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KompArefait, is a Haitian Kompa cover or replayed version of vintage or old-school Haitian Kompa songs that are sang in French-Creole.
The name is a portmanteau of Kompa and (Refait) which stands for remake in French, or (Konparefè) in Haitian Creole.
It's a new performance or recording by someone other than the original artist or composer of a previously recorded, commercially released song.
Usually, the recording process include a lead singer, back up vocalists and one or two other musicians singing over a backing track composed by session or studio musicians who happen to add their tracks one by one from remote location.
A notable ensemble for this kind of collaboration work is Gimpsy! Gimpsi! Gimpsé!, a collective of Kompa and Beat session musicians based in New York City.
The musicians are often used as "ghost players" on many Kompa recordings.
The name is a portmanteau of Kompa and (Refait) which stands for remake in French, or (Konparefè) in Haitian Creole.
It's a new performance or recording by someone other than the original artist or composer of a previously recorded, commercially released song.
Usually, the recording process include a lead singer, back up vocalists and one or two other musicians singing over a backing track composed by session or studio musicians who happen to add their tracks one by one from remote location.
A notable ensemble for this kind of collaboration work is Gimpsy! Gimpsi! Gimpsé!, a collective of Kompa and Beat session musicians based in New York City.
The musicians are often used as "ghost players" on many Kompa recordings.
Wow! Who would've thought that the new KompArefait versions of all those old-school recordings of Haitian female singers from the early 70s and 80s would become more popular with the new generations of Haitian kids than the originals?
by Negre Marron Records November 23, 2018
Get the KompArefaitmug. An instrumental composition music incorporating elements of dancehall (or Ragga, short for the word Raggamuffin)
And DiaspoRara, style of (Haitian Root music) and Voodoo dance songs that's played without Verses, just repeated choruses, hooks and melodic tunes.
Key elements of Ragga-Bòday music
include include a blend of Dubsinging, DJsinging, chanted vocals and Calls and Responses and its extensive use of Haitian French-Creole, rather than Jamaican Patois and focus on the track instrumentals (or "riddims").
Characterized by and performed on traditional musical instruments such as:
Metal trumpets which are made from recycled metal, bamboo trumpets, Vaksin (vaccine) the vaccine perform repeating patterns in hocket and often strike their instruments rhythmically with a stick while blowing into them,
The Ragga influence can be felt through the use of pre-programmed music, similar to Dancehall "riddims".
The Ragga influence can be felt through the use of pre-programmed music, similar to Dancehall "riddims".
Which encourages dancing due to its use of dance-oriented rhythms which usually involve lots of frottage dancing.
The word was coined by Negre Marron Records' Founder, CEO and Label director René Guemps.
And DiaspoRara, style of (Haitian Root music) and Voodoo dance songs that's played without Verses, just repeated choruses, hooks and melodic tunes.
Key elements of Ragga-Bòday music
include include a blend of Dubsinging, DJsinging, chanted vocals and Calls and Responses and its extensive use of Haitian French-Creole, rather than Jamaican Patois and focus on the track instrumentals (or "riddims").
Characterized by and performed on traditional musical instruments such as:
Metal trumpets which are made from recycled metal, bamboo trumpets, Vaksin (vaccine) the vaccine perform repeating patterns in hocket and often strike their instruments rhythmically with a stick while blowing into them,
The Ragga influence can be felt through the use of pre-programmed music, similar to Dancehall "riddims".
The Ragga influence can be felt through the use of pre-programmed music, similar to Dancehall "riddims".
Which encourages dancing due to its use of dance-oriented rhythms which usually involve lots of frottage dancing.
The word was coined by Negre Marron Records' Founder, CEO and Label director René Guemps.
by Negre Marron Records June 14, 2019
Get the Ragga-Bòdaymug. HMIA) Haitian Music Industry Association, in French (Association haïtienne de l'industrie musicale or Asosyasyon Endistri Mizik Ayisyen in Haitian-Créole is an organization composed of Haitian musicians, vocalists. composers, producers and performers, headquartered in New York City.
The Haitian Music Industry Association was founded by Nègre Marron Records CEO-Founder René Guemps.
Established in 2022, HMIA is the first and only organisation dedicated to the advocacy, performance and promotion of Haitian music in the US.
The Haitian Music Industry Association was founded by Nègre Marron Records CEO-Founder René Guemps.
Established in 2022, HMIA is the first and only organisation dedicated to the advocacy, performance and promotion of Haitian music in the US.
