Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine July 2016 | Page 92
Breve | Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine
Dominica’s Caribbean-Pop Band since 2012
How did you decide on the name Breve? What does it mean?
Tell us about your style of music We call our style “Caribbean-Pop” which is essentially the culmination of enthralling melodies and Caribbean rhythms, merged with masked idioms of African folk, jazz and pop.
In musical terminology a breve is a note equivalent to two whole notes. The name Breve was chosen with the intent on having a multiple impacts. Firstly by definition, the word “breve” implies in music, a note lasting as long as two whole notes. Secondly, it’s a single syllable word making it easy to remember or say by almost anyone regardless of the language they speak. Thirdly because it is homophonous to the word “breathe” it could be easily used for group slogans such as “Come breve with us!” or “Music is life…Life means Breve in!”
What and/or who influences your style? Our style of music is influenced by the rhythms of the Caribbean as well as our individual musical, social and cultural backgrounds.