Kompas

Short for "KOntol Mu lePAS" (ur dick is loose/detaching/unmounted) in Indonesian.

Another way to spell compas. Literally meaning "beat" or "rythym" in Spanish. Kompa is a Haitian music genre with the stylings of Cuban contradanza, Son Cubano, jazz elements and African rhythms, and Dominican merengue. Unike Zouk, it is sung in mostly Haitian Creole.

An easy way to explain kompa is that it is the Haitian version or r&b. A beat with piano, drums, guitar, and sometimes with saxophones or trumpets. Some say that dancing to kompa is like having sex on the dance floor because when dancing to kompa, your abdominal area is mostly used like grinding or just moving side to side on/with your partner.

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Kompa and Beat commonly abbreviated as K&B, is a sub-genre of Kompa, also spelled Compas, originating from Haiti, which combines elements of Kompa, Zouk, Gospel, Pop, R&B, Hip Hop, Reggae, Country, R, Latin, and Electronic Dance Music.

KOMPA DRILL often mistakenly referenced as CREOLE-Trap, is a combination of Haitian Kompa, and Sample Drill music.

Characteristic features of KOMPA DRILL production include rap-talk-singing, Flow, “kata” (rim shot) (tresillo, live drums, (typically 80 to 120 beats per minute, or BPM), catchy short riff, Autotune, loops, 808 glides, ear-catching and singable melodies with manipulated Background vocal.

KOMPA DRILL uses replayed samples of older Kompa tracks by composing derivative version of the sample played live by an actual studio or session musician, thus giving it a nostalgic yet modern twist.

Key stylistic elements:

Call and Response, Chant-Rap, Vocalese, Ostinatos and rapped lyrics originated from the real-life experiences (often rap-sing in Haitian French-Creole, Crenglish, and CreoSpañol, FranSpañol which usually feature a guest artist or who 'd contribute a guest verse.

Other elements include a 12 bar bridge section played with a 5/4 timing over Rasin Mizik, (Haitian roots music with more pop-based melodies).

The lyrical content of Kompa drill music tends to be bawdy, cryptic, gritty pithy, provocative and full of voye pwen,” or “sending a point.”

A notable label of this kind of Kompa Drill Music is Negre Marron Records, an Int-y Independent internet record label which was founded in New York City ) 2018) by Rene Guemps.

The Haitian Kompa Music style of World Music or Global music,

It's often referred to simply as"Konpa Etno" in Haitian Creole, .

Though sang by Artist or singers of Non-Haitian origin, the instrumental s or bavkung tracks arw usually accompanied by live Kompa musicians of Haitian origin.

Simply put, it'a a hybrid style which incorporate elements of one or many genre of Non-Haitian music and combine them with Kompa themes, Musical Structures and Instruments

Singable-Melodies , Scales, modes, mysical Inflections

Modern instruments include:
electromechanical such as Electric Guitars, Bass Guitar, EWI (Electronic Wind Instrument, Keytar, Telharmonium, Hammond organ, Drum machines, and Electronic Drum kits, Key board/Keytar, Electronic Guitar, Bass guitar, and Keybass

Electronic Music Technology or Electronic Musical Instruments such as Modern synthesizers, Sequencers, Sampler, Loops, Sound effects, MIDI
Drum machines, Modular synthesizer, Percussion, Personal computer,and Digital Audio Workstations (DAW), sound bites, sound effects can be used as well.

Other traditional ethnic instruments include: the didgeridoo, Sitar, Steel drums, pedal steel guitar

Kora (West African Harp, the Pan flute, Berimbau, and the Yoruban drum

A notable label of this kind of Ethno-Kompa is Negre Marron Records which was founded in New York City 2018 by René Guemps.
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