Zouk
The Antilles on the dance floor
Zouk est musica dansis Antillae francesis — Guadeloupe et Martinica — quae a turma Kassav initio annorum 1980 et in Antillean Creole cantavit. Caribee Creole musicae transductae sunt in auditorium Africae, Europa et Latinae Americae.
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.
Artistae invenientes
Guadeloupeo-Martinicanis ministratum est creare Zouk in fine annis 1970.
Martinican cantor de Kassav', unum vocem quae definit genus.
De quo hii artisti veniunt
114 Zouk artista sunt in TimTim.Live et 107 et ex eis patria publica habent Ibi est unde veniunt.
Patria
- Francia51
- Guadeloupe19
- Martinique12
- Angola6
- Cabo Verde3
- DR Congo3
- United States3
- Brazilia1
- Camerun1
- Colombia1
- Guiana Francis1
- Haiti1
Civitatibus et locis
- Paris, Francia5
- Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe4
- Luanda, Angola3
- Benguela (province), Angola2
- Fort-de-France, Martinique2
- Le Robert, Martinique2
- Paris 14 Observatoire, Francia2
- São Vicente, Cabo Verde2
- Angoulême, Francia1
- Arrondissement de Port-au-Prince, Haiti1
- Barreiro, Portugal1
- Benguela (city), Angola1
Artistarum
- Francky VincentPointe-à-Pitre
- IvandroBenguela
- June FreedomBoston
- Kassav’Paris
- KayshaKinshasa
- Matieu WhiteGuadeloupe
- Nelson FreitasNetherlands
- Rachelle AllisonFrancia
- Zen EyerRio de Janeiro
- KénédyLes Abymes
- EMiiMontereau-Fault-Yonne
- Jocelyne BéroardFort-de-France
- Michael BenjaminArrondissement de Port-au-Prince
- Monsieur ThibaultLille
- PriscilliaFrancia
- C4 PedroLuanda
- Denis GraçaSão Vicente
- Goldn. BKourou
- LynnshaFrancia
- Yola SemedoLobito
- AtimFrancia
- DissonanceGuadeloupe
- Grace EvoraSão Vicente
- Jocelyn DeloumeauxGuadeloupe
Responsibilia
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.