Alex Abellard - Musician

Updated December 31, 2012 7:11 PM

Haiti's Kompa is considered to be the country's national music genre and Alex Abellard plays this style of music. Also called Compas, the music genre that is often accompanied by dance has expanded its reach to the rest of the Caribbean, as well as in the United States, Canada, France, and Africa. It gave birth to numerous singers and bands in Haiti that have gained both national and international fame and have performed all around the world.

The band Zin is one of the new generations of Kompas musicians in Haiti. It was founded in the 1980s by musician Alex Abellard. Other Zin members, past and present, are Alan Cave, Carry Legagneur, Daphne Dary, Eddy Saint-Vil, Gaby Catin, Jack Barbot, Patrick Apollon, Romeo DeVolcy, Virginia Mahotiere, and many others. The group has since released about twenty albums and is known for the songs' "Chokola", "Pa Okipi Li", "Falling", "De la tete aux peids", and "Hasta La Vista".

Alex Abellard was born in Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince. He is famous for being a multi-instrumentalist, playing the guitar and the keyboard for Zin. Aside from being a musician, Abellard is also a video producer and a web designer. As a leading musical figure in Haiti, he is also the CEO of AlabelMizik.com, a label music site that features both Haitian and international live music streaming. Abellard and Zin are still very active in the Haitian music scene by putting out more albums and singles and performing in concerts after how many decades, with the leaving and changing of several band members.

Music Videos from Zin

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