Zouk
The Antilles on the dance floor
Zouk ke ' mino oa tantši oa Antlells o bitsoang Antles, o entsoeng ke sehlopha sa ' mino oa Kassav mathoasong a bo - 1980 ' me o binoa haholo - holo libakeng tsa Angonge. E ne e isa ' mino oa Sejeta ho bamameli ho pholletsa le Afrika, Europe le Latin America.
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.
Bataki ba mesebetsi e entsoeng ka bokhabane
Sehlopha sa ' mino oa Secanartinican se ile sa fuoa tlotla ea ho etsa zouk bofelong ba bo - 1970.
Sebini se seng sa Kessav sa Kassav, e leng se seng sa mantsoe a ileng a hlalosa bomolimo.
Moo baetsi bana ba litšoantšo ba tsoang teng
102 Zouk artists are on TimTim.Live, and 100 ea bona e na le motse oa sechaba. Mona ke moo ba tsoang teng.
Linaha
- France46
- Guadeloupe18
- Martinique12
- Angola5
- Cabo bohlokoa ba letho3
- DR Congo3
- United States3
- Brazil1
- Cameroon1
- Colombia1
- French letho1
- Haiti1
Metse e meholo le libaka
- Paris, France5
- Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe4
- Luanda, Angola3
- Fort-de-France, Martinique2
- Le Robert, Martinique2
- Paris 14 Observatoire, France2
- São Vicente, Cabo bohlokoa ba letho2
- Angoulême, France1
- Arrondissement de Port-au-Prince, Haiti1
- Barreiro, Portugal1
- Benguela (province), Angola1
- Benguela (city), Angola1
Tse ling tsa baetsi ba litšoantšo
- Francky VincentPointe-à-Pitre
- IvandroBenguela
- June FreedomBoston
- Kassav’Paris
- Kaysha▪ O phetse hantle
- Matieu WhiteGuadeloupe
- Nelson FreitasNetherlands
- Rachelle AllisonFrance
- Zen EyerRio de Janeiro
- KénédyLes Abymes
- EMiiMontereau-Fault-Yonne
- Jocelyne BéroardFort-de-France
- Michael BenjaminArrondissement de Port-au-Prince
- Monsieur ThibaultLille
- PriscilliaFrance
- C4 PedroLuanda
- Denis GraçaSão Vicente
- Goldn. BKourou
- LynnshaFrance
- AtimFrance
- DissonanceGuadeloupe
- Grace EvoraSão Vicente
- Jocelyn DeloumeauxGuadeloupe
- La Compagnie CréoleParis
Lipotso & Likarabo
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.