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The Seychelles, which is an independent island chain in the Indian Ocean, formerly a colony of both Britain and France has a distinct kind of music. Folk music incorporates multiple influences in a syncretic fashion, including English contredanse, polka and mazurka, French folk and pop, sega from Mauritius and Réunion, taarab, soukous moutya and other pan-African genres of and Polynesian, Indian and Arcadian music. A complex form of percussion music called contombley is popular, along with combinations of Sega and Reggae called Seggae and combinations of Moutya and Reggae called Mouggae, as is montea, a fusion of native folk rhythms with Kenyan benga developed by Patrick Victor. Jean Marc Volcy is another famous Seychellois musician who has brought a modern touch to traditional music. He has several albums including Sove Lavi.

References

Ewens, Graeme and Werner Graebner. "A Lightness of Touch". 2000. In Broughton, Simon and Ellingham, Mark with McConnachie, James and Duane, Orla (Ed.), World Music, Vol. 1: Africa, Europe and the Middle East, pp 505-508. Rough Guides Ltd, Penguin Books. ISBN 1-85828-636-0

External links

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	'''[[The Seychelles]]''', which is an independent island chain in the [[Indian Ocean]], formerly a colony of both [[UK\|Britain]] and [[France]] has a distinct kind of ~~'''~~music~~'''~~. [[Folk music]] incorporates multiple influences in a syncretic fashion, including [[England\|English]] [[contredanse]], [[polka]] and [[mazurka]], French folk and pop, [[sega music\|sega]] from [[Mauritius]] and [[Réunion]], [[taarab]], [[soukous]] [[moutya]] and other pan-African genres of and [[Polynesia]]n, [[India]]n and [[Arcadia]]n music. A complex form of [[percussion instrument\|percussion]] music called [[contombley]] is popular, along with combinations of Sega and Reggae called Seggae and combinations of Moutya and Reggae called Mouggae, as is [[montea]], a fusion of native folk rhythms with [[Kenya]]n [[benga]] developed by [[Patrick Victor]]. [[Jean Marc Volcy]] is another famous Seychellois musician who has brought a modern touch to traditional music. He has several albums including Sove Lavi.		'''[[The Seychelles]]''', which is an independent island chain in the [[Indian Ocean]], formerly a colony of both [[UK\|Britain]] and [[France]] has a distinct kind of music. [[Folk music]] incorporates multiple influences in a syncretic fashion, including [[England\|English]] [[contredanse]], [[polka]] and [[mazurka]], French folk and pop, [[sega music\|sega]] from [[Mauritius]] and [[Réunion]], [[taarab]], [[soukous]] [[moutya]] and other pan-African genres of and [[Polynesia]]n, [[India]]n and [[Arcadia]]n music. A complex form of [[percussion instrument\|percussion]] music called [[contombley]] is popular, along with combinations of Sega and Reggae called Seggae and combinations of Moutya and Reggae called Mouggae, as is [[montea]], a fusion of native folk rhythms with [[Kenya]]n [[benga]] developed by [[Patrick Victor]]. [[Jean Marc Volcy]] is another famous Seychellois musician who has brought a modern touch to traditional music. He has several albums including Sove Lavi.