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Kassav'

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All U Need Is Zouk (2007)	K toz (2004)	Nou la (2000)
Un Toque Latino (1998)	Difé (1995)	Tékit izi (1992)
Majestik zouk (1989)	Zouk Is the Only Medicine... (1988)	Vini pou (1987)
An ba chen'n la (1985)	Aye (1984)

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6 Mixed

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Paris, France

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World/Ethnic

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International

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1979

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1979 to Present...

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Kassav' (Antillean Creole for a local dish made from cassava root) is a Francophone zouk and compas music band formed in Paris in 1979. The core members of the band are Jocelyne Béroard, Jacob Desvarieux, Jean-Philippe Marthély, Patrick St. Eloi, Jean-Claude Naimro, Claude Vamur and Georges Décimus (who left to form Volte Face and returned). Kassav' have issued over 20 albums, with a further 12 solo albums by band members. Kassav' was formed in 1979 by Pierre-Edouard Décimus (former musicians from the Les Vikings de Guadeloupe) and Paris studio musician Jacob F. Desvarieux. Together and under the influence of well-known Guadeloupean combo Experience 7, Grammacks and Exile One, they decided to make Guadeloupean carnival music and record it in a more fully orchestrated yet modern and polished style. In the 1980s they took Caribbean music to another level by recording in the new digital format.