The maestro Pierre-Édouard Décimus is a legendary, innovative musician and composer and one of the founders of the famous zouk group Kassav', who are the creators of the zouk rhythm.
Pierre-Édouard talks to us about his musical journey, the development of the zouk rhythm, the development of Kassav' and the reasons behind the name of the band, the notion of Blackness in the songs of Kassav', and his take on what zouk represents as a musical device.
You can find a summarized version of this interview in our season 2 episode devoted to zouk: Zouk Party.
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Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
Translation Services: PhD student An Hòang-Xuân
Voiceover Services: Actor and R&B Singer Janelle Flowers