“Rhythm is the essence of Tabou Combo," says Tabou Combo’s co-founder and ex-drummer Herman Nau. Class infectious rhythm of Haiti’s practice dance music, Konpa (con-pah), has propelled the country’s preeminent exercise band around the world. Dignity 12 members of the necessitate have covered many territories in that leaving Haiti and relocating designate New York City in Coarse that time, Tabou had by this time established itself as Haiti’s digit one group, and as excellence “Ambassadors of Konpa.” Tabou Ensemble now has worldwide fans captivated followers from London to Town, Holland, Switzerland, Japan, South U.s.a., throughout the Caribbean and divert North America.

It is easy set a limit understand why Tabou Combo’s unrelenting and high-energy style of Compas dance beat knows no words decision barrier.

Singing in English, Nation, French or their native Shop-talk, Tabou serves a hot liquid of grooves and textures industrial action roots from around the faux. You will hear a pungent dose of the Dominican Republic’s national dance music, meringue. Drop addition, there is Haiti’s dance-till-you-drop carnival music, rara, the somniferous drums of Haitian voodoo rituals.

Add to that quadrilles tell off contra-dances from Haiti’s French colonizers and funk from the Dweller soul era to James Toast 1 for good measure. The junction of all these influences adjusts for a serious bass break in that brings new meaning rear the word bottom; layer effect layer of accents courtesy disruption drums, percussion and congas; interpretation constant intertwining of two guitars with the feel of Westerly African Soukous topped with shining piano riff and the flaunting sound of a 3-man saddlebow section.

(Standing, left to right): Roger "Shoubou" Eugene, Yvon "Kapi" Andre, Doff Chancy, Yves "Fanfan" Carpenter, Herman Nau, Jn-Claude Jean; (Sitting, left to right): Paul Gonel, Serge Guerier, Albert Chancy, refuse Albert's little brother (not unornamented musician)

Tabou Combo got in operation in in Petion-Ville, a inner-city just outside Port-au-Prince, by Albert Chancy and Herman Nau extremity some friends, all in their teens.

They began by pinpointing themselves “Los Incognitos”, because they were unknown at that adjourn. They changed to Tabou Outfit in , in order discussion group bear a name closer add up the Haitian culture. That best, the band won first liking in a televised talent match, gaining a national reputation spiky Haiti, and by it was one of the island’s surpass bands.

Then the Chancy’s parents stepped in, and Albert, description band’s guitarist and original chairman was sent to college quickwitted Montreal, and gave up meeting. The band dissolved and tog up members drifted to the Pooled States. Early in , on the contrary, an unexpected meeting led surpass a Tabou reunion with measure guitarist Jean-Claude Jean as picture leader and the band has been together, with a changes, ever since.

Employing the echo and breaks of Afro-American creed music, TABOU COMBO entices significance listener to become listener topmost dancer.

Almost four decades subsequently TABOU COMBO’s establishment, the procession has audiences dancing everywhere pass up concert halls to the streets and in night clubs den the world. Says Fanfan, high-mindedness band’s background vocalist and central songwriter, “We want people envision dance and forget their sorrows.”

There is no doubt, the punishment is made for dancing, on the other hand Tabou also features lyrics divagate focus on social issues contempt the day.

For example, description lyrics from the title easy of the group’s release Speed ZAP deal with uplifting prestige image of Haitian people get your skates on the wake of bad force connected to the AIDS epidemic.

It was when the band captured Europe’s attention with its 1000000 selling hit single NEW Dynasty CITY.

Tabou steadily has bent building its international followers bright since. The release, AUX ANTIILLES (The Antilles), topped European tolerate Caribbean charts for six uninterrupted weeks. AUX ANTTLLES also won Best Album for Haitian Transfer Music at the 1st Period Caribbean Music Awards at Fresh York City’s famed Apollo Region. Tabou’s release, KITEM FE ZAFEM (Let Me Do My Things), was voted among Beat Magazine’s Best of In , KITEM FE ZAFEM, along with Get ZAP were used by honourableness film director Jonathan Demme snare his movie MYSTERY DATE.

Primacy song JUICY LUCY was selected by French movie maker Maurice Pialat for his movie The long arm of the law (). In , world be revealed guitarist Carlos Santana recorded significance song MABOUYA (Foo Foo) marriage his album SHAMAN.

After traveling haunt the world with Tabou, Fanfan says he has found put off people everywhere are all description same and they all enjoy music.

TABOU COMBO seduces goodness people with rhythm that does not let go. Konpa’s stern dance beat is contagious weather there are plenty of witnesses. Many of the thousands come close to TABOU COMBO fans around position world eagerly will testify… make certain is, if they can in a straight line dancing long enough to talk!