Haiti Music Video

A music band from Haiti, the group Boukan Ginen or sometime spelled Guinen became serious and came together in 1990. It was started by lead vocalist Eddy Francois. Boukan means bonfire or fire pit while Ginen evolved in Haiti as the name for the ancestral home of enslaved Africans, probably originating from the country Guinea.

Eddy Francois, along with percussionist Evens Seney and guitarist Vladimir Jean-Felix all came to Boukan Ginen from the band Boukman Eksperyans. Proud of their Haitian heritage, Boukan Ginen were the winners of best carnival song at Haitian Carnival in 1991, for the song Pale Pale. They ushered in the presidency of Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a huge change for the country as a whole with a song which was later released on their debut album, Jou a Rive. The song title means "talk" and included lyrics widely interpreted as supporting the presidency of Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

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Boukman eksperyans is one of the famous mizik rasin bands that is present in the city of port au prince, Haiti. This famous band derives its unique name from the Duty Bouksman. He was a priest in Haiti. He led a religious ceremony that was considered to be the introduction of the band.

This band was introduced in1978 and the owner of the band was beau burn and his sister. They were already the members of different groups of the bands so that they launched a new band in the same area.

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A music band from the capital city of Haiti, Port-au-Prince, the name of the band Boukman Eksperyans is from a voodoo priest who was famous in 1971. Boukman Eksperyans was founded in 1978 by Theodore "Lolo" Beaubrun and his wife Mimerose and members of various groups who launched the Mizik Rasin revolution in Haiti in the late 1970s. One of these groups was led by Fanfan Alexis, and included the future musicians of such groups as Group Sa, Foula, and Rara Machine.

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A Haitian group that is indeed talented and has remained strong since its formation in 1994. The group Brothers Posse brought together four artists who considered themselves brothers. They already had their own identities in the music world long before they came together. "Don Kato" was a reggae musician, "Bobby Star" preferred gospel, "Easy one" was a rapper while "Top Richie" enjoyed dancehall.

Their coming together was an instant hit, and it has sustained the trend for a very long time. In 2003 alone, the group Brothers Posse had more than 250 performances, which makes a lot of other groups very envious of their record. Their music spans across roots, rap, reggae and rock. Their music is not limited to Haiti as it has traversed geographical barriers to reach places as far as the West Indies.

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One of the most famous groups in the Haitian history is definitely the Brothers Posse. This is a musical band that was established in 1994 by a couple of artists who were already established as solo artists when they met. They however formed a group and with their different styles of singing and the different tastes and preferences of music they had they formed a great musical group that rocked the entire world.

With the formation of the group Brothers Posse, they were able to easily incorporate various types of songs and singing styles to come up with something totally new and different and that gave more fans all over the world than initially. They became very famous and had invitations to perform in over a dozen places on the same day. On the December of 2002 they were invited to over 32 gigs in just less than one month and with time they were just famous all over the country.

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Today 'Brothers Posse' is the most popular band of Haitian pop music. This band is popular due to their ranging from roots to rock and reggae with the help of their musical equipments. It has created its popularity to all classes of people in Haiti. This band 'Brother Posse' was established in July 1994 by the four members of this band who are friends from a long time before. In this band all members are identical in their own way. For this reason they can easily create any types of songs rape, rock, reggae etc.

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Gazman Pierre, also known as Gasman Pierre, was a Haitian artist. He was born on 22nd August in Gonaives. Interestingly, Gazman loved football and had a vision of being a football player but his dream changed when he got a knee injury. This made him to turn to music which was his second vision.

His family moved to United State in 1980. Despite his mother being against music as a career, Gazman began singing as a solo singer. In 1992 he joined a group known as Yeah Bah and launched an album by the name of An nou fe'l a de". He then joined Zenglen Plus and changed its name to D'Zine. D'Zine recorded many songs like Haiti, Lavi en exile and Deal With It. D'Zine had some conflict and Gazman Pierre decided to leave.

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You can attest that of Gazzman Couleur is a new band bringing new taste of music in the Haitian music industry. This is the case because the group has not taken root as other older bands in the Haitian music industry. However, the group is making tremendous efforts in the recording and giving their funs the entertainment for which they have been waiting.

It is important to mention that the band is under the leadership of Gazzman Couleur who decided to form this band after breaking away from the NU Look. This is one of the best cause of action he could have taken to give himself the independence of his music and that it the best time to gauge how well he is prepared for the Haiti music market and his other audience in the other parts of the world who are waiting patiently.

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Les Ambassadeur is a musical band which was founded in 1971. It used to play hitting songs of the time with their origin from Cuba, France and Senegal. During early 1970s, there were two competing bands, les ambassadeurs and Rail Band. The two played hitting songs in the country. It is remembered that in 1970s, both bands performed in a concert which featured the theme of "literacy" that left the audience into utter excitement. This concert is still remembered in the history of Malian music. In 1972, Les Ambassadeurs got its topmost hits as a result of a new recruit, Salif Keita from Mali. Keita was a popular singer at that time used to play as a solo star.

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Les Ambassadeurs (LA) have been among a group of pioneer bands that began the Mini- Jazz music style in Haiti. Mini-Jazz evolved between 1964-1969, basing itself on the simple stylings of rock and roll bands from 1960-1964, before Britain's Beatles revolutionized the genré.

The new-style Kompa bands comprised an electric-lead and -rhythm guitars, electric bass, and polyrhythmic percussion instruments, defining Mini-Jazz. Frequently, the inclusion of a saxophone held down the melodic line. The Mini-Jazz movement took root in Port-au-Prince and its surrounding neighborhoods, led by innovative musician Shleu Shleu. The most noteworthy neighborhood bands, which grew to prominence along with LA, included Les Loups Noirs, Les Fantaisistes de Carrefour, Tabou Combo, Fréres Dé Jean, Les Difficiles, and Bossa Combo. They led the Mini-Jazz movement and other Caribbean countries soon followed suit.

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