The name derived from Kompa the popular music originated on the island of Haiti, is a Dance Studio located New York City that offers many styles of Kompa dancing which include:
Kompa and Beat, KomPassion (Also known as "Kompa Love", "Kizomba" Kompa Gouyad or just "Zouk",) KomPadou, Kompa-Rengue, Salsa-Kompa, KompaChata, Kompa­-Ragga, and KompAfro and Beat.

Kompa! Kompa! Kompa! Dance Studio offer classes for all levels. Whether you are a beginner Kompa dancer or an advanced dancer,

Kompa! Kompa! Kompa! Dance Studio offers many different classes during the week. Classes range from Kompa on the 1 and "Private 1 on 1 dance session" which runs for 1 hour long and features a male or female instructor.

Kompa on the 1 and 2 "group classes" which are run for 2 hours long and features male and female instructors.

Each class is designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to Kompa dance which include, Kompa etiquette, floorcraft, leading/following techniques
and partner safety.
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I got you a gift certificate for Kompa! Kompa! Kompa! Dance Studio, I hope you use it.
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Kompa Chrétien is the Haitian genre of Gospel music. Kompa chrétien, is often referred to simply as ("KOMPA LEVANJIL") in Haitian Creole or in French. "("KOMPAS ÉVANGÉLIQUE ") French (a combination of Haitian music and evangelistic lyric with a flair Kompa .

Kompa Chrétien is composed and performed for many purposes, including, religious or ceremonial purposes, aesthetic pleasure and as an entertainment product for the marketplace.
Kompa Chrétien music is played in church, auditoriums, gospel music concerts.
Typical instruments are:
Hymns, clapping and foot stomping, Vocals (often with strong use of harmony), piano organ, Keyboard, Timbal, Cymbal, Keytar, guitar, drums, Hi-hats, bass guitar,
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Are you can I borrow your Kompa Chrétien CD to listen in my car?
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Euro-Kompa, a portmanteau of "European and Kompa"), It's often referred to as "White Kompa" a term used to describe Haitian Kompa music sung by artist or singers of European descent.

Euro-Kompa usually Features a lead vocalist and 2-3 backing Vocalists and sometime a guest vocalist usually a Euro-Rap-Singer who 'd contribute a guest verse during a bridge resulting in song lengths ranging from 3-4 minutes depending on the tempo.

Electromechanically produced by live traditional Kompa jam-session musicians which are also often mistakenly referred to as “GIGGERS”by other “KNOW-IT-ALL” in the Haitian Music Industry.

Identifying factors include generally short to medium-length songs written in a variants format which emphasize the song's melody and harmonies.

Unlike Haitian Kompa Direct which is very lyric-oriented-the lyrics in Euro-Kompa songs don’t usually have any deep meaning- often the lyrics are frivolous.

Euro-Kompa generally dance to a mid-tempo 90-115 BPM (beats per minute) with a 1-2 -1-2 Beat and with an arrangements of a 4/4 or four-on-the-floor time Signature which always encourages dancing due to it’s use of dance-oriented rhythms.

The origins of the genre and term was pioneered by Negre Marron Records' CEO and label Director Rene Guemps.

FYI: This is the first time in the history of the Haitian Music Industry (HMI) that a record label will be selling the beauty of an international artist from another race as a concept in a market that's not his or hers.
WOW! I wonder if Euro-Kompa will be a new category in the Eurovision Song Contest next year?
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Euro-Compa, a, often referred to as "White Kompa" or Kompa Ero in Haitian Créole. A term used to describe Haitian Kompa music sung by artist or singers of European descent.

Euro-Kompa usually Features a lead vocalist with 1 or more backup Vocalists and sometime a guest vocalist usually a Euro-Rap-Singer who 'd contribute a guest verse during a bridge resulting in song lengths ranging from 3-4 minutes depending on the tempo.

Instrumentals are provided by live traditional Kompa jam-session musicians which are also often mistakenly referred to as “GIGGERS”by other “KNOW-IT-ALL” in the Haitian Music Industry.

Identifying factors include generally short to medium-length songs written in a variants format which emphasize the song's melody and harmonies.

Unlike Haitian Kompa Direct which is very lyric-oriented-the lyrics in Euro-Kompa songs don’t usually have any deep meaning- often the lyrics are frivolous.

Euro-Kompa generally dance to a mid-tempo 90-115 BPM (beats per minute) with a 1-2 beat and with an arrangements of a 4/4 or four-on-the-floor time Signature which always encourages dancing due to it’s use of dance-oriented rhythms.

The origins of the genre and term was pioneered by Negre Marron Records' CEO and label Director René Guemps.

FYI: This is the first time in the history of the Haitian Music Industry (HMI) that a independent record label will be selling the beauty of an international artist from another race as a concept in a market that's not his or hers.
WOW! I wonder if Euro-Kompa will be a new category in the The Eurovision Song Contest lnext year?
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Kompa-itus, pronounced "cohm-PA-ih-tus." The word is a portmanteau of Kompa and Tinnitus.

They are those Haitian Kompa and Beat songs that are stuck in your head by playing themselves there over. And over. And over.

Someone infected with Kompa-itus may find themselves humming and whistling to the song and can end up dancing to tune that's playing inside their heads.

It usually happens after a heavy night of dancing partying or after hearing a Haitian DJ plays them over the air on Haitian Community radio, even streaming them on Youtube, Spotify and Souncloud can do it to you.

The term "Kompa-Itus" was originally coined by RENÉ Guemps in 2019.
Yo Theodore!
"I think I got a bad case of Kompa-itus, do you know how to get them out?"

"Ah man, I heard that the only cure for that is to go back and listen to all the songs you keep hearing in your head all over again or else they'll never leave"
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KOMPA AND BEAT RADYO is the online home of Haitian ETHNO KOMPA music, a sub-genre of Kompa Direct music that fuses traditional Haitian rhythms with contemporary beats and sounds - sung by performers or singers of non-Haitian origin. The instrumentals or backing tracks are typically accompanied by live Kompa session musicians of Haitian origin.

The radio station is referred to as "K&B Radyo" or by its brand name on air. Negre Marron Records, a label René Guemps created, owns the radio station. He also works as a radio producer and seeial entrepreneur.

This CrEnglish-language online music radio station uses a system that generates audio for broadcast depending on what is happening right now in a local market.

KOMPA AND BEAT RADYO is the first live internet radio station playing Ethno-Kompa music in the Haitian Diaspora.

The well-liked programme was co-hosted by DJ Renée-La Ai and DJ René-Lo Ai in cyberspace. Not to be confused with Ai digital twins, they’re referred to as (The Ai Twins).

The dynamic duo hosts THE KOMPA HOUR, a special segment that airs daily at 10 a.m. during which they spotlight some of the most popular and influential ETHNO KOMPA musicians.

The most popular artist on Negre Marron Records, Miss-Ter-i, is currently playing one of the station's most popular songs, (FEELN AWESOME).

The KOMPA HOUR is one of four music programmes for Kompa that Kompa and Beats Radyo have planned.

Including: Kompa Zone is; Haiti Vibes; Kompa Mix; Zouk Radio; and Radyo Ayiti.
Listen to the KOMPA AND BEAT RADYO Indie Music of the Day. (Around 10:00 am, 2:00 pm, 5:00 pm, 7:00 pm, and 9:00 pm,)
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