Jing ping: the traditional root of bouyon
No bouyon without jing ping. This traditional dance music of Dominica, led by the accordion, is one of the two founding ingredients of the genre, with cadence-lypso.
Creole ball music
Jing ping accompanies the traditional dances of Dominica: quadrille, mazurka, bèlè and other ball dances inherited from the island’s Creole history. The classic line-up brings together an accordion, drums like lapo kabwit, a boom-boom and a bamboo flute.
From the ball to electronic carnival
When WCK creates bouyon in 1988, the band takes the melodies, the rhythms and the spirit of jing ping and pushes them with electronic keyboards. It is this dialogue between the village ball and the machine that gives bouyon its unique character in the Caribbean.
Listen to bouyon now
The Bouyon Road Mix by Bouyon Shattaz collects new bouyon releases and carnival classics on Spotify and YouTube.
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