Zouk

Zouk is a musical movement pioneered by the French Antillean band Kassav' in the early 1980s. It was originally characterized by a fast tempo (120–145 bpm), a percussion-driven rhythm and a loud horn section.[1] The fast zouk béton of Martinique and Guadeloupe faded away during the 1980s.[2] Musicians from Martinique and Guadeloupe added MIDI instrumentation to their compas style, which developed into zouk-love.[3][4] Zouk-love is effectively the French Lesser Antilles' compas.[5] Zouk gradually became indistinguishable from the genre known as compas.[5] This light compas influenced the Cape-Verdean new generation.[6]

For other uses, see Zouk (disambiguation).
Zouk
Stylistic origins
Cultural originsEarly 1980s, French Antilles (esp. Guadeloupe and Martinique)
Typical instruments
Derivative formsZouk-love
Regional scenes

Zouk béton

The original fast carnival style of zouk, best represented by the band Kassav', became known as "zouk béton", "zouk chiré" or "zouk hard".[7] Zouk béton is considered a synthesis of various French Antillean dance music styles of the 20th century: kadans (cadence), konpa and biguine.[8]

See also

References
  1. Torres, George (2013). Encyclopedia of Latin American Popular Music. ABC-CLIO. p. 453. ISBN 978-0-313-08794-3.
  2. Popular music of the non western world. Peter Manuel, New York Oxford University Press, 1988, p74
  3. Occo, Jean-Claude (2019). The Codification of Zouk. p. 10. ISBN 978-2-9567965-2-7.
  4. Ellingham, Mark (1999). The Rough Guide to World Music. p. 299. ISBN 978-1-85828-636-5.
  5. Popular Musics of the Non Western World. Peter Manuel, New York Oxford University Press, 1988, p74
  6. Gérald Désert, Le Zouk. Genèse et représentations sociales d'une musique populaire, préface de Apollinaire Anakesa Kululuka, Paris, Anibwe, coll. Liziba, 2018 ISBN 9781234567897
  7. Guilbault, Jocelyne; Averill, Gage; Benoit, Edouard; Rabess, Gregory (1993). Zouk: World Music in the West Indies. University of Chicago Press. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-226-31042-8.
  8. Manuel, Peter; Bilby, Kenneth; Largey, Michael (2012). Caribbean Currents: Caribbean Music from Rumba to Reggae. Temple University Press. p. 173. ISBN 978-1-59213-464-9.
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