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KomPalindrome, the name is a portmanteau of Haitian Kompa, Palindrome a unique compositional technique originating from French-Creole, speaking countries of the Caribbean.
It's when artist Rap-Sing a Haitian Kompa or Rap song forward, that has a complely differeent meaning when it sang Backward.
The whole idea is to chant-rap-Sing something forward and backward and have it means 2 different things both ways.
Key stylistic element:
Vocals, Sing-Rapping, speach, spoken word, Beats, MIDI System Drum set, Chant-Rap, Drum Machine, 808, Synthesisers, EWI, DAW, Electric Bass/Guitar, Keytar, Keybass, Guest artist or Backing Vocalist or a Rapper who 'd contribute a guest verse.
Other elements:
Retrograde, non-retrogade, Crab Canon, Crancizans, Sprechstimme and backmasking which is the technique artist used to censor musical/lyrical clips, words or phrases for "clean" releases of explicit songs.
A notable label of this kind of KomPalindrome music is Negre Marron Records which was founded in New York City 2018 by René Guemps
It's when artist Rap-Sing a Haitian Kompa or Rap song forward, that has a complely differeent meaning when it sang Backward.
The whole idea is to chant-rap-Sing something forward and backward and have it means 2 different things both ways.
Key stylistic element:
Vocals, Sing-Rapping, speach, spoken word, Beats, MIDI System Drum set, Chant-Rap, Drum Machine, 808, Synthesisers, EWI, DAW, Electric Bass/Guitar, Keytar, Keybass, Guest artist or Backing Vocalist or a Rapper who 'd contribute a guest verse.
Other elements:
Retrograde, non-retrogade, Crab Canon, Crancizans, Sprechstimme and backmasking which is the technique artist used to censor musical/lyrical clips, words or phrases for "clean" releases of explicit songs.
A notable label of this kind of KomPalindrome music is Negre Marron Records which was founded in New York City 2018 by René Guemps
by Negre Marron Records October 14, 2019
Get the KomPalindromemug. 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. 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. 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. Salsa-Kompa is the Haitian style of the Salsa music, characterised by typical instruments:
Piano, bongos, congas, timbales, trumpet, trombone, claves, cowbell, maracas, güiro,
Jam block, double bass,
flute, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, saxophone, vibraphone, violin, tres, cuatro.
The only difference between the two genres is that the regular Salsa is sung in Spanish while Salsa-Kompa is sung by Haitian Kompa Singers in Haitian Creole.
Piano, bongos, congas, timbales, trumpet, trombone, claves, cowbell, maracas, güiro,
Jam block, double bass,
flute, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, saxophone, vibraphone, violin, tres, cuatro.
The only difference between the two genres is that the regular Salsa is sung in Spanish while Salsa-Kompa is sung by Haitian Kompa Singers in Haitian Creole.
by Negre Marron Records September 7, 2018
Get the Salsa-Kompamug. 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. ManifesNaval is the Haitian Carnival style of the Protest music.
During Haitian carnival season bands integrate many styles of music into their sound s including: FolKompa, Diaspora-Ra, Rara, Rasin, Raboday, Ragga-Boday,
and RaggaNaval which is rhydim borrowed from Carnival Music to form .
The sub-genre uses catchy melodies and rhythms which usually relates to news, their struggles/frustrations, Social disparities, Poverty, society problems, and which they do in the form of "Voye pwen" (Send a point) which is sung in native Hatian Creole.
Characterised by typical instruments:
Keyboard/Keytar, Bass guitars, Electric Guitars, Drum set, Percussions, Loops, Brass,
Drumming, , Sequencers, Synthesizes, Delays, and Backing tracks.
Key stylistic element:
Vocals include a blend of PoLyrical Comments, SingRapping, Kompa, Call and repeat, Chanted Vocals (often with strong use of cryptic, bawdy and pithy lyrics, Choruses and Singable melodies), which are sung in Haitian French-Creole,
It's played in outdoor music outdoor-festivals As well as in nightclubs from mainly the French-Creole, Frenglish and Crenglish speaking countries of the Caribbean, the Antilles such as Haiti, Martinique, Dominica, Guadeloupe as well as Canada, France and some cities in North and South America (especially New York City, New Jersey, Boston, and and Miami)
A notable label of this kind of ManifesNaval music is Negre Marron Records which was founded in New York City 2018 by René Guemps
During Haitian carnival season bands integrate many styles of music into their sound s including: FolKompa, Diaspora-Ra, Rara, Rasin, Raboday, Ragga-Boday,
and RaggaNaval which is rhydim borrowed from Carnival Music to form .
The sub-genre uses catchy melodies and rhythms which usually relates to news, their struggles/frustrations, Social disparities, Poverty, society problems, and which they do in the form of "Voye pwen" (Send a point) which is sung in native Hatian Creole.
Characterised by typical instruments:
Keyboard/Keytar, Bass guitars, Electric Guitars, Drum set, Percussions, Loops, Brass,
Drumming, , Sequencers, Synthesizes, Delays, and Backing tracks.
Key stylistic element:
Vocals include a blend of PoLyrical Comments, SingRapping, Kompa, Call and repeat, Chanted Vocals (often with strong use of cryptic, bawdy and pithy lyrics, Choruses and Singable melodies), which are sung in Haitian French-Creole,
It's played in outdoor music outdoor-festivals As well as in nightclubs from mainly the French-Creole, Frenglish and Crenglish speaking countries of the Caribbean, the Antilles such as Haiti, Martinique, Dominica, Guadeloupe as well as Canada, France and some cities in North and South America (especially New York City, New Jersey, Boston, and and Miami)
A notable label of this kind of ManifesNaval music is Negre Marron Records which was founded in New York City 2018 by René Guemps
Hey Myrlande!
You going to the ManifesNaval Event tonight? Your favorite PoLyrical Rap Artist will be performing.
You going to the ManifesNaval Event tonight? Your favorite PoLyrical Rap Artist will be performing.
by Negre Marron Records October 21, 2019
Get the ManifesNavalmug.