Music of French Guiana
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The '''music of [[French Guiana]]''' includes aléké, bigi pokoe, and bushee negro music. [[music of Suriname|Surinamese music]], especially [[kaseko]], is also very popular in French Guiana.
==Aléké==
[[Aléké]] is a style of drum-based music that arose in the 1950s. The first major group was [[Salka]], followed by major bands like [[Bigi Ting]] and [[Fondering]].
[[Bigi Monie]] (Saint-Laurent), [[Bigi Libi]] and [[Young Clémencia]] (Grand Santi), [[Wan Ton Melody]] and [[Big Control]] ([[Papaïchton]]), [[Slave (musician)|Slave]] and [[Bigi Laï]] ([[Maripasoula]]) are some modern performers.
Other historical groups include [[Pokina and Lagadisssa]] (from Paramaribo), [[Clémencia and Alkowa]] (from Grand Santi), [[Rasta (musician)|Rasta]] (from Papaïchton), [[Tranga Oousel]] (from [[Maripasoula]]), [[Mabouya]] (from Apatou), [[Switi Lobi]] (from Albina), [[Sapatia]], [[Lespeki]] and [[Africa (band)|Africa]] (from Saint-Laurent du Maroni).
==Bigi Pokoe==
The [[bigi pokoe]] is a style of [[dance music]] in the west of French Guiana and Surinam. It is traditionally played with drums and maracas, although today guitars, keyboards and percussion instruments are used.
[[Intermix]], [[Tchoutcha]], [[Inter Spoity]] ([[Apatou]]), [[Multi System]] and especially [[Compress 220v]] (Saint Laurent) , who toured in Europe in 1999, are the main representatives of this style.
==Bushee Negro music==
[[Awassa]], [[Mato music|mato]] and [[soussa]] are important kinds of [[Bushee Negro]] music. Other rhythms and styles include [[kawina]].
==External links==
* [http://www.skwik.com/wiki/index.php?title=Music_of_French_Guiana Music of French Guiana on Skwik that was original source]
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