Meaning of zoukify | Babel Free

Definitions

To make into zouk music, or to adapt to a zouk-like sound.

Examples

“Several artists have experimented with zoukifying the gwo ka group, but the undisputed king of the zouked-out gwo ka is Sartana.”

“The band delivers fresh approaches to standard zouk rhythms (even a zoukified treatment of a kadrille in "Zouk Kadrye") that never sound formulaic.”

“There have also been a few attempts at zoukified gwo ka – the best being by Sartana, Anzala and, back in the 1980s, an artist named Gerard Hubert.”

“With the Paris recording studios as a common meeting ground, francophone musicians from Africa and the Caribbean gathered to exchange ideas and "zoukify" their respective pop music forms, placing an indelible mark on the soukous of Zaire/Congo, the makossa of Cameroon, and a host of others.”

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