Zouk
The Antilles on the dance floor
Zouk es la musica de danses de las Antilles francesas — Guadeloupe e Martinica — creat per la banda Kassav’ a començament dels ans 1980 e canta fòrça a Antillean Creole. Porta la musica Caribbean Creole a publics de tota Africa, d'Euròpa e d'Amèrica Latina.
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.
Artistas
La banda de Guadeloupe-Martinican creada de la creacion de Zouk a fins dels ans 1970.
Martinican cantant de Kassav', una de las voças que definís lo genre.
Responsas
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.