KomPassion is a festive mix between the Haitian kompa and Martinican, Guadeloupean Zouk, as well as Dominican cadence-lypso.
Typical instruments are:
MIDI instruments, loops, Synthesizer, Backing track, DAW, Rapping, Sampler, live Drums, Guitar, Bass guitar, Keyboard, and Vocals.
Typical instruments are:
MIDI instruments, loops, Synthesizer, Backing track, DAW, Rapping, Sampler, live Drums, Guitar, Bass guitar, Keyboard, and Vocals.
Hey, Did you know that Kompassion music is played at such a lively tempo, that it is too fast to be considered Kompa.
by Negre Marron Records September 21, 2018
KOMPA'M , short for Kollective Online Music Performance AI (My Kompa).
In Haitian Créole, "KOMPA'M" is pronounced as "KOM-pa-em", and it also means "my Kompa" in English.
Our platform empowers Haitian music rights-holders to collect revenue from user-generated content (UGC) in near real-time. By monitoring musical tours and performance dates, our cutting-edge technology allows us to claim and monetize content from the moment it's uploaded to digital platforms like YouTube, Facebook, Snapchat, Tik Tok, and Instagram.
Our platform is focused on the Haitian music industry (HMI) and helps monetize content from concerts and live performances. We use artificial intelligence to detect and monetize UGC, including derivative content that is currently unclaimed by existing detection systems.
The letters in KOMPA'M represent the key aspects of our platform: Kollective (referring to our Kollective Management Society), Online (our focus on monitoring and monetizing online content), Music (the industry we serve), Performance (our ability to monetize content from live events), AI (our use of artificial intelligence to detect and monetize UGC), and ' (which represents ownership or belonging, as in "My Kompa").
KOMPA'M is a specialized division of Negre Marron Records, an independent record label, publisher, and distributor that focuses on Kompa-infused music. Founded in 2018 in New York City by René Guemps.
In Haitian Créole, "KOMPA'M" is pronounced as "KOM-pa-em", and it also means "my Kompa" in English.
Our platform empowers Haitian music rights-holders to collect revenue from user-generated content (UGC) in near real-time. By monitoring musical tours and performance dates, our cutting-edge technology allows us to claim and monetize content from the moment it's uploaded to digital platforms like YouTube, Facebook, Snapchat, Tik Tok, and Instagram.
Our platform is focused on the Haitian music industry (HMI) and helps monetize content from concerts and live performances. We use artificial intelligence to detect and monetize UGC, including derivative content that is currently unclaimed by existing detection systems.
The letters in KOMPA'M represent the key aspects of our platform: Kollective (referring to our Kollective Management Society), Online (our focus on monitoring and monetizing online content), Music (the industry we serve), Performance (our ability to monetize content from live events), AI (our use of artificial intelligence to detect and monetize UGC), and ' (which represents ownership or belonging, as in "My Kompa").
KOMPA'M is a specialized division of Negre Marron Records, an independent record label, publisher, and distributor that focuses on Kompa-infused music. Founded in 2018 in New York City by René Guemps.
Hey Bro, you should join KOMPA’M today and take your music career to the next level. Their platform ensures that Haitian band members and gig performers receive the compensation they deserve for their hard work, rather than songwriters, composers, or record labels. Don't miss out on this game-changing opportunity to maximize your revenue and reach a wider audience.
by Negre Marron Records May 07, 2023
An instrumental composition.of FolKompa Music dedicated entirely to Rara, Rasin (Haitian Root music) and Voodoo dance songs that's played without lyrics or words
Often referred to as Haitian Techno or (Tèkno Ayisyen) in Haitian Creole. The origins of the subgenre and term was pioneered by Negre Marron Records' CEO, and Netlabel director René Guemps.
Played in nightclubs from mainly the French-Creole and Crenglish speaking countries of the Caribbean, such as Haiti, Martinique, Dominica, Guadeloupe and as well.as France, Canada, Western Africa, and Haitian Communities in the US.
Characterized by typical intruments 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, drums, maracas, güiras or güiros, metal bells, as well as sometimes
Modern instruments include: Key board/Keytar, Electronic Guitar, Bass guitar, trumpets, saxophones, Congas, Drum machines, Modular synthesizer, Percussion, Personal computer, and sound effects can be used as well.
Often referred to as Haitian Techno or (Tèkno Ayisyen) in Haitian Creole. The origins of the subgenre and term was pioneered by Negre Marron Records' CEO, and Netlabel director René Guemps.
Played in nightclubs from mainly the French-Creole and Crenglish speaking countries of the Caribbean, such as Haiti, Martinique, Dominica, Guadeloupe and as well.as France, Canada, Western Africa, and Haitian Communities in the US.
