold). Concessions tickets are accessible for people on the following criteria (for more information visit our FAQs)
- Pension Credit
- Universal Credit
- Disability Benefit
- Income Support or Job Seekers allowance
- Students
£10 ‘Under 30s’ tickets
A limited number of £10 tickets for attendees aged under 30 are available for certain shows. To purchase an ‘Under 30s’ ticket, please choose the ‘Under 30s’ price type when selecting your ticket(s). If the option does not appear, this means all ‘Under 30s’ tickets have sold out or are not available for this performance. Please note that proof of age may be requested at the venue. The £10 offer does not apply to premium price categories.
Plan your visit
Getting here
Kings Place is situated just a few minutes’ walk from King’s Cross and St Pancras stations, one of the most connected locations in London and now the biggest transport hub in Europe.
Our address is:
90 York Way, London, N1 9AG.
The Venue
Our performance spaces are situated on the lower ground floor. Hall One, Hall Two and St Pancras are located in level -2, reached by stairs, escalator and lift from the ground floor entrance level.
Event Times
Door times indicate auditorium entrance times only. Visitors are welcome to enjoy the Kings Place seating areas, gallery-level art, canal-side terrace, café, restaurant and bar throughout the day and evening.
- Our events begin promptly at the advertised start time. Typically, there is no support unless otherwise stated.
- We recommend arriving in good time before the performance. The Hall doors will open 30 minutes before the performance to allow time to take your seats, or to choose a space for standing shows.
- Latecomers will be admitted at a suitable break in the performance where possible
Access
We aim to make your visit to Kings Place as comfortable as possible. For more information about the accessibility of Kings Place, including details about our Access Scheme, please visit this page.
If you would like to discuss your access requirements with a member of our team, please get in touch with the Box Office team at info@kingsplace.co.uk.
Food & Drink
Rotunda Bar & Restaurant
Rotunda, situated on the ground floor of Kings Place, offers a unique dining and drinking experience alongside Regent’s Canal. The concert bar in the venue foyer will also be open for select events.
Green & Fortune Café
Recently re-furbished and now open with a new look, the Green & Fortune Café is open for selected concerts. Serving hot and cold food and drinks, including sandwiches, salads, soup, stew and a pie of the day, alongside a choice of cakes made by the on-site bakery team. See here for selected concert dates and standard opening hours.
Reviews:
‘The Occitan polyphonic trance of Cocanha […] Lila Fraysse and Caroline Dufau proudly carry on the Occitan tradition with a modern approach, questioning our current societies by reinventing collected folk songs.’ Fip