I'm excited to be the first Haitian Kompa artist to join the HMIA, (the Haitian Music Industry Association.)
by Negre Marron Records August 5, 2022
Get the HMIAmug. The Crenglish style of the Reggaeton music which incorporate elements of.Raggaeton and Ragga music .
Regga-Ton lyrical structure resembles that of Reggaeton. Although most Ragga-Ton artists sing their lyrics rather than Rapping to them, many alternate singing and rapping.
Characterised by Electronic keyboard and drum machine; personal computer,
Microphone, Backing track, DAW, Sampler, Loops, Lyrics, Melodies, , Lead Vocals, and Backing Vocals include singing and rapping, typically in Haitian French-Creole or Crenglish.
Other elements include:
Regga-Ton uses Verse-Chorus-Hooks-Bridge Chorus-Hooks and Out Chorus.
Though similar to Raggaeton , most Ragga-Ton artists often focus on love, friendship, Lifestyle, social-economic s, drugs, violence, poverty, , and sex.
Ragga-Ton is played with a bass drum in 4/4 time.and the dance focuses on grinding, with one partner facing the back of the other (usually male behind female).
Another way of describing this dance is "back-to-front", where the woman presses her rear into the pelvis of her partner to create sexual stimulation. It is known as daggering, grinding or juking.
A notable label of this kind of Ragga-Ton is Negre Marron Records which was founded in New York City 2018 by René Guemps.
Regga-Ton lyrical structure resembles that of Reggaeton. Although most Ragga-Ton artists sing their lyrics rather than Rapping to them, many alternate singing and rapping.
Characterised by Electronic keyboard and drum machine; personal computer,
Microphone, Backing track, DAW, Sampler, Loops, Lyrics, Melodies, , Lead Vocals, and Backing Vocals include singing and rapping, typically in Haitian French-Creole or Crenglish.
Other elements include:
Regga-Ton uses Verse-Chorus-Hooks-Bridge Chorus-Hooks and Out Chorus.
Though similar to Raggaeton , most Ragga-Ton artists often focus on love, friendship, Lifestyle, social-economic s, drugs, violence, poverty, , and sex.
Ragga-Ton is played with a bass drum in 4/4 time.and the dance focuses on grinding, with one partner facing the back of the other (usually male behind female).
Another way of describing this dance is "back-to-front", where the woman presses her rear into the pelvis of her partner to create sexual stimulation. It is known as daggering, grinding or juking.
A notable label of this kind of Ragga-Ton is Negre Marron Records which was founded in New York City 2018 by René Guemps.
by Negre Marron Records February 13, 2019
Get the Ragga-Tonmug. Kompa Indirèk is a modern style of the Haitian Compas Direct (Haitian Créole Konpa Dirèk), “the percussion-heavy, rhythmic dance music“ of Haiti that emphasizes musical instruments and features very little or no singing with elements of Sook, KomPop, Compas and Blues, Frenglish R&B and Kompa-Forró.
The physical typical musical instruments are rarely used and are replaced to smaller outfits featuring the use of electronic music technology, such as Drums kits, Electric Bass, Keybass/ Electric Guitars, Keytars, Synthesiser, samplers, electronic percussion, backing track, Sequencers, Drum Machine, Loops, Sound effects, EWI (Electronic Wind Instrument, Keytar, Keybass, MIDI, Drum machines, Melody, Personal computers and Digital Audio Workstations (DAW).
Other elements which are played by electromechanical musical instruments include:
One soukous-like sinuous twining lead guitar and the other one is a trebly rhythm guitars and the pulsing repeated melodic basslines.
Some common structures and forms in Kompa Indirèk instrumentals are:
Intro Hook / Rhythm Hook / Drop Chorus / Rhythm Hook / Drop Chorus / Background Instrumental Hook / Drop Chorus / Outro Hook.
Any Music listeners who only enjoyed listening to Compas Direct or Zouk will also enjoy Kompa Indirèk
The term was coined in 2018 by René Guemps, the Founding member of NYC-based independent label Negre Marron Records.
The physical typical musical instruments are rarely used and are replaced to smaller outfits featuring the use of electronic music technology, such as Drums kits, Electric Bass, Keybass/ Electric Guitars, Keytars, Synthesiser, samplers, electronic percussion, backing track, Sequencers, Drum Machine, Loops, Sound effects, EWI (Electronic Wind Instrument, Keytar, Keybass, MIDI, Drum machines, Melody, Personal computers and Digital Audio Workstations (DAW).
