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 called zouk-love. Zouk-love is effectively the French Lesser Antilles' compas, and it gradually became indistinguishable from compas.
Key facts
- Music genre.name
- Zouk
- Music genre.cultural_origins
- Early 1980s, French Antilles (esp. Guadeloupe and Martinique)
- Music genre.derivatives
- Zouk-love, Kizomba
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- music genre
- Country of origin
- French West Indies
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- inception
- 1986-00-00
- topic's main category
- Category:Zouk
- derivative work
- kuduro
- location of creation
- French West Indies
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