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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Caribbean music genre ⓘ
Dominican music genre ⓘ
music genre ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Carnival ⓘ
street jump-up ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Dominica ⓘ
culturalOrigin late 1980s Dominica ⓘ
danceStyle jump-up ⓘ
wining ⓘ
derivativeOf cadence-lypso ⓘ
developedIn Roseau ⓘ
hasSubgenre Bouyon gwada ⓘ
Bouyon soca ⓘ
hardcore bouyon ⓘ
influenced Bouyon soca ⓘ
Dennery segment ⓘ
language Dominican Creole French ⓘ
English ⓘ
French Creole ⓘ
notableArtist Asa Bantan ⓘ
MFR Band ⓘ
Nayee ⓘ
Triple Kay International ⓘ
WCK ⓘ
primaryAudience Caribbean party crowds ⓘ
youth in Dominica ⓘ
region Eastern Caribbean ⓘ
Lesser Antilles ⓘ
stylisticOrigin cadence-lypso ⓘ
calypso ⓘ
dancehall ⓘ
jing ping ⓘ
reggae ⓘ
soca ⓘ
traditional Dominican folk music ⓘ
typicalFeature call-and-response vocals ⓘ
chant-like hooks ⓘ
fast tempo ⓘ
heavy drum rhythms ⓘ
party-oriented lyrics ⓘ
prominent bass lines ⓘ
repetitive rhythmic patterns ⓘ
usesInstrument accordion ⓘ
bass guitar ⓘ
congas ⓘ
drum machine ⓘ
electronic drums ⓘ
keyboard ⓘ
steel pan ⓘ
synthesizer ⓘ
tamboo bamboo ⓘ

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