Tag Archives: Zouk

A superstar group formed in 1990 by Kassav’ founder George Decimus and Jeff Joseph (longtime head from the legendary Dominiquan group Grammacks). Amazingly, the group hasn’t experienced a higher level of achievement.

This hardworking Martiniquan artist, recording because the cadence days, got his start being a bassist for Pierre Rassin’s authentic biguine band, where he was properly schooled in every the musical traditions from the Antilles. It’s because of this that Vadeleux’s albums from the zouk period are uncommon and popular, formulated …

This Martiniquan tambour group beneath the leadership of Krisyan Jesophe ‘s been around for a long period, though members change.

This original person in the ’70s Martiniquan cadence band Les Leopards made a sensational reappearance in 1988 using the first biguine to create Radio Caraibe DJ Balthazar’s Creole Hit Parade in nearly ten years. The followup record is an excellent assortment of biguine, zouk, and ti kannot (kelenda). Previously ’80s …

Originally from Guadeloupe, zouk recording artist Slaï emerged in the past due ’90s among the niche genre’s rising stars, quickly becoming not just a reputed performer, yet a label owner and an effective producer aswell. Slaï spent his early years in the Parisian suburbs, time for his indigenous Guadeloupe for …

With her Hi-NRG mixture of Caribbean zouk and Cameroonian makossa, Charlotte M’bango created probably one of the most exciting sounds to emerge from central Africa through the 1990s. A previous person in les Têtes Bruléha sido, an organization founded in 1986 by arts critic-turned-percussionist, trumpet participant, and vocalist, Jean-Marie Ahanda, …

This legendary bamboo flutist, songwriter, and performer was an exceptionally creative musician who, on the main one hand, was a keeper from the flame of rural music traditions and who, alternatively, had not been afraid to test out the addition of contemporary sounds. He established the stage onto which afterwards …

French neo-soul chanteuse Perle Lama embraced the customs of American R&B and Caribbean zouk to get critical and industrial success. Created January 20, 1984, in Fort-de-France, Martinique, Lama was simply 14 years of age when she stated best honors in the JM Tranquility Contest. The reward, a recording agreement, yielded …

The Zouk Allstars are Dominique Gengoul, Jean-Luc Alger, Frederic Caracas, and Charles Maurinier, four young music artists who’ve made an indelible tag on Antilles music from the 80s and early 90s. To contact them prolific is definitely a gross understatement; grab any ten zouk albums, and it’s really likely that …

French hip-hop front-runner Lord Kossity began his saving career in the first ’90s as an associate of the group Comparison, alongside his cousin Dr. Jekyll. His intro of raga in to the zouk music that dominated French Antilles’ radio produced him an designer to watch in early stages, making his …