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🚧 MIX 2021 🌴 GWOKA 👻 GROUP A PO 🇬🇵 '' AKIYO '' ANZALA '' TEDDY PELISSIER '' VOUKOUM ...

The innovative, radical soul of Guadeloupe explored across thirty years of contemporary gwoka music.

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As Guadeloupean vocalist and composer Marie-Line Dahomay writes in her liner notes to the compilation, gwoka is more than a style of music, it is “a way of living and thinking.”

Rooted in the social, musical and ritual practices of enslaved African people and their descendants on Guadeloupe, gwoka has always sought to express the spirit of independence and resistance authentic to the island.

Building on its traditional call-and-response form and the ideas of pivotal figures like Gérard Lockel and Christian Laviso, modern gwoka evolved throughout the second half of the twentieth century to include funk, jazz and electronic influences.

Defined by its propensity for innovation and experimentation, this compilation charts the most radical changes to modern gwoka, capturing a sensory riot of traditional répertoires, rhythms and makè techniques fused with a rich seam of genre-defying experimentation.

Whether heard in the deeply cosmic, spiritual music of Dao, Freydy Doressamy and Gaoulé Mizik, or the jazz funk inflections of Gui Konket and Horizon, the music here is united by the feeling of santiman ka, crucial not only to gwoka music but the identity of Guadeloupe at large.

As co-curator Cédric Lassonde writes: “What unifies these selections is the depth of the compositions, the experimentation around the santiman ka, and the spirit of resistance and liberation against slavery, be it modern or ancestral. With a thirst for innovation typical of the island’s creole culture, the ka spirit is deeply rooted in collective history and in a quest for identity.”

Co-curator Brandon Hocura continues: “The creative energy of these musicians is powerful and demonstrates a universal pursuit of resistance, freedom and identity. Their voices are distinct, but the chorus rises high and carries their message far across the sea.”

Released on double LP, L’Esprit Ka: New Directions in Gwoka Music from Guadeloupe 1981-2010 is the first compilation of its kind to bring the sound of modern gwoka to a wider audience, with many of the musicians features still active today.

Presented with typical attention to detail, the release features a specially commissioned essay by Guadeloupean musician Marie-Line Dahomey, and extensive liner notes from Cédric Lassonde and Séance Centre’s Brandon Hocura. 

True to the hybrid nature of the music, the compilation seeks not to provide a definitive sound, but express the variety of contemporary forms gwoka has grown to take. Just as Guadeloupean trailblazers Kassav fused gwoka with funk and cadence to create zouk, so did the musicians on this collection push gwoka in new directions rarely heard beyond its shores.

In the words of Gérard Lockel, “gwoka is the soul of Guadeloupe”.

Lèspri Ka : New Directions in Gwo Ka Music from Guadeloupe 1981-201

Groupe Béloka - Menm Chimen - La

Selekta Ka - Nou Woukou Mansé A Zero

Horizon - Ti Malo

Part I of a mix entirely dedicated to the spirit of the ka, from gwoka tradisyonel and bouladjel to gwoka modènn, gwoka évolutif and the infinite forms of music creolisations with gwoka at their core. 

Music which is integral to Guadeloupean identity and part of everyday life and struggles within society, at turns deep, fierce, spiritual, soulful, funky, cosmic...

More info here: https://www.cedriclassonde.com/lespri-ka-new-directions-in-gwoka-time-capsule-seance-centre/

(find Part II here: https://soundcloud.com/cedricwoo/lespri-ka-pt-2-gwoka-special)

TRACKLIST:

1- Gui Konket - Kimbé Rèd !
2- Ti Celeste - Chien La Japper
3- Anzala Et Son Groupe - Chofe Fe Attansion
4- Gerard Lockel -  Woulé N°1
5- Horizon - Ti Malo
6- Selekta Ka - Anjelo
7- Ka Lévé - Apre Nou Byen Cheche
8- Van Levé - Celiane
9- Simenn Kontra - Vévé
10- Esnard Boisdur - Devenn
11- Makaia - Ales (CW edit)
12- Michel Laurent -  Matla La Mouyé 
13- Erick Cosaque - Banbou La
14- Eric Brouta - Ma Men Cho
15- Sonny Troupé Quartet - Ki Koté
16- Soft - Jean Fouyé
17- Max et Henri - Mizik A Ka Kafe
18- Kafé - Jili
19- Erick Cosaque & X7 Nouvelle Dimension - Mizik A Gwoka
20- Kan'nida, Francky Geoffroy, Sergius Geoffroy - O Gwo Ka

Lèspri Ka, Pt 1 (Gwoka special)

Part II of a mix entirely dedicated to the spirit of the ka, from gwoka tradisyonel and bouladjel to gwoka modènn, gwoka évolutif and the infinite forms of music creolisations with gwoka at their core. 

Music which is integral to Guadeloupean identity and part of everyday life and struggles within society, at turns deep, fierce, spiritual, soulful, funky, cosmic...

More info here: https://www.cedriclassonde.com/lespri-ka-new-directions-in-gwoka-time-capsule-seance-centre/

(find Part I here: https://soundcloud.com/cedricwoo/lespri-ka-pt-i)

TRACKLIST:

1- Gaoulé Mizik - A Ka Titine (Kay Suzki Gwoka Dub)
2- Kassav - Karambole (CW edit)
3- Esnard Boisdur - Mizik Bel (Africaine 808 remix)
4- Erick Cosaque - Ti Sikriye
5- Voltage-8 - Yo Baw Oh Non
6- Laurent/Coquerelle/Montella - Gaston
7- Gwo Kato - An Ke Toujou Joue Tanbou
8- Groupe Beloka - Menm Chimen La
9- Kimbòl - Vélo
10- Emboule Jean-Claude, Louison Gerome et Le Groupe Kako - Enjafann Kann
11- Luc-Hubert Sejor - Pein e Plesi 
12- Gaoulé Mizik - Koulé
13- Ka Flambé - Konsyans
14- Max Rambhojan - Cecilia
15- Gwakasonné - Respé
16- Freydy Doressami - O Fon A Kê An Nou
17- Dao - Chenn La
18- Esnard Boisdur Et Son Groupe Katel - Lakolè
19- Kalindi Ka - Shouk

Lèspri Ka, Pt 2 (Gwoka special)

DJ JIMIX Mix Lewoz Et Gwoka Gwada En Live 2014

DJ - JIMIX.Mix Les Rois Du Gwo - Ka TI CELES.ANZALA.JOMIMI V1

Akiyo - Gwo - Ka

Les Meilleurs GWO KA des Antilles

DJ JIMIX MIX- Gwo Ka Vibration.II BO - KAY !! (1)

AKIYO

Le 27 avril 1848, Victor Schœlcher a permis que soit signé le décret abolissant l’esclavage et la traite négrière dans les colonies. Cette fête célèbre plutôt l'application effective du décret un mois plus tard : c'est le 27 mai que l'on fête l'abolition de l'esclavage en Guadeloupe.

DJ JIMIX MIX GWO KA Commémoration Abolition de l'Esclavage

DJ JIMIX MIX Ambiance GWO KA Version Jimix.

Voukoum - Ti manno.
Mizik Se Travay Nou.
Neg la.
Voukoum - Pwan telefon.
Voukoum - An di manman pa mare mwen.
Voukoum - Zaza.
Voukoum - Mwen pa maye mwen divose.
 Voukoum - Chawlot.
Voukoum - Say vle vwe nou.

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