ABONDANCE

“It’s a seductive proposition: a smile in the singers’ voices, an invitation to dance, a rhythm that always finds its equilibration in the end” (Le Devoir, 2023). Earning Silver at the 2023 Syli d’Or de la musique du monde, Abondance’s heart is poised between its rural origins and daily urban living as the group joyfully and deftly oscillates between the two realms. Drawing as much from Patrick Saint-Éloi as Disclosure, Eugène Mona or Lane 8, Abondance delicately blends Martinican and Guadeloupean zouk and gwoka, with house, pop, dance, electronic and funk influences. The group’s cover of the Compagnie Créole hit, Ça fait rire les oiseaux, is totally irresistible.