Bouyon music
| Bouyon | |
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| Stylistic origins | Jing ping, Cadence-lypso, and traditional dances:bèlè, quadrille, Chanté mas and lapo kabwit, Mazurka, Zouk, etc. |
| Cultural origins | Late 1980s - Roseau, Dominica |
| Typical instruments | Tambour bélé, tambou lélé, lapo kabwit, chakchak (maracas), syak or gwaj (scraper-rattle), tambal or tanbou (tambourine), accordion, acoustic drums, rhythmic guitar, keyboards, |
| Derivative forms | jump up |
| Fusion genres | |
| Bouyon Soca - Bouyon-muffin - Reketeng - Alternative Bouyon | |
| Other topics | |
| Music of Dominica - Jing ping - Cadence-lypso - Windward Caribbean Kulture | |
| Music of Dominica | |
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| Media and performance | |
| Music festivals |
Carnival World Creole Music Festival |
| Nationalistic and patriotic songs | |
| National anthem | Isle of Beauty, Isle of Splendour |
| Regional music | |
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Bouyon (Boo-Yon) is a form of popular music of Dominica which became popular in the late 1980s. The term Bouyon means something akin to "gumbo soup" in the Antillean Creole of Dominica. Bouyon music is a mix of traditional and modern music, and is popular across much of the Caribbean.
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. 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 WCK blends jing ping, cadence-lypso and traditional dances, namely bèlè, quadrille, Chanté mas and lapo kabwit, mazurka, zouk and other styles of Caribbean music.
The band made its debut in 1988 with an album titled "One More Sway" which coincided with the REUNION YEAR (10th anniversary) Independence celebrations. The next album 1990 titled "CULTURE SHOCK" was probably the defining moment for the band. The album included tracks such as "Culture Shock" and "Dance Floor".
The albums that followed showed the creative growth of the band throughout the years. In 1991, the "FOLLOW THE LEADER" album delivered signature tracks such as "Follow the Leader" and "Land Of Sunshine". In 1992, the release of "KANNIBAL" was another step towards the fine-tuning of this new sound. The 1993 release "FOREVER" produced one of the band's biggest hits, "Conch Shell/Vola Vole" or "The Fish Song" (as it was popularly called). In 1995, the band released its most successful album, "TOU CHO TOU FLAM", which generated 7 smash hits out of the 11-track album, one of which was the huge hit "Balance Batty" which is still being played throughout the Caribbean and the rest of the globe to this day. By the launch of the band’s 7th album, "ORIGINAL HOLD DEM", CK mania had taken over Dominica as well as the rest of the Caribbean. That album contained popular tracks like "Mete Veye", "Original Hold Dem", "Nomn La" and "Preg Dance See". The hits just kept on coming and CK music was in constant demand by partygoers and music lovers all over the globe.
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