Zouk
The Antilles on the dance floor
Hi Zouk amo an sayaw nga musika han Franses nga mga Antilles — Guadeloupe ngan Martinique — nga ginhimo han banda nga Kassav' han temprano han dekada han 1980 ngan nagkakanta hin daku ha Antillean Creole. Nagdara ito hin Caribbean Creole nga musika ha mga magkirita ha bug - os nga Aprika, Europa ngan Latin Amerika.
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.
Makaruruyag nga mga artist
An banda ha Guadeloupean-Martinican nga ginpasidunggan han paghimo hin zouk ha ikatarapos han dekada 1970.
Martinican nga magkaranta han Kassav', usa han mga tingog nga nagdetalye han genre.
Mga Pakiana Ngan mga Baton
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.