Konpa Music Video

The music business is a matter of who is in and who is out. That is why being a musician is said to be one of the most unstable careers as there have been thousands of artists that have been pushed into the unknown. In Haiti, legendary pianist Fabrice Rouzier is one of the few that have been successful both inside and outside the music industry for the past thirty years.

Fabrice Rouzier began his love and talent for music at the very young age of four with the help of his aunt Marguerite Borno, who taught him how to play the piano. During his teenage years, he was already playing with legendary Haitian musicians and music producers. After two years, he created the band Mizik Mizik.

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Accolade de New York is a compas band that changed its group line-up from album to album, with a many as 12 group members and as few as six. Their first album La Foi, released in 1980, showed a cover photo of eleven priestly figures with large, white crucifixes superimposed on their religious garments. It made record buyers sit up and take notice. What were they all about?

On this debut LP, they added chants to the typical compas instrument mix. On tracks you hear alto and tenor saxes, trombone, guitar and bass guitar, congas, bongos, and other percussion instruments. Accolade de New York recorded eight releases over the 18 years they were together, using the LP format for all except their last release Koze Kredi, which they released as a CD in 1997.

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Kompa which is also sometimes called konpa or compa is a musical genre from Haiti. It is also a dance form which involves mostly medium to fast-tempo beats created from synthesizers. The French meaning of kompa is complex. However many of us would not find it as complex as it is has explained. Kompa is an ever-changing style that originated from European ballroom dancing however a touch of Haiti's bourgeois culture may also be felt when you listen to it carefully. Initially, Haitian music consists of one or the other western dance form. Menwat (the early variation of the minuet) is one among them that still exist. Kompa has not been much dissimilar to the tradition. It has developed taking influence from multiple genres including salsa, soc, calypso many other similar.
Swinging is also one of a characteristic of kompa. In 1915, the American military occupants of Haiti brought this style of to their performances. The style was appreciated at many places and later it also influenced Haitian musician who integrated it with kompa. Kompa direct is a style that came in its existence in mid 1950.
Coronto international was a group, very famous in 1950; the group invented the Kompa direct and soon become a rage in Antilles, especially in Martinique and Guadeloupe. Two major personalities from this group who made it possible to make it a huge success throughout the Antilles were Webert Sicot and Nemours Jean Baptiste who later evolved it with zouk. However, both have their own style and identity.

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Kompa is a genre of music and a dance whose origin is from Haiti. It is usually written differently; compa or Konpa. The music has beats with tempo that is often rated as medium to fast. This kind of music genre is complex as it changes from time to time. It first came to be from a blending of European ballroom dancing and the Haiti culture.

This specific music genre arose in the early 20th century as a result of other genres like salsa and calypso among many others. The style referred to as Kompa direct was invented by a group of famous artists, however with its increasing fame it changed to the Zouk. Unfortunately the group split up and one of them improvised the above mentioned style once again. The two genres can be confused; however the Zouk has a slower tempo than the latter.

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Kompa is a genre of music and a dance whose origin is from Haiti. It is usually written differently; compa or Konpa. The music has beats with tempo that is often rated as medium to fast. This kind of music genre is complex as it changes from time to time. It first came to be from a blending of European ballroom dancing and the Haiti culture.

This specific music genre arose in the early 20th century as a result of other genres like salsa and calypso among many others. The style referred to as Kompa direct was invented by a group of famous artists, however with its increasing fame it changed to the Zouk. Unfortunately the group split up and one of them improvised the above mentioned style once again. The two genres can be confused; however the Zouk has a slower tempo than the latter.

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In the summer of 1981, Joel Widmaier and Mushi Widmaier created the upper class band Zekle in P-Au-P, Haiti. Some of the original musicians were Raoul Denis, Claude Marcelin, William Jean and D.T Richard. Zekle released several hit albums including "Pil ou Fas", "Stop" and "Repond Mwen". Throughout their career the group traveled internationally performing with other instrumental bands. In late 1988 the band broke.

One of their hit songs " Adje "

Zekle of Joel Widmaier and Mushi Widmaier

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Congratulations to the members of Dega for their hard and wonderful work on this Music Video. You must watch this video at least twice to really appreciate the effects and fall in love with it. The lyrics were real and the messages were strong. The music and vocals are more mature, the diversity of the musicality is also much improved. Dega has evolved into a new Compa band and I am looking forward to their next music video. I truly enjoy listening to this music Video, and I hope you will as well.

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Robert Charlot, a natural born musician who first started with classical piano and gospel music with his mother and cousins help, is the one who introduced the digital format and style to Konpa music when he formed Top Vice few years back. He's known as a keyboard player with the ability to write hit songs, produce program keys/drums, arrange and sing but in reality he plays almost all instruments, does his own recording, a real "L'homme orchestre" who also has his own record label.

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This new Conpa music group "Gabel" is from Miami, Florida, and it is definitely a very good beginning for them with this Hit Song "Koute Kem". This beautiful song was chosen for the video of the week because the music is well written with clean and simple melody. The video is also a great realization; good lighting and beautiful scenery. The producer of the video did not feel the need to show excessive nudity in order to make the video appealing.

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Classic and professional are two words that come to mind with Zenglen, one of today's best konpa bands. Professional, because when Zenglen is in concert, whether it's playing for two hundred or six hundred people, the band gives it all. Zenglen is also Classic, because Richi delivers a smooth sound, reminiscent of the great bands of yesteryears. Those bands of earlier days created the classic konpa sound, and Zenglen is continuing that tradition.

With his new Lead Singer, Kenny Desmangles, Zenglen is really on top of his game in this music video of the week.

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