Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine October 2018 | Page 282

Ti Orkest
Dominica’s Most Versatile
Ti Orkest is a Caribbean Band for Creole, Island
and Caribbean Music Lovers. They are well-
known for their Cadence-Lypso which is native to
the island of Dominica. It's usually done in the
Creole language. People who are unfamiliar with
the genre, usually mistake the Cadence-Lypso
for "Compas" music out of Haiti, which is also
performed in Creole.
The band won the Cadence-Lypso competition
on Dominica, two years in a row, in 2015 and
2016. Bouyon music is also native and dominant
in Dominica. Fast-paced and rhythm- driven, it's
classified widely as "Carnival music" due to the
drum pattern, use of conch shells, horns, and the
chanting manner of lyrical delivery.
Ti Orkest also dabbles in Zouk, Kompa,and
Kizomba, seeing that Dominica is situated in
between two French Caribbean islands. They
perform Afrobeat, Soca, Reggae, Dance-hall, Jazz,
Hip-hop, House, their local Bouyon and anything
that would get their fans and supporters moving!