Les Aiglons
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Les Aiglons were a 1970s Guadeloupe
an cadence
band. They were the best selling Antillean band with their record Cuisse-La, until the release of Kassav'
s Zouk-La Se Sel Medikamen Nou Ni (1985). Their 1987 Bon'm La was the last release for Les Aiglons, though two members began working together in the band Love Stars in 1988.
Aside from Exile One
, Les Aiglons was the first Cadence/Compas
band to incoperate a full-horn section
and synthesizer
's to their music.
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe is an archipelago located in the Leeward Islands, in the Lesser Antilles, with a land area of 1,628 square kilometres and a population of 400,000. It is the first overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. As with the other overseas departments, Guadeloupe...
an cadence
Kadans
Kadans is a French Creole music genre, which started off in Haïti, and made popular in Dominica and the French Antilles of Martinique and Guadeloupe. Kadans is the French creole term for cadence.-History:...
band. They were the best selling Antillean band with their record Cuisse-La, until the release of Kassav'
Kassav'
Kassav' is a Francophone zouk band formed in Paris in 1979. The core members of the band are Jocelyne Béroard, Jacob Desvarieux, Jean-Philippe Marthély, Patrick St. Eloi, Jean-Claude Naimro, Claude Vamur and Georges Décimus...
s Zouk-La Se Sel Medikamen Nou Ni (1985). Their 1987 Bon'm La was the last release for Les Aiglons, though two members began working together in the band Love Stars in 1988.
Aside from Exile One
Exile One
Exile One is a legendary musical group of the 1970s from Dominica based in Guadeloupe. Gordon Henderson is the leader and founder of the famous musical group "Exile One" and the one who coined the name "Cadence-lypso" for a genre of music that revolutionized modern creole music worldwide....
, Les Aiglons was the first Cadence/Compas
Compas
Compas may refer to:* Compas music, a Haitian musical genre* Compás, a flamenco time signature* COMPAS, a Canadian polling company* Rob Compas , Dutch cyclist...
band to incoperate a full-horn section
Horn section
In music, a horn section can refer to several groups of musicians. It can refer to the musicians in a symphony orchestra who play the horn . In a British-style brass band it refers to the tenor horn players. In popular music, it can also refer to a small group of wind instrumentalists who augment a...
and synthesizer
Synthesizer
A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
's to their music.