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{{Infobox music genre
| name = Zoblazo
| name = Zoblazo
| bgcolor = silver
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| stylistic_origins = [[dance music]], [[Zouk (musical movement)|zouk]]
| color = black
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| stylistic_origins = [[dance music]], [[zouk]]
| cultural_origins = 1990s [[Côte d'Ivoire]]
| cultural_origins = 1990s [[Côte d'Ivoire]]
| instruments = Varies
| instruments = Varies
| popularity =
| derivatives =
| derivatives =
| subgenrelist =
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| subgenres =
| subgenres =
| fusiongenres =
| fusiongenres =
| regional_scenes = Côte d'Ivoire
| regional_scenes = Côte d'Ivoire
| local_scenes = [[Abidjan]]
| local_scenes = [[Abidjan]]
| other_topics =
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'''Zoblazo''' is a musical style from [[Abidjan]], [[Côte d'Ivoire]], first created in the early 1990s. It is a cosmopolitan popular dance music with simple up-tempo rhythm and high tech instrumentation and contains a mixture of traditional dance rhythms from southern Côte d'Ivoire.
'''Zoblazo''' is a musical style from [[Abidjan]], [[Côte d'Ivoire]], created in the early 1990s. It is a cosmopolitan popular dance music with simple up-tempo rhythm and high tech instrumentation and contains a mixture of traditional dance rhythms from southern Côte d'Ivoire.


Zoblazo's best known exponent is [[Freddy Meiway]], who has released a series of Zoblazo records starting in 1989 with the record "Ayibebou" with his group [[Zo Gang]]. An ethnic [[N'Zema]] from [[Grand Bassam]], Meiway integrated folk rhythms from Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana with and is danced to with a white handkerchief. From his second album in 1990 entitled ''200% Zoblazo'', Meiway became the second best known Ivorian musician after [[Alpha Blondy]], and has released a steady stream records, the most recent ''9ème commandement –900% zoblazo'' released in 2007.
Zoblazo's best known exponent is [[Freddy Meiway]], who has released a series of Zoblazo records starting in 1989 with the record "Ayibebou" with his group [[Zo Gang]]. An ethnic [[N'Zema]] from [[Grand Bassam]], Meiway integrated folk rhythms from Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana with and is danced to with a white handkerchief. From his second album in 1990 entitled ''200% Zoblazo'', Meiway became the second best known Ivorian and N'zema musician after [[Alpha Blondy]], and has released a steady stream records, the most recent ''9ème commandement –900% zoblazo'' released in 2007.


==References==
==External links==
*[http://www.rfimusique.com/siteEn/biographie/biographie_6171.asp RFI Musique: Meiway Biography], January 2007.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080307030454/http://www.rfimusique.com/siteEn/biographie/biographie_6171.asp RFI Musique: Meiway Biography], January 2007.
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/africabeyond/africaonyourstreet/cdreviews/246/17892.shtml Review Meiway - Golgotha (800% Zoblazo)]: Africa On Your Street, BBC.co.uk.
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/africabeyond/africaonyourstreet/cdreviews/246/17892.shtml Review Meiway - Golgotha (800% Zoblazo)]: Africa On Your Street, BBC.co.uk.
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/africabeyond/africaonyourstreet/hosts/jjc/17925.shtml Meiway from Ivory Coast, JJC Reviews], May 2006: Africa On Your Street, BBC.co.uk.
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/africabeyond/africaonyourstreet/hosts/jjc/17925.shtml Meiway from Ivory Coast, JJC Reviews], May 2006: Africa On Your Street, BBC.co.uk.


{{Africa topic|Music of}}
{{Africa topic|Music of}}
{{Genres of African popular music}}


[[Category:Ivorian styles of music]]
[[Category:Ivorian styles of music]]
[[Category:World music genres]]
[[Category:World music genres]]
[[Category:Abidjan]]


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Latest revision as of 19:19, 24 May 2022

Zoblazo
Stylistic originsdance music, zouk
Cultural origins1990s Côte d'Ivoire
Typical instrumentsVaries
Regional scenes
Côte d'Ivoire
Local scenes
Abidjan

Zoblazo is a musical style from Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, created in the early 1990s. It is a cosmopolitan popular dance music with simple up-tempo rhythm and high tech instrumentation and contains a mixture of traditional dance rhythms from southern Côte d'Ivoire.

Zoblazo's best known exponent is Freddy Meiway, who has released a series of Zoblazo records starting in 1989 with the record "Ayibebou" with his group Zo Gang. An ethnic N'Zema from Grand Bassam, Meiway integrated folk rhythms from Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana with and is danced to with a white handkerchief. From his second album in 1990 entitled 200% Zoblazo, Meiway became the second best known Ivorian and N'zema musician after Alpha Blondy, and has released a steady stream records, the most recent 9ème commandement –900% zoblazo released in 2007.

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