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In the News (Sat 22 Nov 08)

  
  Biography - KASSAV
The story of Kassav (the name comes from cassava, which is a mixture of manioc paste and coconut) began in 1979 when Pierre-Edouard Décimus, a member of a dance orchestra since the sixties, decided to revamp and modernise the music he had always played along with Freddy Marshall, another musician from the Antilles.
Kassav then found itself in metropolitan France for the first in a long series of concerts at the Zénith, the famous Paris venue, which was sold out a month ahead of the concert on June 22 1985, with no promotion at all.
Kassav's zouk/salsa fusion marked a new phase in the evolution of zouk, as the group's innovative new sound was not just a commercial venture.
www.rfimusique.com /siteEn/biographie/biographie_6141.asp   (2352 words)

  
 Sists To Susta
Kassav met Saartjie at college but since then their lives have gone in different directions.
Kassav writes to the frustrated Saartjie, who lives on a ranch near Gobabis with her farmer husband Gysie.
The frindship between Kassav, a fl woman, and Saartjie, a white Afrikaans speaker, is sometimes strained by their different backgrounds and experiences, but somehow manages to endure.
community.namibian.com.na /webx?14@@.ef23671   (111 words)

  
 Kassav' -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Kassav is a (Click link for more info and facts about Francophone) Francophone (Click link for more info and facts about Zouk) Zouk band which was formed in the (The decade from 1970 to 1979) 1970s.
The core members of the band are Jocelyne Beroard, Jacob Desvarieux, Jean-Philippe Marthely, Patrick St. Eloi, Jean-Claude Naimro, and Georges Decimus (though Decimus is no longer in the band) along with several other, more minor members.
The total number of albums by the band and it's members is approximately 30.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/ka/kassav.htm   (240 words)

  
 Kassav' - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Kassav is a Francophone Zouk band which was formed in the 1970s.
Kassav was formed in 1979 by Pierre-Edouard Décimus, a long-time professional musician who worked with Freddy Marshall.
Together, the two of them decided to take carnival music and make it a more modern and polished style.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Kassav   (286 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Music of Martinique and Guadeloupe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The band Kassav remain perhaps the best known zouk group.
Kassav drew in influences from balakadri and bal granmoun dances, biguines and mazurkas, along with more contemporary Caribbean influences like reggae and salsa music.
Zouk live shows soon began to draw on American and European rock and heavy metal traditions, and the genre spread across the world, primarily in developing countries.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Music-of-Martinique-and-Guadeloupe   (611 words)

  
 Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Their talent pool is apparently endless: all the members of Kassav have worked on solo projects that have not only been successful, but also garnered a lot of global attention.
Kassav is widely credited with the growth of the musical genre and taking it beyond the limits of the Caribbean.
By 1985, almost every musician from the islands was jumping on the “zoukwagon,” and a whole new Caribbean rhythm was born.
www.eaglelatitudes.com /current/2.html?id=397   (468 words)

  
 Kassav': Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
By 1984 the three had settled on a stable lineup of musicians and singers (now representing both Guadeloupe and Martinique), had made their first live performance (in Guadeloupe), and had achieved their first massive radio success with "Banzawa" from a Desvarieux solo album.
Parties in the Antilles are called "zouks," and since Kassav's new records were the music of choice at the zouks, their music came to be called "zouk music." By 1985 nearly every Antilles musician was jumping on the zoukwagon and a whole new style of music was born.
Of the official Kassav' albums, all are interesting in that they provide a view into the development of what became the zouk sound.
www.music.com /group/kassav_/1   (473 words)

  
 Article - KASSAV
There are a few major changes on Kassav's new album - and one of the most blatant of these is the fact that you sing in Spanish not in Creole these days.
When we first got Kassav off the ground, we wanted to try and create a completely new style of music, which would be a kind of synthesis of everything we'd grown up listening to.
Kassav's new album, "Un toque latino", is a very clever mix of zouk and salsa - in fact, there seems to be just the right amount of each.
www.rfimusique.com /siteen/article/article_6885.asp   (1487 words)

