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{{Short description|Collective term for the dances, rhythms and styles of music from Seychelles}}
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'''[[Seychelles]]''', which is an independent island chain in the Indian Ocean, has a distinct kind of music. [[Folk music]] incorporates multiple influences in a syncretic fashion, including English [[Country dance|contredanse]], [[polka]] and [[mazurka]], French folk and pop, [[sega music|sega]] from [[Mauritius]] and [[Réunion]], [[taarab]], [[zouk (musical movement)|zouk]], [[soukous]], [[moutya]] and other pan-African genres, as well as [[Polynesia]]n and Indian  music.  A complex form of percussion music called [[Kanmtole]] is popular, along with combinations of [[Sega music|Sega]] and [[Reggae]] called [[Seggae]] and combinations of [[Moutya]] and Reggae called [[Mouggae]], as is [[Montea]], a fusion of native folk rhythms with Kenyan [[benga music|benga]] developed by [[Patrick Victor]]. [[Jean Marc Volcy]] is another famous Seychellois musician who has brought a modern touch to traditional music. He has several albums including Sove Lavi.

The growth of Seychelles music has since seen the adoption of a blend of contemporary reggae and mainstream, international popular music.

==See also==
*[[List of Seychellois musicians]]

==References==
*Ewens, Graeme and [[Werner Graebner]]. "A Lightness of Touch". 2000. In Broughton, Simon and Ellingham, Mark with McConnachie, James and Duane, Orla (Ed.), ''World Music, Vol. 1: Africa, Europe and the Middle East'', pp 505–508. Rough Guides Ltd, Penguin Books. {{ISBN|1-85828-636-0}}

==External links==
*[http://www.seynews.com/music/list.asp Seynews (registration may be required)]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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