Zouk
Template:Short description Template:Other uses Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox music genre Template:Music of Martinique
Zouk is a musical movement and dance pioneered by the French Antillean band Kassav' in the early 1980s. It was originally characterized by a fast tempo (120–145 bpm), a percussion-driven rhythm, and a loud horn section.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Musicians from Martinique and Guadeloupe eventually added MIDI instrumentation to their compas style, which developed into a genre called zouk-love.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Zouk-love is effectively the French Lesser Antilles' compas,<ref name="pm 74">Popular Musics of the Non Western World. Peter Manuel, New York Oxford University Press, 1988, p74</ref> and it gradually became indistinguishable from compas.<ref name="pm 74" />
Zouk béton
The original fast carnival style of zouk, best represented by the band Kassav', became known as "zouk béton", "zouk chiré", or "zouk hard".<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Zouk béton is considered a synthesis of various French Antillean dance music styles of the 20th century, including kadans, konpa, and biguine.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>