skah shah - Haiti Music Video

A legendary Haitian singer and songwriter Jean Michel Daudier encouraged and assembled thousands of Haitian both at home and abroad with his songs during the latest revolution of Haiti. He was a multi talented musician having good command on guitar, piano, synthesizer, ensemble and orchestra.

Daudier came in limelight in 1986 because of his protest song 'Lem pa we soley la' which means 'When I don't see the Sunshine'. The release shook the Duvalier regime and fuelled up revolution. The song earned enormous popularity and sold anonymously.

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Anderson Cameau is a renowned Haitian musician. His musical styles are accessible to the general public and disseminated by the mass media. Anderson Cameau used to play with legendary band Skah-Shah and is now with Apocalypse 2000 which is one of the top bands of this genre.

Being well-versed to music composition and theory, Anderson Cameau has better knowledge of melodies, structure and other techniques used in developing successful compositions. He has written his songs in a variety of styles which gives him a higher potential for more work and expansion of his music.

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The musical band Skah Shah #1 was founded in 1974 with famous Haitian artist like Jean Michel Saint Victor AKA Zouzoul, Jean Elie Telfort AKA Cubano and Loubert Chancy. The group Shak Shah #1 recorded its first album in 1974. Their hit singles at the time included "Haiti", "Caroline", "Sentiment", "Ozanana", "Macho man",and "Bel Ti machande" to name a few. Skah Shah went on to record more than ten albums before they broke up in the early 1990's. The band regrouped recently and produced this hit song " lague jazz ", selected as the Music Video of the week:

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Having rebranded from Shleu- shleu in 1970, the outlook of the band, Skah shah has really changed. So is their music. It was founded in Haiti before its name was changed. As is well known, the Haitian music is Konpa. It carries the cultural origins of the area. It actually represents the culture the Haitian people as well as audience's love for the traditional Konpa music.

After moving to New York City in the mid 1970, the well respect vocalist of the band, Joe Ely, decided to reorganize the group to address the new changes in the band. This also affected their approach to the Konpa music and the Haitian culture. In fact, some reviewers have described their music as having easy rhythms that easily attract the attention and interest of the dancers to dance. This is contributed highly with the seductive playing of the saxophone.

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This band is well known as Shah-Shah #1. It is a Haitian band that composes and sings the Compas music. The Skah Shah was established in the year 1974.

It was made up of well known and reputable Haitian music such as Jean Elie Telfort, Jean Michel, Cubano, Loubert Chancy and Saint Victor AKA Zouzoul. This was a group of very excellent artists and who had gained some recognition in the Haitian music industry.

The Shak Shah band made its first recording in the year 1974 and one of the songs that made a hit included Sentiment, Caroline, Ozanana, Bel Ti Machande and Macho man. These are just some of the few songs that led to the growth of the fame of the band.

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