Zouk

 ( Caribbean Music Genres ) 

Zouk is a musical movement and dance pioneered by the French Antilles 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.

(2025). 9782956796527, BoD – Books on Demand. . ISBN 9782956796527

(1999). 9781858286365, Rough Guides. . ISBN 9781858286365

Zouk-love is effectively the French Lesser Antilles' compas,Popular Musics of the Non Western World. Peter Manuel, New York Oxford University Press, 1988, p74 and it gradually became indistinguishable from compas.

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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".

(1993). 9780226310428, University of Chicago Press. . ISBN 9780226310428

Zouk béton is considered a synthesis of various French Antillean dance music styles of the 20th century, including cadence rampa, compas, and biguine.

(2025). 9781592134649, Temple University Press. . ISBN 9781592134649

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See also

• Brazilian Zouk
• Music of Latin America
• Music of Martinique
• Music of Guadeloupe
• Music of France

Categories: Caribbean Music Genres, Music Of Martinique, Music Of Guadeloupe, Music Of Haiti, Music Of Dominica, Music Of The Lesser Antilles

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