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Boukman Eksperyans (English: Boukman Experience) is a mizik rasin band from the city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Grammy nominated for their debut album Vodou Adjae. The band derives its name from Dutty Boukman , a vodou priest who led a religious ceremony in 1791 that is widely considered the start of the Haitian Revolution .
The band Boukman Eksperyans was named after him. A fictionalized version of Boukman appears as the title character in American writer Guy Endore's novel Babouk, an anti-capitalist parable about the Haitian Revolution. Haitians honored Boukman by admitting him into the pantheon of loa (guiding spirits).
Boukman Eksperyans is a mizik rasin band from the city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Grammy nominated for their debut album Vodou Adjae. The band derives its name from Dutty Boukman, a vodou priest who led a religious ceremony in 1791 that is widely considered the start of the Haitian Revolution.
Boukman Eksperyans. Biography. Boukman Eksperyans ushered in a musical revolution with their Grammy-nominated debut album, Voudou Adjae. This brilliant release introduced the world to Boukmans worldly high energy sound fusing traditional Haitian and Caribbean rhythms with rock and reggae.
Boukman Eksperyans (Inglés: Boukman Experience) es una banda mizik rasin de la ciudad de Port-au-Prince, Haití, nominada al Grammy por su álbum debut Vodou Adjae. La banda deriva su nombre de Dutty Boukman , un sacerdote vudú que dirigió una ceremonia religiosa en 1791 que es ampliamente considerada el comienzo de la Revolución Haitiana .
9 de ene. de 2017 · The revolutionary music of Boukman Eksperyans is a unique blend of roots, Vodou jazz, Zairian soukous and reggae, built on a foundation of traditional African rhythms and Caribbean melodies. The band also promotes a spiritual message of freedom, unity, and faith, taking its name from a Haitian revolutionary named Boukman Dutty, a slave and Vodou.
Vodou Adjae is the first album of the Haitian music group Boukman Eksperyans. It is distributed in the United States and Canada by Mango, a division of Island Records. All of the songs are in Haitian Creole. AllMusic called Vodou Adjae an "exciting blend of traditional drum rhythms and modern Caribbean pop attack".
