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Zouk

Zouk is a musical movement and dance 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. Musicians from Martinique and Guadeloupe eventually added MIDI instrumentation to their compas style, which developed into a genre…

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Zouk béton

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Cultural origins
Early 1980s, French Antilles (esp. Guadeloupe and Martinique)
Derivative forms
Zouk-love, Kizomba
Stylistic origins
Cadence rampa · compas · cadence-lypso · bélé · biguine
Typical instruments
Gwo ka · tibwa · shak shak · brass · synthesizer

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Zouk béton

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Zouk

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Avg. degree1.85
Density0.153846
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Typical instruments · 8
Zouk → bass guitar, brass, drum machine, guitar, Gwo ka, shak shak, synthesizer, tibwa
Stylistic origins · 6
Zouk → biguine, bélé, Cadence rampa, cadence-lypso, compas, gwo ka
see also · 5
Zouk → Brazilian ZoukMusic, France, GuadeloupeMusic, Latin AmericaMusic, MartiniqueMusic
related to Zouk béton · 3
Zouk → French Antillean, Kassav, The
Cultural origins · 1
Zouk → Early 1980s, French Antilles (esp. Guadeloupe and Martinique)
Derivative forms · 1
Zouk → Zouk-love, Kizomba
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Zouk → musical movement and dance pioneered by the French Antillean band Kassav' in the early 1980s

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french compas zouk-love martinique guadeloupe béton early 1980s kassav' biguine dance antillean band fast style became gwo ka antilles france

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ZoukCultural originsEarly 1980s, French Antilles (esp. Guadeloupe and Martinique)1.00infobox
ZoukDerivative formsZouk-love, Kizomba1.00infobox
ZoukStylistic originsCadence rampa1.00infobox
ZoukStylistic originscompas1.00infobox
ZoukStylistic originscadence-lypso1.00infobox
ZoukStylistic originsbélé1.00infobox
ZoukStylistic originsbiguine1.00infobox
ZoukStylistic originsgwo ka1.00infobox
ZoukTypical instrumentsGwo ka1.00infobox
ZoukTypical instrumentstibwa1.00infobox
ZoukTypical instrumentsshak shak1.00infobox
ZoukTypical instrumentsbrass1.00infobox
ZoukTypical instrumentssynthesizer1.00infobox
ZoukTypical instrumentsguitar1.00infobox
ZoukTypical instrumentsbass guitar1.00infobox
ZoukTypical instrumentsdrum machine1.00infobox
Zoukis amusical movement and dance pioneered by the French Antillean band Kassav' in the early 1980s0.90text

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