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Name | Zouk |
Stylistic origins | Music that became popular in the mid-1980s by groups originating from the French West Indies. The music was a mix of French Antillean bèlè, cadence-lypso, biguine, gwo ka, and other caribbean rhythms. |
Cultural origins | Started in the mid 1980s by groups from the French West Indies (Guadeloupe & Martinique), Haiti, Dominica, St. Lucia |
Derivatives | Zouk-love - Kizomba - Cabo-Love |
Popularity | Popular in the French Caribbean and now shared with cultures from South America: (Brazil etc.) and Africa: (Angola, Cape Verde, Réunion, Mozambique etc.) |
Instruments | rhythm section: bèlè, makè and boula drums, tibwa, rattle chacha;brass section, two synthesizers, guitar, bass guitar |
Subgenrelist | list of genres of zouk |
Subgenres | Zouk-love - Kizomba - Cola-zouk |
Fusiongenres | Zouk-lambada - Zouk chouv - Zouk R&B; - Compas-love - Ragga-Zouk - kuduro |
Regional scenes | French West Indies - Haiti - West Africa - France - Portugal }} |
With this hit, zouk rapidly became the most widespread dance craze to hit Latin American in some time, and was wildly popular even as far afield as Europe and Asia. Zouk became known for wildly theatrical concerts featuring special effects spectacles, colorful costumes and outrageous antics.
Zouk music has thrilled and inspired millions of fans from around the world. The global influence of the genre is even more remarkable considering its roots. The islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique together cover barely 1,000 square miles, and each is inhabited by just 400,000 residents. Zouk music is steeped in the complex history of the islands, one of unsurpassed beauty, colonization, political turmoil, and the abundant fusion of bits and pieces of African, European, and Caribbean cultures. Naturally, zouk itself is the product of a combination of musical influences.
Zouk influence has been felt in Brazilian lambada and other Caribbean styles like merengue, compas, bouyon, and soca, as well as African styles such as soukous, makossa, zouglou, Kuduro, Coupe-Decale, mbalax, and funana.
The dance steps of Caribbean zouk dance style differ significantly from the Brazilian zouk-lambada dance style. In Caribbean zouk two steps are performed on the music ("1-2, 1-2, etc"), where in Brazilian zouk three steps are performed on the music ("1-3-4, 1-3-4, etc"). This changes the dynamics of the dance.
A special style within the zouk is zouk-love, where the music is slower, and more dramatic. Zouk-love has its origins in a slow tempo form of Cadence sang by Ophelia Marie of Dominica.
The music kizomba from Angola and cola-zouk from Cape Verde are also a derivative of zouk, which sounds basically the same but has more computerized sound, although there are notable differences once you become more familiar with these genres.
Popular zouk-love artists include French West Indian artists, Patrick St. Eloi, Edith Lefel, Nichols, Harry Diboula or Haitian artists like Alan Cave, Ayenn and Daan Junior, Italian artist like Gianni Miele, Netherlands based Suzanna Lubrano and Gil Semedo, or African artist like Philipe Monteiro and Kaysha.
Some purists did not like the name "Zouk R&B;" and prefers "Zouk Nouvelle Génération", and that this new trend is very popular among young people of Cape Verde.
Category:Zouk Category:Caribbean music Category:French styles of music Category:Martinican music Category:Guadeloupean music Category:Saint Lucian music Category:Dominica music
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