  
 BUREAU EXPORT - ARTIST
The story of Kassav (the name comes from cassava, which is a mixture of manioc paste and coconut) began in 1979 when Pierre-Edouard Décimus, a member of a dance orchestra since the 60’s, decided to revamp and modernise the music he had always played along with Freddy Marshall, another musician from the West Indies.
Kassav has become a living legend, one of the most famous Creole groups in the world.
They have devoted their skill, talent, intelligence, technical ability, and study to them, plunging into the deepest springs of Creole musical genius, while preserving the ethnic, classical or modern styles that reached them from the rest of the world.
www.french-music.org /scr_artist.php?artist_id=22131   (271 words)

  
 miaminewtimes.com | Music | Still Haitian | 2004-05-13   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
This year the festival also will branch out from konpa to feature zouk powerhouse Kassav from Martinique, who may be the most popular group in the French Antilles.
Kassav singer and songwriter Jocelyne Béroard hopes the music may help change the political situation.
By including Kassav, the Compas Festival is recognizing the common history of Haiti and Martinique.
www.miaminewtimes.com /Issues/2004-05-13/music/music.html   (1197 words)

  
 World Music Central - Your connection to World Music
In 1991 George Decimus (co) author of many Kassav' hits, quit the band and formed Voit Face, together with Jeff Joseph, the man behind the former and later restarted Gramacks.
In addition to a prolific recording career, the Kassav’ dedicates a lot of attention to its spectacular live shows.
Between that year and 1992 Kassav' was able to have a full house for a record 45 times.
www.worldmusiccentral.org /artists/artist_page.php?id=1226   (331 words)

  
 http://www.massivepro.com - Massive Productions Website: Kassav 2000 Live In Concert in Curacao   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Kassav always knows how to make their audience danced off their feet.
One of the big musicians behind Kassav George Decimus is not a part of the band anymore.
It's the song that made Kassav popular worldwide and it's this song with which they broke into Curaçao's musical arena.
www.massivepro.com /Kassav2000.html   (220 words)

  
 AOL Music: Kassav' : MAIN
Kassav, the zouk group par excellence, which invented zouk,...
The story of Kassav (the name comes from cassava, which is a mixture of manioc paste and...
Kassav, le groupe de zouk par excellence, inventeur du genre,...
music.aol.com /artist/main.adp?artistid=3310   (279 words)

  
 Kassav : Infos, paroles, photos
Kassav est un monument de l'histoire du zouk, courant qu'il a grandement contribué à inventer, développer et propager.
merci a la bande a kassav pour toutes ces mélodies qui bien sure traversera le temps.
Thierry vous invite à découvrir les membres de ce groupe Zouk et leur discographie.
www.ramdam.com /art/k/kassav.htm   (183 words)

  
 African Kassav Ringtone's ringtones-logo.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
ringtones-logo.com has a fantastic database of African, Kassav Ringtone's and it is growing more and more week by week.
ringtones-logo.com is an extremely large provider of Ringtone's by Kassav on the Internet so you should very well find what you need and when you find what you are looking for, your Ringtone's can be recieved by your mobile phone via our sophisticated systems.
Kassav Ringtone's is now available - and we can deliver them to your phone in minutes.
www.ringtones-logo.com /Ringtones/84/Kassav/Kassav.html   (310 words)

  
 kassav 5 cds, records, cd singles, rare vinyl, used music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
kassav 5 cds, records, cd singles, rare vinyl, used music
Please try again after modifying your search parameters (you should also make sure that your preferences are not limiting your potential results by excluding back / special order items).
kassav 5 searchable catalogue for rare, new, imports and collectable records, cds and used music
www.netsoundsmusic.com /nst/nsr/1134/Kassav%205/2.html   (121 words)

  
 The Namibian
The friendship between Kassav, a fl woman, and Saartjie, a white Afrikaans-speaker, is sometimes strained by their different backgrounds and experiences, but somehow manages to endure.
Kassav's household from hell will feature in The Namibian's Weekender as long as she can keep her sanity.
I don't know what this new angst is all about, but whatever it is, I'll find out and tell you about it next week.
www.namibian.com.na /Netstories/Cols11-98/susta112098.html   (641 words)

  
 CD of the Week - KASSAV
Charles Aznavour's ambition to stage a musical came to fruition in London in April 2000 with Lautrec, which told the story of the celebrated...
Mindelo, 3 September 2004 - Mindelo, the 2nd of September 2004 - Kassav has just played to triumphant acclaim before 60 000 spectators at the 20th festival of Baia das Gatas, on the island of Sao Vicente, Cape Verde.
When we celebrated 20 years of Kassav, we invited him along with Khaled.
www.rfimusique.com /siteen/cd_semaine/cd_semaine_7347.asp   (813 words)

  
 African Kassav Ring Tones www.noc2.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Your choice will be either sent by SMS message or may require you to have WAP enabled on your cellphone on order for you to recieve it.
Kassav Ring Tones is now available - and we can deliver them to your phone in minutes.
Also added are Ring Tones from Fela Anikulapo, Mory Kante, Mandoza and Kontihene, Not too mention the fantastic Koffi Olomide.
www.noc2.com /Ring-Tones/84/Kassav/Kassav.html   (336 words)

