Zouk Machine

Zouk Machine is a group of Zouk female, originating in the Guadeloupe.

Singers

Composed at the beginning of three beautiful Inhabitants of Guadeloupe (Joelle Ursull, Christiane Obydol, Dominique Zorobabel), the Group zouk Machine is very quickly success as of its first album with the title Sové Lanmou (compound by Guy Houllier and Yves Honore). Joelle Ursull leaves the group and moves towards a career solo, whose culminating point will be the second place in Eurovision by interpreting White and black blues composed by Serge Gainsbourg and S. Augier.

At the dawn of the years 1990, Jane fostin (resulting from an big family of musicians inhabitants of Guadeloupe and whose sister Klod Fostin knew an enormous success with titles like Bouch with Lanmou, doubted Pa, Jane, or Lymiè Kaché) is recruited to continue the musical adventure.

Consequently, the success of the group largely exceeds the West-Indian community and the title Maldon (music in the skin) remains number 1 with the Top 50 during nine weeks in 1989. Will follow rounds to the four corners of the world, and the albums Its ké cho and Wink . One can also note participations in the albums of Maxime the forester, on the title Passer my road and with the B.O of Astérix and the Indians One saw together and Aurevoir .

In 1995 whereas the group knows a crisis situation, BMG the recording company leaves first Best off. Jane Fostin definitively leaves the group to launch out in a career solo. Its first individual solo " Size of tone amour" , resumption of Who C you coils of Deborah Cox will be a large success in France. Two albums will be followed from there to R' sonorities B and in 2006 an album to sonorities zouk, sounding like a return to the sources. To note in 1998, Dominique Zorobabel leaves an album solo: Louse lanmou . In 2000, the group zouk Machine leaves its silence and the two remaining singers propose another compilation which takes again seven of the best titles of the group and seven new original compositions. The album Seven sleepless nights will make it possible to the singers to traverse the French-speaking world and to regularly give concerts to endiablées sonorities. Then each one takes part in solo projects:

  • Good festival Dad and Homage to Gilles Floro for Christiane Obydol;
  • Christmas gospel with his friend of always Tanya St-Valley (begun again gospel of air of West-Indian traditional Christmas).
In 2006, one has announced for two years the exit of a new album of the group but Dominique Zorobabel seems to want to give up his musical career leaving a doubt about the future of the n°2 Group of the Antilles, after Kassav'. Last news: an album is in preparation with two new singers and Christiane Obydol. Recall of the names of the singers:
  • Christiane Obydol
  • Dominique Zorobabel (ex)
  • Joelle Ursull (ex)
  • Jane Fostin (ex)
  • Claudine Pennont
  • Beatrice Poulot

Their Albums

  1. Zouk Machine (1986)
  2. Maldon (1989)
  3. Kréol (1991)
  4. Wink (1994)
  5. Best off Zouk Machine (1995)
  6. 7 Sleepless nights (1999)

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