Characterized by typical intruments 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, drums, maracas, güiras or güiros, metal bells, as well as sometimes
Modern instruments include: Key board/Keytar, Electronic Guitar, Bass guitar, trumpets, saxophones, Congas, Drum machines, Modular synthesizer, Percussion, Personal computer, and sound effects can be used as well.
by Negre Marron Records October 09, 2018
Kompadou is a sub genre of Haitian Kompa and Troubadour, an old style of music played mostly in the country side of Haiti
The only difference is most of thé typical instruments, which include:
Acoustic Guitar, accordion, tanbou, maracas, lamellophone, bass, banza, graj scraper, Tcha tcha, beatboxing are now replaced with Modern synthesizers, Drum machines, Keyboard/Keytar, Electric guitar, Bass guitar, Drums, Vocaloid, Auto-Tune, Personal computer, Sequencers, DAW, Backing track sound effects.and Vocals.
The coolest thing with Kompadou music is that NOW old school bands And musians can go back to songs they had recorded before and rerecord them as new Singles, EPs, LPs or entire albums where each song is performed in a different tune or style.
Reginald
"Yo Sheila!
Did you know that most Kompadou songs are about the bitterness and humor of love?"
The only difference is most of thé typical instruments, which include:
Acoustic Guitar, accordion, tanbou, maracas, lamellophone, bass, banza, graj scraper, Tcha tcha, beatboxing are now replaced with Modern synthesizers, Drum machines, Keyboard/Keytar, Electric guitar, Bass guitar, Drums, Vocaloid, Auto-Tune, Personal computer, Sequencers, DAW, Backing track sound effects.and Vocals.
The coolest thing with Kompadou music is that NOW old school bands And musians can go back to songs they had recorded before and rerecord them as new Singles, EPs, LPs or entire albums where each song is performed in a different tune or style.
Reginald
"Yo Sheila!
Did you know that most Kompadou songs are about the bitterness and humor of love?"
Sheila
"Hell yeah, but most of the younger Kompa singers often use risqué or suggestive lyrics."
Reginald
"I hear you, Did you also know that sôme of the best Renditions of the old school KOMPA is found in Kompadou music."
"Hell yeah, but most of the younger Kompa singers often use risqué or suggestive lyrics."
Reginald
"I hear you, Did you also know that sôme of the best Renditions of the old school KOMPA is found in Kompadou music."
by Negre Marron Records October 12, 2018
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
Yo, check it. We talkin’ 'bout Orchest-Rap, ya dig? This ain’t just any beat on the block; it’s that high-class fusion where the streets meet the suites. Coined by the visionary Rene Guemps, the head honcho at Negre Marron Records (NMRS), this sound is straight outta 2019 NYC, where the indie scene ain’t just a vibe, it’s a revolution.
Here’s the rundown: Orchest-Rap is where you get that live wire energy, backed by a full-on orchestra. Imagine spittin’ bars with the weight of brass, woodwinds, and them strings elevatin’ your flow. We talkin’ trumpets blarin’, trombones slidin’, and percussion layin’ down the law. Don’t forget the piano keys dancin’ and strings singin’ from the violin to the double bass. And for that extra boom, we got the timpani, snare, bass drum, and all them cymbals makin’ heads nod.
But yo, it ain’t just classical, nah. We mixin’ in that electric guitar, bass thumpin’, synths wavin’, and keys playin’. The turntables scratchin’, Roland TR-808s droppin’ beats, and rappers layin’ down the truth. Plus, we got vocals that sample everything from pop hits to those timeless classics. Some Orchest-Rap tracks even roll deep with a choir, 'cause why not?
Here’s the rundown: Orchest-Rap is where you get that live wire energy, backed by a full-on orchestra. Imagine spittin’ bars with the weight of brass, woodwinds, and them strings elevatin’ your flow. We talkin’ trumpets blarin’, trombones slidin’, and percussion layin’ down the law. Don’t forget the piano keys dancin’ and strings singin’ from the violin to the double bass. And for that extra boom, we got the timpani, snare, bass drum, and all them cymbals makin’ heads nod.
But yo, it ain’t just classical, nah. We mixin’ in that electric guitar, bass thumpin’, synths wavin’, and keys playin’. The turntables scratchin’, Roland TR-808s droppin’ beats, and rappers layin’ down the truth. Plus, we got vocals that sample everything from pop hits to those timeless classics. Some Orchest-Rap tracks even roll deep with a choir, 'cause why not?
So when you hear someone ask, “Yo, who thought Orchest-Rap would blow up like this?” You tell 'em, “Rene Guemps, the mastermind behind NMRS, that’s who.” And now, it’s not just a genre; it’s a movement. Orchest-Rap, baby. We keep it classy, but we never forget where we came from.
by Negre Marron Records April 14, 2024
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 09, 2018