  
 IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - World Athletics Final - News - Article
Along with the annual awards ceremony for the Male and Female World Athletes of the Year, with the names of the winners being announced live on stage during the evening, the musical event will be a performance by ‘Kassav’, a Francophone Zouk band which was formed in the 1970s.
The core members of the band today are Jocelyne Beroard, Jacob Desvarieux, Jean-Philippe Marthely, Patrick St. Eloi, and Jean-Claude Naimro, with several other musicians in support.
The total number of albums cut by the band and its members is approximately 30.
www.iaaf.org /WAF05/news/Kind=2/newsId=31926.html   (441 words)

  
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Adapting carnival music of the Caribbean to modern musical techniques, Kassav gave birth to Zouk.
Kassav has traveled around the world bringing festivity of the islands to the world and created a strong following for Caribbean music.
Kassav’s music is a crossroads of different Caribbean musical styles mixed with funk and rock resulting in an explosive cocktail of dance music that has made the entire world move.
www.festivalinternational.com /uploads/IntnatlHeadlinersRelease.doc   (953 words)

  
 Ringtone Kassav
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www.ringtones-zone.com /tones-ply/Ringtone-Kassav.html   (534 words)

  
 Kassav Ringtones :: Nokia Ringtones World
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www.nokia-ringtones-world.com /african/kassav   (102 words)

  
 Kassav' - Dife: Reviews, Track Listing, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com
Kassav' - Dife: Reviews, Track Listing, Audio Clips, and more
Although the tone of the album is serious, it is also uplifting, and the music moves with the determined swing that Kassav is so capable of generating.
Kassav has a unique ability to creatively combine the drive of Antillean zouk with lyrics that speak directly to the heart of the people.
www.music.com /release/dife/1   (244 words)

  
 World Music Central - Your connection to World Music
I am a huge Kassav fan, but I can never find out any information about their tours.
Here is a Kassav fan site that has some summer tour dates listed.
In regard to tour dates of Kassav' in 2005, they will perform 4,5 and 6 February in Paris (at Zénith).
www.worldmusiccentral.org /forum/viewtopic.php?forum=6&showtopic=89&fromblock=yes   (251 words)

  
 Kassav ringtones, Kassav logos & Kassav polyphonic ringtones
The Blue Rabbit presents a selection of websites who offer Kassav ringtones, polyphonics, logos and colour backgrounds.
Whatever Kassav mobile phone content you are looking for, you will almost certainly find it at one of the following quality web sites.
The coolest Kassav Mobile Phone Ringtones, Kassav Polyphonic Ringtones and Kassav Trutones are available at search4ringtones.com.
www.blue-rabbit.com /directory/Ringtones/Artist/K/Kassav   (343 words)

  
 Kassav Siwo Polyphonic 1 ringtones Nokia Samsung Sony Ericsson Mexico CH4Mid
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Kassav Siwo official UK top 40 polyphonic ringtones to 38 countries worldwide Nokia Samsung Sony Ericsson
Ringtones no longer beep beep beep, but sound musical and closer to the tune they try to emulate.
www.polyphonic1.co.uk /poly_3728_Kassav_Siwo.html   (153 words)

  
 UNESCO Courier: Jocelyne Beroard Kassav': singer with the Zouk group - music group - Interview
While other Caribbean and Latin American countries were honing their own styles, music in the Antilles stagnated, simply copying salsa, calypso, jazz, the Dominican beat and other foreign rhythms.
B.: Yes, maybe because Kassav' was created in Paris, where the Decimus brothers and Jacob Desvarieux, who all come from Guadeloupe, were living at the time.
Today the public is spoiled for choice, but Kassav' still leads the field for this kind of music.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1310/is_1996_April/ai_18365790   (1430 words)

  
 RollingStone.com: Vini Pou : Kassav' : Review
Not only is Kassav' the biggest name in zouk (the band is generally credited with having invented the style), but Vini Pou is its most tuneful and consistent album to date.
From the dark, brassy bounce of "Zou (Zou)" to the giddy carnival exuberance of "Zòt' Vini Pou (Others Come For...)," the songs appeal to American pop tastes without diluting their Caribbean flavor, making this an ideal introduction to both Kassav' and zouk itself.
And though the band makes no accommodations to an English-speaking audience, there's no mistaking the enthusiasm in the vocals or in the swirling, hyper-melodic arrangements.
www.rollingstone.com /reviews/album/_/id/134577/kassav?pageid=rs.ArtistDiscography&pageregion=triple1   (290 words)

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