Zouk
The Antilles on the dance floor
Zouk est li muzike d 'dances des Antilles francès — Guadeloupe et Martinique — ahivé pa l' bande Kassav a cminçmint des ans 80 et a candjî moens e Antillean Creole. I gn a djouwé li muzike creole Carayibyin viè l 'audiyance di tos l' Afrike, l' Urope et l' Amerike latin.
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.
Årtisses notåves
Li bande di Guadeloupe-Martinican a- z ahiver zouke al fén des ans 70.
Martinican chanant di Kassav, ene des voices ki definixh li manire.
Ewou ces årtisses vint
114 Zouk les artistes sont sol TimTim.Live, eyet 107 c 'est d' ene cisse cisse ci. Çouci est diwou k 'ils provént.
Payis
- Francès51
- Guadeloupe19
- Martinique12
- Angola6
- Cabo Vert3
- DR Congo3
- Etats Unis3
- Braezi1
- Camrone1
- Colombeye1
- Guyane francesse1
- Hayti1
Cô_per les plaeces
- Paris, Francès5
- Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe4
- Luanda, Angola3
- Benguela (province), Angola2
- Fort-de-France, Martinique2
- Le Robert, Martinique2
- Paris 14 Observatoire, Francès2
- São Vicente, Cabo Vert2
- Angoulême, Francès1
- Arrondissement de Port-au-Prince, Hayti1
- Barreiro, Portugal1
- Benguela (city), Angola1
Sacwants des årtisses
- Francky VincentPointe-à-Pitre
- IvandroBenguela
- June FreedomBoston
- Kassav’Paris
- KayshaKinshasa
- Matieu WhiteGuadeloupe
- Nelson FreitasPayis
- Rachelle AllisonFrancès
- Zen EyerRio de Janeiro
- KénédyLes Abymes
- EMiiMontereau-Fault-Yonne
- Jocelyne BéroardFort-de-France
- Michael BenjaminArrondissement de Port-au-Prince
- Monsieur ThibaultLille
- PriscilliaFrancès
- C4 PedroLuanda
- Denis GraçaSão Vicente
- Goldn. BKourou
- LynnshaFrancès
- Yola SemedoLobito
- AtimFrancès
- DissonanceGuadeloupe
- Grace EvoraSão Vicente
- Jocelyn DeloumeauxGuadeloupe
Kesse & Responses
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.