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Zouk-love is the French islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique compas music. It has it origins in a slow tempo form of cadence sung by Ophelia Marie of Dominica. The lyrics of the songs often speak of love and sentimental problems.
| Zouk love | |
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| Cultural origins | Mid 1980s, Guadeloupe & Martinique |
| Fusion genres | |
| Cabo-Love - Zouk-lambada | |
Patrick Saint Eloi is arguably a profound artist. He is the author of hits like "Darling", "West Indies", "Rev An Mwen", "Zouk", "Pretty Kreate", "pazapa", "lanmou se pa Djenjene and "pabizwen pale", a duet performed with Jocelyne Béroard. Béroard Jocelyne was successful with her song "Kolé Séré" (gold).
Zouk-love styles
Zouk r'nb
An alternative of zouk influenced by the American R&B is call Zouk R&B. It is a mixture of R&B and Zouk-love. This trend has taken birth in Paris with artists such as Slaï, Thierry Cham, Jane Fostin, Ali Angel, Medhy costs, Nichols, Kimberlite Zouk, Warren, Marvin, Kaysha, Elizio, Teeya, Soumia Linsha and etc. .... but it is also Jean-Michel Rod is the precursor of Zouk R&B (also known as Zouk RNB, Zouk R'NB) or "américanisé" with their song "Le Ou Lov", "Sof will," "Stop", "Cigaret", "Chut j'taime" "Mwen'm not," "And I love her" and "Ella". This trend seems to now the accession of the French public due to the success of Slaï, Thierry Cham, Medhy costs, and Pearl Déesses Lama.
Cabo-love
The musical style cabo-love, originating from the Cape Verde islands, is a derivative of compas music mixed with other Cape verdian rhythms. From the 1980s there has been a strong influence from the French Antilles compas bands. In some cases there has been a fusion of the zouk with the coladeira, to which several names have been given, such as cola-dance, cola-zouk, cabo-swing, cabo-love, etc. However, in other cases the performance is practically a zouk copy. In this variant, the rhythm has the same accentuation as the French Antilles compas, the instrumentation is also copied from the zouk, the accentuation of the melody line is different, the syncopation is made in other contexts and the melody line is less continuous than the traditional coladeira, with breaks.
Zouk dancing
Caribbean Zouk
There are multiple ways to dance to zouk music:
- Zouk Love (Traditional way)
- French Caribbean way (Antilles/Haiti).
- French-speaking Africa way.
- Zouk-Lambada style. A fusion of French Caribbean Zouk and Brazilian styles danced to Zouk rhythmic music.
- Brazilian zouk. An evolved Brazilian version of Zouk dancing utilizing French Caribbean, Portuguese Cape Verdean and other Zouk-like rhythmic music.
- Lambazouk or Lambada. Lambada dance style (or a variation of it) danced to Zouk music.
- Angolan Kizomba, and Cape Verdean cola-zouk dance style. Are all derivatives of compas music.
Zouk in Brazil
In Brazil, the zouk rhythm is used to dance a Brazilian dancing style, however, with movements more suited to the music. The Lambada is usually very fast and frantic. Unlike that, the zouk in Brazil is often slow and sensual, enabling many steps and turns.
Rio-style Zouk
Rio-style Zouk (also called Carioca Lambada meaning Rio-style Lambada), was first developed in Rio de Janeiro. It is mainly danced in Brazil (Rio and Brasília), Australia, The Netherlands, Spain and some other European countries. It uses a modified, slower, smoother, even more sensual version of the lambada and is typically danced on zouk-love style music. In the Netherlands this dance style goes under the name of zouk-love.