Other elements which are played by electromechanical musical instruments include:
One soukous-like sinuous twining lead guitar and the other one is a trebly rhythm guitars and the pulsing repeated melodic basslines.
Some common structures and forms in Kompa Indirèk instrumentals are:
Intro Hook / Rhythm Hook / Drop Chorus / Rhythm Hook / Drop Chorus / Background Instrumental Hook / Drop Chorus / Outro Hook.
Any Music listeners who only enjoyed listening to Compas Direct or Zouk will also enjoy Kompa Indirèk
The term was coined in 2018 by René Guemps, the Founding member of NYC-based independent label Negre Marron Records.
by Negre Marron Records July 28, 2020
Get the Kompa Indirèkmug. A sub genre of Diaspo-Rap music where the performance is always done live with the backing of an orchestra.
The beats are marked by rhythmical rhymed verses intertwined with heavy brass, woodwinds, brassy horns, (Trumpet & Trombone), percussion, piano, and soaring strings (violin, viola, cello and double bass), Timpani, Snare drum, Bass drum, cymbals, tam-tam, triangle, tambourine, xylophone. Other instruments such as the Electric guitar, Electric ass, Synthesizer, Keyboard, Turntable, Synthetic riffs, Roland TR-808 beats, Rapping, Vocals with Pop and classic Samples.
Some Diaspo-Rappers included an orchestra and a choir in their beats.
The beats are marked by rhythmical rhymed verses intertwined with heavy brass, woodwinds, brassy horns, (Trumpet & Trombone), percussion, piano, and soaring strings (violin, viola, cello and double bass), Timpani, Snare drum, Bass drum, cymbals, tam-tam, triangle, tambourine, xylophone. Other instruments such as the Electric guitar, Electric ass, Synthesizer, Keyboard, Turntable, Synthetic riffs, Roland TR-808 beats, Rapping, Vocals with Pop and classic Samples.
Some Diaspo-Rappers included an orchestra and a choir in their beats.
by Negre Marron Records October 9, 2018
Get the Orchest-Rapmug. An instrumental composition.of Bhangra music combine with DiaspoRara, a style of (Haitian Root music) and Voodoo dance songs that's played without Verses, Choruses, just Chanted vocals, Hooks, Melody/Harmony, Riff/Vamps.
Characterized by and performed on traditional musical instruments Such as:
Punjabi drums and Punjabi synthesizers, harmonium, accordion, the guitar (both classical, acoustic and electrical), bass, sitar, tumbi, veena, violin and sarangi. The snare, toms, dhadd, dafli, dholki, and damru are the other drums.
Other elements which are played only by musicians of Haitian origin include:
Voodoo drums, Metal trumpets which are made from recycled metal, bamboo trumpets, Vaksin (vaccine) the vaccine perform repeating patterns in hocket and often strike their instruments rhythmically with a stick while blowing into them,
But now adays the Haitian folk instruments are arely used, they're replaced by electromechanical. instruments, which make BhangRara much easier and less expensive to produce than Rara music performed on traditional Haitian folk musical instruments
Key stylistic elements: Scat singing, Humming, Vocalese, Ostinatos.
The origins of the subgenre and term was pioneered by Negre Marron Records' CEO, and Netlabel director René Guemps who fell in love with Bhangra music ever since a friend of his brought him a Bhangra and Hip hop CD to listen to back in the 1990s
Characterized by and performed on traditional musical instruments Such as:
Punjabi drums and Punjabi synthesizers, harmonium, accordion, the guitar (both classical, acoustic and electrical), bass, sitar, tumbi, veena, violin and sarangi. The snare, toms, dhadd, dafli, dholki, and damru are the other drums.
Other elements which are played only by musicians of Haitian origin include:
Voodoo drums, Metal trumpets which are made from recycled metal, bamboo trumpets, Vaksin (vaccine) the vaccine perform repeating patterns in hocket and often strike their instruments rhythmically with a stick while blowing into them,
But now adays the Haitian folk instruments are arely used, they're replaced by electromechanical. instruments, which make BhangRara much easier and less expensive to produce than Rara music performed on traditional Haitian folk musical instruments
Key stylistic elements: Scat singing, Humming, Vocalese, Ostinatos.
The origins of the subgenre and term was pioneered by Negre Marron Records' CEO, and Netlabel director René Guemps who fell in love with Bhangra music ever since a friend of his brought him a Bhangra and Hip hop CD to listen to back in the 1990s
by Negre Marron Records March 14, 2019
Get the BhangRaramug.