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mack8710 | October 28, 2006
Enjoy KASSAV 'Live" with the song "Oh, Madiana"
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Here's information about the music group Kassav from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kassav' :
"Kassav (Antillean Creole for a local dish made from cassava root) is a Francophone zouk band formed in Paris in 1979...
Kassav' was formed in 1979 by Pierre-Edouard Décimus (a long-time professional musician who had worked with Freddy Marshall) and Paris studio musician Jacob F. Desvarieux. Together, they decided to make Guadeloupean carnival music and record it in a more fully-orchestrated yet modern and polished style. In the 1980s they took Caribbean music to another level by recording in the new digital format.
Kassav' was the leading band to emerge from the formative years of Zouk; most authors credit Décimus, his brother Georges, the band's bassist and Desvarieux as its inventors. They gave the style a pan-Caribbean sound by taking elements from Haitian kompa, Dominica Cadence-lypso, Dominican merengue, Nuevo Rican salsa, Trinidadian calypso, Republic of Cameroon's rhythm Makossa and the result became world-famous. Their first album, Love and Ka Dance (1980), established the new sound of zouk, a Parisian
concoction unlike anything else, island-based or otherwise to come onto the global scene. The band gained popularity in their much-heralded live performances in Paris's Club Zenith and toured widely. For a band ostensibly operating in a "narrowly-focused" Caribbean dance-based 'recently-arrived' new genre, their success and influence on other artists was remarkable"...
Selected English language viewer comments from
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Posted in 2007:
masterlong012 - Love this group, in my view best group to grace the planet!!!! Great Music!!
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namarez- the very best brand of zouk in the world
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HERRER21 - why is it that people have never heard of this group here in the states?
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anakdrknss- Because they are an Island band. If you go to France, there will not be a single person who does not know Kassav. Trust me, I'm french and everyone I know, know who this group is. They come to the states but mostly places where people from the islands are. like miami, florida. and new york.
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Adgegbe50 - i think b/c not many ppl are not exposed to zouk in general here in the US yet. However zouk is long overdue
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bokar7- ppl in the US are not exposed to Zouk or any non-US art form, or anything non-American for that matter..only few things get through like dancehall, and a handful of foreign artist who realease in the US. Kassav for life..merci pour les memoires!!!
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mrsfire- Marvelous as always... Long live Kassav.
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crazysammy- great song
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SunworksMedia - GIANTS of ZOUK kassav in full color glory here! Nevermind the quality:) Guitarist Jacob's unmistakable super sexy grizzly-husk vocal captivates! All the hits from the whole damn talented bunch are here. Sharp-knifed horns! Steel-tight Vamur drums! EU, UK, US take note! Thanks
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Yoga1978- he's a great guitarist too. I've seen them rehearse once and this guy has killer guitar solos!
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resater2050 - great group for all time.
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Hotangelbaby13- I like the song but i don't understand ntn wha he saying
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jahste - It is in creole (from French Caribbean Island. This is one of our greatest groups : Kassav. They have revolutionized zouk music in the West Indies. And they're basically singing a melting pot of their most famous hits.
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Arisutton- This band is the best zouk band there ever was. I have had the pleasure of seeing them live in the Caribbean and Europe!!!
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HERRER21 - they are going to play in brooklyn this summer. check out celebrate brooklyn web page
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smurfette3219- i can hardly wait for august 4th , come rain or sun ,..of they come through i will be there with my proper gears... and if it snows iw ill be there with layers on because KASSAV is well worth it
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timafi - decades later,Kassav still sounds great.
Thank you Kassav for decades of wonderful songs and lyrics.
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hottygal11- bawdddd i luv this type of musique!!
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trini1405- Love them, love them!! I remember being a teenager when they came to Trinidad over 15+ years ago. Didn't understand much, but the music is beautiful. Fan for life!!!
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emostayong - wow! kassav, always the best! they defined an era.
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Posted in 2008:
Pierro28- Jacob Debario - Alays sounds the same!
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macadientje- i do not understand a word they are saying but they are great, their music is fantastic.
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wada78- creole people, what is jacob saying. Please let me know I really want to understand what he says. I do speak french but don't understand much in creole.
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ministerofust-This guy has a classic voice. I only understand 80 percent of what he is saying , probably because I speak Haitian creole. Kassav is probably one of the greatest band ever!
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catrashoo- this song was a big hit in my country Honduras .
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kmermix- You are joking man lol do you listen to that kind of music in Honduras ?
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catrashoo-yeap in my country Hondurason quarter of the
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bolingo77- good music is universal...
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dieselgal26 - love this song!
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NoirSolja- Kassav's Music Is Immortal!!!!!
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slevo3- What language are they speaking, i know its creole a little bit mix with something else?
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tiooz- it's french creole from Martique and Guadeloupe , French West Indies.
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tiooz- Martinique..... my bad..
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hatianmagic - Correction, they're speaking Antillean Creole which is spoken by the islands of the lesser antillies. It's very similar to haitian Creole but different. That's why all Haitians have some type of problem trying to understand their words.
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mwalinha - this brings back such fantastic memories :) THANKS!
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haitianmajic - I speak Haitian Creole not antillean creole that comes from Martinique and Guadalupe.
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redgka- it comes from guadeloupe, and it's so fresh!!!
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snakerb - I speak St.lucian creole which is also antilliean creole and our creole is alot more like Dominica's creole than Martinique. But all creole is great creole to me and I LOVE ALL ZOUK, especially kassav
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kurichicken- Hearing this music brings back so many memories from growing up...my parents from Dominica and they always playing this music :D
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haitianmajic- I never knew if they spoke creole in Dominica. tout kreyol se kreyol. all islanders came from the same place.
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snakerb - You know I mean Dominica and not Dominican Republic right? Now that I live in the abroad, most people think I'm talking about Dominican republic when I say Dominica.