PHILIPSBURG:--- Zaya Records & OMC Music, the organizers of the "Zouk Kompas Bouyon Fest" that is expected to rip open Carnival Village on Saturday April 20th, have made it easy for a few internet savvy Zouk lovers to attend their show. "Like our Facebook page (Zouk Kompas Bouyon fest) post a picture of yourself with your ticket and you might win your ticket money back," the promoters said. Not a big gamble, they figure, because everybody is on Facebook.
The "Zouk Kompas Bouyon Fest" will feature an impressive line-up of headliners in three genres of music: the legendary complete Zouk band Kassav, the definitive kings of Kompas CARIMI, and the undisputed Prince of Bouyon music, young sensation Asa Banton.
"We're excited about this and we're sure the public is too. We thought, why not make it interesting," said the organizers. "Practically everybody has a Facebook page today. It will be interesting to see if people are paying attention."
The inventive raffle enables people who have already secured their entree at one of the ticket points, to post a photo of themselves online with, with the ticket clearly displayed. Every week, until the 18th, three pictures will be chosen and the winners announced on our Facebook page and in the local media. "We also suggest that people keep their eyes on our page, because we might come up with some other possibilities for them to attend this show for free," the promoters said.
The show is definitely a must-do during this year's Carnival season, they say. "The three acts are sure to bring an explosive night of musical entertainment."
Promoters are reaffirming to the general public that Kassav band will be here for the show with all members on stage that night.
"Our $20 ticket promo was very successful and regular tickets will go on sale sometime this week; we will inform the public via the press when that is done. See our Facebook page (Zouk Kompas Bouyon fest) for more details". "Beginning this week tickets will be USD $35 until April 15th."
Formed in 1979, Kassav' was the leading band to emerge from the formative years of zouk. Most authors credit Décimus, his brother Georges, the band's bassist and Desvarieux as its inventors. Their first album, Love and Ka Dance (1980), established the new sound of zouk, a Parisian concoction unlike anything else, island-based or otherwise to come onto the global scene. The band gained popularity in their much-heralded live performances in Paris's Club Zenith and toured widely.
Kassav' continued to gain popularity both as a group and by several members' solo recordings, eventually peaking in 1985 with Yélélé, which featured the international hit "Zouk la sé sèl médikaman nou ni" (meaning "Zouk is the only medicine we have" in French Antillean Creole).
Receiving accolades from the International music scene, including Best Album Of The Year, Carimi has risen to the top of the charts across Billboards best in Haiti, Guadeloupe, Paris, French Guyana, Canada, and parts of Europe.
The music industry is now ready to acknowledge the world's best Haitian Kompa band to ever come out of Haiti and has been openly welcomed by music lovers even those who do not like much Kompa genre. After 10 years, Carimi Band is not just popular but have become a music icon in the country of Haiti representing the Kompas genre of music throughout the world.
Asa Banton is blowing up all over the world and fast becoming the Prince of Bouyon music. Asa first appeared with Jah Crew from grand Bay Dominica. The "tell it like it is" child of Grandbay exploded in 2009 with the hit "Grandbay", following up with many other hits like "Spray D Bagon Kill D Cockroach".
Working with Le Vadore Concept out of Guadeloupe Asa has collaborated with Suppa and R.E.C. (Red Eye Crew) and have done numerous shows in Guadeloupe and France. One of his latest hits is the single "I know people that know people".
