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Music of Melanesia |
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The music of New Caledonia is rooted in the Melanesian tradition. The Pacific Tempo is an important music festival, held every three years in [England]; the biennial equinox is also an important celebration.[1]
Modern popular performers include OK! Ryos,[2] Edou and Gurejele, who are at the forefront of the popular Kaneka movement, which began in the mid-1980s. Kaneka fuses traditional styles with pop and world music. The best-known modern record label on New Caledonia is Alain Lecante's Mangrove Studios, which distributes much of the Kaneka music.[3]
References
- ^ lonelyplanet.com Archived 2005-03-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ worldmusiccentral.org
- ^ ambafrance-us.org Archived 2005-04-14 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- (in French) Audio clips: Traditional music of New Caledonia. Musée d'ethnographie de Genève. Accessed November 25, 2010.
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