Bouyon music
| Bouyon | |
|---|---|
| Stylistic origins | Jing ping, Cadence-lypso, and traditional dances. |
| Cultural origins | Late 1980's - Roseau, Dominica |
| Typical instruments | Tambour bélé, chakchak (maracas), syak or gwaj (scraper-rattle), tambal or tanbou (tambourine), accordion, acostic drums, rhythmic guitar, keyboards, |
| Derivative forms | jump up |
| Fusion genres | |
| bouyon-muffin - bouyon soca | |
| Other topics | |
| Music of Dominica - Jing ping - Cadence-lypso - Windward Caribbean Kulture | |
Bouyon (Boo-Yon) is a form of popular music of Dominica which became popular in the late 1980s.[1] The term Bouyon means something akin to "gumbo soup" in the local creole of Dominica.[1] Bouyon music is a mix of traditional and modern music,[2] and is popular across much of the Caribbean.
History
The best-known band in the genre is Windward Caribbean Kulture (WCK), who originated the style in 1988 by experimenting with a fusion of Jing ping and Cadence-lypso.[3] While the Cadence-Lypso sound is based on the use of acoustic drums, an aggressive up-tempo guitar beat and strong social commentary in the native Creole language, this new music created by WCK focused more on the use of technology with a strong emphasis on keyboard rhythmic patterns.
Bouyon as popularized largely by the WCK band blends in Jing ping, Cadence-lypso and traditional dances namely, bèlè, Quadrille, Chanté mas and lapo kabwit, Mazurka, Zouk and other styles of Caribbean music.[4] They used percussion rhythms native to Dominica, and ragga influenced vocals.
Newer offshoots
Jump up
In 1987, Exile One recorded a Chanté mas and lapo kabwit song entitled l'hivenage, commonly referred to as tchwe yo, the French Antilleans called that beat Jump up music because of the carnival flavor (as printed on Exile One's album "Creole attitude"). This jump up beat was later modified to become Bouyon or modern soca music.
Though the Bouyon originally combined the Jing ping, Cadence-lypso and traditional dances, the Chanté mas and lapo kabwit tradition has become a prominent part of Bouyon Music. Just as the fast pace of the carnival-associated Lapo kabrit provides the rhythmic basis of Bouyon-Jump up style. In Guadeloupe and Martinique, "Jump up" refers generally to Bouyon music.
Bouyon-muffin
A modern offshoot of bouyon is bouyon-muffin, uses more prominent elements of the Jamaican raggamuffin music.
The most influential figure in the development of bouyon-muffin was Skinny Banton, who collaborated with the wck band recording a song "bouyon muffin", a fusion of bouyon and raggamuffin music.[5]
References
- ^ a b Shepherd, John (2005). Continuum encyclopedia of popular music of the world. Continuum. p. 43. ISBN 9780826474360. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Carole Elizabeth Boyce Davies (2008). Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture. p. 390. ISBN 978-1851097005.
- ^ "Cadence: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases". By Inc Icon Group International. Retrieved December 3, 2005.
- ^ "Bouyon Music". Music in Dominica. Retrieved December 3, 2005.
- ^ > "Numusiczone". bouyon muffin. Retrieved september 10, 2005.
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