Zouk
The Antilles on the dance floor
Zok estas la danco de la franca Antill Glacespopopode , kaj Madagaskaro kreis la bandon de la grupo Kasav en la fruaj 1980aj kaj kantis grandan en Antilanajo. Ĝi portis Karibbanan muzikon al spektantaroj tra Afriko, Eŭropo kaj Latin-Ameriko.
Origin & history
Kassav' formed in 1979 and built zouk out of Guadeloupean and Martinican carnival traditions, gwo ka and biguine, with the studio technology of the time.
Sung in Antillean Creole rather than French, zouk became one of the most widely travelled Creole-language musics in the world, with a particularly deep following in West and Central Africa.
Ne eblas artistojn
La sidelo-Marinican bandon krediton kun kreado dezok en la fino de la 1970aj jaroj.
Martinican kantiston de Kasav, unu el la voĉoj, kiuj difinis la ĝenron.
Demandoj & respondoj
What is zouk?+
Zouk is the dance music of Guadeloupe and Martinique, created by the band Kassav' in the early 1980s and sung mostly in Antillean Creole.
What language is zouk sung in?+
Mostly Antillean Creole, which is one reason the music travelled so widely through other Creole-speaking regions.
Is zouk the same as konpa?+
No. Konpa is Haitian and older; zouk comes from the French Antilles and was shaped in part by Haitian konpa among other Caribbean styles. They are neighbours, not the same genre.