Baster is a French band from Réunion, which founded in 1983. They perform sega,

maloya Maloya is one of the two major music genres of Réunion, usually sung in Réunion Creole, and traditionally accompanied by percussion and a musical bow. Maloya is a new form that has origins in the music of African and Malagasy slaves and Indian ...

and

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. Their music has been described as electric maloya. They are one of the most popular maloya groups and perform a poetic and lyrical form of the genre. They formed at Basse-Terre, which was formerly a village near Saint-Pierre but, due to

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, it is now part of Saint-Pierre. Their songs are defined by their texts in

Réunion Creole Réunion Creole, or Reunionese Creole ( rcf, kréol rénioné; french: créole réunionnais), is a French-based creole language spoken on Réunion. It is derived mainly from French and includes terms from Malagasy, Hindi, Portuguese, Gujarat ...

written and sung by Thierry Gauliris, and their addition of

elements, set with strong guitar solos. In 2002, they went to the

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studio of

Bob Marley Robert Nesta Marley (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981; baptised in 1980 as Berhane Selassie) was a Jamaican singer, musician, and songwriter. Considered one of the pioneers of reggae, his musical career was marked by fusing elements o ...

, and recorded reggae versions of his greatest hits.

Discography

*''Black Out Tour'' *''Lorison Kasé'' (1992) *''Mon Royom'' (1995) *''Live 99'' (1999) *''Lèv' '' (2006) *''Du passé au présent'' (2007)

References

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* Réunion musical groups Musical groups established in 1983 French reggae musical groups 1983 establishments in Réunion {{Réunion-stub