Exile One
Exile One | |
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Origin | Zouk World music |
Years active | Early 1970s–present |
Members | Gordon Henderson Vivian Wallace Fitzroy Williams Julie Mourillon |
Exile One is a
History
In 1969, Gordon Henderson (the "
The full-horn section kadans band Exile One led by Gordon Henderson introduced the newly arrived synthesizers to their music that other young cadence or compas bands from Dominica, Haiti (mini-jazz) and the French Antilles emulated in the 1970s.[5] In the early 1980s, lead guitarist Julie Mourillon of Exile One formed a new group called Roots of Exile. Together, they launched a new beat dubbed "Island Boogie", a fusion of cadence-lypso and North American funk and soul music and toured Africa and Europe.[6]
Exile One and
Gordon Henderson
Gordon Henderson was born in Roseau, Dominica, grew up in the town of Portsmouth and received his secondary education at the St. Mary's Academy in Roseau, where he joined the "glee club" and participated in talent shows, activities which encouraged the pursuit of a career in music.
Gordon Henderson musical career began with short stints with various teenage bands performing at talent shows and dances around the Island. In the late 1960s he formed his own quartet called Voltage Four, patterned on American group
Gordon Henderson is the leader and founder of the famous musical group Exile One and the one who coined the name Cadence-lypso. The group became known for having created
In 1975, Exile One became the first Creole act to sign a major recording contract with the French label Barclay, today a part of Universal. Exile One would go on to sell gold records. Gordon Henderson went on to produce other artists including, Ophelia, a fellow Dominican who is known as the Creole lady of song. He also took time off to study the French language and researched Creole culture. In forty years, Gordon Henderson and Exile One has worked with scores of different musicians.
In the 1980s he got involved in creating Tropic FM in Paris, France, a radio station now known as Media Tropical targeting the Caribbean Diaspora in France. He produced and hosted a TV show called Feel the World Beat that was broadcast on selected PBS stations in the US and the RFO-SAT network. Henderson spearheaded the creation of an annual international music event in Dominica, The World Creole Music Festival, featuring the best performers of Creole music.
A Brazilian version of a Gordon Henderson's composition "Jamais voir ça" sold more than 2.5 million copies, recorded by Carlos Santos with the title "Quero Voce". In addition Henderson has been the recipient of numerous gold records for sales of over 100,000 in France.
Henderson has received numerous awards at home and abroad, among them the AFRICAR MUSIC AWARDS in the Ivory Coast, the Golden Drum, the National Meritorious award, Lime Lifetime Achievement, the DFC lifetime achievement (twice), and the CIAO award Washington, among others.
Among his other achievements he is author of a book titled Zoukland, and credits as producer and performer of more than 30 long-playing recording projects. Publications references include: The Pop Music of a Continent (African All Stars) by Chris Stapleton and Chris May; Zouk: World Music in the West Indies by Jocelyne Guilbault (University Chicago Press); and World Music/The Rough Guide by The Penguin Group.
Members
The original members of Exile One.
- Gordon Henderson - Lead vocal, organ
- Fitzroy Williams - Organ, synthesizer
- Oliver Cruickshank - Drums
- Julie Mourillon - Guitar, chorus
- Vivian Wallace - Bass, chorus
- Kremlin Fingal - Trumpet, chorus
- Pierre Labor - Sax, chorus
References
- ^ a b c Funkyorgan. Cadence Lypso and the organ. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
- ISBN 9781441132253. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
- ISBN 9781441132253. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
- ^ Jocelyne Guilbault (1993). Zouk: World Music in the West Indies. The University of Chicago press. p. 50. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
cadence lypso cadence rampa and calypso.
- ISBN 9781441132253. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
- ^ cdbaby. JulieMourillon. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
- ^ Neva Wartell. "Zouk - Tracing the History of the Music to its Dominican Roots". The Dominican. Reprinted from National Geographic. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
- ^ World Music: The Rough Guide - Volume 2: "Simon Broughton, Kim Burton and Exile One's lead singer, Gordon Henderson, went on to found a highly original cadence band, the Vikings of Guadeloupe. The Vikings' style was very much a precursor of Kassav, whose own co-founder, Pierre Eduard Decimus, was a member of the group. Onto the lilt of cadence was forged a crash of ...".
- ISBN 9781441132253. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
External links
- Official Facebook Page
- Official Website - SITE OFF LINE Archived 2009-04-02 at the Wayback Machine