Kaseko

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Kaseko is the popular dance and light music of the Afro-Surinamese population of Suriname (formerly part of Dutch Guiana in northeastern South America). The most famous Kaseko singer is Lieve Hugo (Julius Theodorus Hugo Uiterloo, born December 13, 1934 Paramaribo , † November 15, 1975 Amsterdam ), who had his most successful period, especially in the 1970s.

The term Kaseko is derived from “casser le corps” (French for “break the body”), a fast dance in the region from the time of slavery. Many styles of music such as Western marching music, choral music, jazz, Latin American music and calypso merge with rhythms of African origin in the Kaseko . The call-and-response singing is typical of Kaseko .

Kaseko evolved from Bigi-Poku, a style of music strongly influenced by Dixieland jazz , which was played by large brass bands (marching bands) at festivals in the 1930s . The original timbre of the Kaseko was significantly influenced by jazz, calypso and the popular styles from Brazil, Venezuela and other parts of the Caribbean after the Second World War. Kaseko influenced by bebop is also called paramaribop. The influence of jazz can be heard well in the traditional brass band Carlo Jones & The Surinam Kaseko Troubadours, for example, as the band is partly reminiscent of New Orleans brass bands .

As a result of the great wave of emigration in the 1970s, when many Surinamans moved to the Netherlands (especially to Amsterdam), most Kaseko bands now live and produce in the Netherlands.

Kaseko is related to the Kawina music style, which also comes from the region .

Artists & Bands

  • Carlo Jones & The Surinam Kaseko Troubadours
  • Lieve Hugo - website
  • La Caz
  • La Rouge (Kawina)
  • Sabakoe
  • Ronald Snijders
  • Yakki family

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