Zouk
The Antilles on the dance floor
Zouk ass d'Danzmusik vu den Franséisch Antillen — Guadeloupe an Martinique — déi vu der Band Kassav am Ufank vun de 1980er an am groussen Deel vun der Antillen Creole géint. Et huet d'Karibik-Kreolemusik un Publikum in ganz Afrika, Europa an Lateinamerika matgetragen.
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.
Zeechesaatz
De Guadeloupe-Martinikanesch Band wielt w.e.g. mat dem Erstellen vun Zouk am Ende vun den 1970er gouf.
Martinican Sänger vum Kassav ', een vun de Stimmen, déi den genre definéiert hunn.
Wo dat Kënschtler kommt vun
102 Zouk Kënschtler si op TimTim.Live, an 100 en jiddereen in der neiste Stadt hun. Hei as di komm.
Lander
- Frankreich46
- Guadeloupe18
- Martinique12
- Angola5
- VerdeeschName3
- DR KongoName3
- United States3
- Brasilianescht1
- Kamerun1
- Kolombia1
- Franséisch Guyana1
- HaitiName1
Schäiten an Plaatsung
- Paräis, Frankreich5
- Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe4
- Luanda, Angola3
- Fort-de-France, Martinique2
- Le Robert, Martinique2
- Paris 14 Observatoire, Frankreich2
- São Vicente, VerdeeschName2
- Angoulême, Frankreich1
- Arrondissement de Port-au-Prince, HaitiName1
- Barreiro, Portugal1
- Benguela (province), Angola1
- Benguela (city), Angola1
Puer vun den Kënschtler
- Francky VincentPointe-à-Pitre
- IvandroBenguela
- June FreedomBoston
- Kassav’Paräis
- KayshaKinshasa
- Matieu WhiteGuadeloupe
- Nelson FreitasNederlandschName
- Rachelle AllisonFrankreich
- Zen EyerRio de Janeiro
- KénédyLes Abymes
- EMiiMontereau-Fault-Yonne
- Jocelyne BéroardFort-de-France
- Michael BenjaminArrondissement de Port-au-Prince
- Monsieur ThibaultLille
- PriscilliaFrankreich
- C4 PedroLuanda
- Denis GraçaSão Vicente
- Goldn. BKourou
- LynnshaFrankreich
- AtimFrankreich
- DissonanceGuadeloupe
- Grace EvoraSão Vicente
- Jocelyn DeloumeauxGuadeloupe
- La Compagnie CréoleParäis
Froen & Antwoorden
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.