What do you know about the music called Cadence Lypso? Well I recently saw a discussion on the islandmix forum that referenced the music that is known in some circles as simple Cadence and Kadans Lypso in other circles. Take this opportunity to familiarize yourself with some of this very musically exhilarating rhythms from up the islands. I enjoyed listening to the music and you will have a similar experience.
I have also posted a YouTube video mix of the music style with this posting for your listening pleasure. I have no doubt that you will enjoy listening to this music style that is played in the French speaking Caribbean and on the island of Dominica.
I have also posted a YouTube video mix of the music style with this posting for your listening pleasure. I have no doubt that you will enjoy listening to this music style that is played in the French speaking Caribbean and on the island of Dominica.
The followiing brief explanation should help:
Cadence Lypso is a popular genre from the 1970s in the Caribbean islands (particularly Dominica, Guadeloupe and Martinique). The genre is a unique Caribbean creation that combines elements from Haitian's Cadence Rampa and Compas with Trinidad's Calypso. Exile One are the pioneering group of the genre, other important groups include Les Aiglons, Les Gramacks, Midnight Groovers and Liquid Ice. Cadence Lypso is the precursor to the worldwide phenomenon of Zouk.
The following was sourced from wikipedia at this link: via wikipedia/cadence-lypso
The most influencial figure in the development of Cadence-lypso was the Dominican group Exile One(based on the island of Guadeloupe) that combined the cadence rampa of Haiti and calypso music from the English speaking caribbean. It was developed in the 1970s by groups from Dominica, and was the first style of Dominican music to find international acclaim. [1] Cadence-lypso gets its name from an attempt to fusion Cadence and Calypso; but it is another name for cadence in Dominica.
Cadence music has evolved under the influence of Dominican and Caribbean/Latin rhythms, as well as rock and roll, soul, and funk music from the United States. By the end of the 1970s, Gordon Henderson defined Cadence-lypso as "a synthesis of Caribbean and African musical patterns fusing the traditional with the contemporary".
Aside from Exile One, other bands included the Grammacks, Black Roots, Black Machine, Naked Feet, Belles Combo, Mantra, Black Affairs, Liquid Ice, Wafrikai, Midnighte Groovers and Milestone, while the most famous singers included Bill Thomas, Chubby Marc, Gordon Henderson, Linford John, Janet Azouz, Sinky Rabess, Tony Valmond, Jeff Joseph, Mike Moreau and Anthony Gussie. Ophelia Marie is a popular singer of cadence-lypso in the 1980s.
Cadence-lypso was influenced by nationalist movement that espoused Rastafari and Black Power. Many groups performed songs with intensely ideological positions, and much of the repertoire was in the vernacular kwéyòl language.