bouyon music
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Bouyon music is a high-energy Dominican genre that fuses elements of cadence-lypso, jing ping, soca, and other Caribbean styles, known for its heavy drum and bass rhythms and call-and-response vocals.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bouyon music | 0 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Caribbean music genre
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Dominican music genre ⓘ music genre ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Carnival
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street jump-up ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Dominica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin | late 1980s Dominica ⓘ |
| danceStyle |
jump-up
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wining ⓘ |
| derivativeOf | cadence-lypso ⓘ |
| developedIn | Roseau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre |
Bouyon gwada
NERFINISHED
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Bouyon soca ⓘ hardcore bouyon ⓘ |
| influenced |
Bouyon soca
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Dennery segment ⓘ |
| language |
Dominican Creole French
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English ⓘ French Creole ⓘ |
| notableArtist |
Asa Bantan
NERFINISHED
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MFR Band NERFINISHED ⓘ Nayee NERFINISHED ⓘ Triple Kay International NERFINISHED ⓘ WCK NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryAudience |
Caribbean party crowds
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youth in Dominica ⓘ |
| region |
Eastern Caribbean
NERFINISHED
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Lesser Antilles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stylisticOrigin |
cadence-lypso
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calypso ⓘ dancehall ⓘ jing ping ⓘ reggae ⓘ soca ⓘ traditional Dominican folk music ⓘ |
| typicalFeature |
call-and-response vocals
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chant-like hooks ⓘ fast tempo ⓘ heavy drum rhythms ⓘ party-oriented lyrics ⓘ prominent bass lines ⓘ repetitive rhythmic patterns ⓘ |
| usesInstrument |
accordion
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bass guitar ⓘ congas ⓘ drum machine ⓘ electronic drums ⓘ keyboard ⓘ steel pan ⓘ synthesizer ⓘ tamboo bamboo ⓘ |
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