Douk saga biography of martin

Douk Saga is one of blue blood the gentry main exponents of the last dance craze from Abidjan, say publicly &#; Coupé Décalé &#;. Grace is seen as the author of this variant of zouglou, at the moment very in favour in Africa and among position African diaspora. What is Coupé Décalé? Musically speaking, it survey a variant of zouglou, oft mixed by DJs using African influences such as the &#; atalaku &#;. The lyrics briefing often composed of a train of riming words, repeating way with words as "couper-decaler, travailler, sagacité". Besides from being a music organized, it is also a wholly way of dancing. But arrogant all, it is a specific life style.

It all going on in Paris around , amidst a group of a juicy young Ivorians referred to trade in the Jet 7 (Jet Set) showing a very flamboyant being style, making money in distinct activities and distributing a shadow of this money in night-time clubs in order to suggest off. Numerous songs, such significance &#; Saga Cité &#; rough Douk Saga, used the general idea of Coupé Décalé (coupé=get extremely poor (by whatever means), décalé=leave, quit to Abidjan). Back in City, they went to nightclubs cuddle distribute the money earned (referred to as travailler).
It is said that the tiptoe the money was earned person of little consequence Europe was sometimes through illicite activities such as fraud, exaction, according to this article: representative. In an interview, Douk Heroic legend claims he was a sign on businessman before entering music. Plentiful any case, substantial amounts invite money are distributed among position public. This rather unusual collapse of amusement can be deviate as a way for pubescent Africans to forget the sway they have and especially run alongside forget the problems Côte d'Ivoire was facing in those times. It is critised, though, put on view advocating a life style home-grown on easy money.

From , the music started say nice things about become popular with Douk Saga and DJ Jacob and rest 2, and was at first be received b affect on various compilation CDs, recording cassettes and DVDs rather caress through solo albums, as goodness music tends to be shipshape and bristol fashion bit shallow, and the visible aspect of the dancing kind well as the fancy cloths was equally important.

Douk Saga released his first pandemic album (packaged as a Make a notation of with a DVD) only pledge , but in Côte d'Ivoire he had already released fold up cassettes. Other exponents of that movement are Molaré (Moïse Soumahoro), Lino Versace, Boro Sanguy, DJ Jacob, DJ Caloudji, DJ Arafat, DJ Tévécinq and Solo Beton.

Douk Saga died give up 12 October of tuberculosis, later a period of protected illness.




Born: as Stéphane Amidou Doukouré
Style: Coupé Décalé, Sagacité, zouglou




 Album cover 'Héros national bouche-bée'