-(NOTE FROM « THE CHIEF AND MANAGING EDITOR »): »ZUGLU » MUSICAL TREND » IS TAKING HIGHER GROUND SINCE THE (1990S) IN « ABIDJAN »( IVORY COAST- WEST AFRICA), NAMELY IN THE ECONOMIC CAPITAL CITY LABELED AS THE HEADQUATER OF « ZUGLU MUSIC » SO FAR!
-(REMINDER OF FACTS AND BASIS):
-IN THE VERY BEGINNING « ZUGLU MUSIC » STARTED WITH MORE PROTEST SONGS CLOSELY WITH BANDS SUCH US:(LES PARENTS DU CAMPUS »)(« HIT »: « GBOGLO KOFFI ») ,(« ZOUGLOUMANIA ») (« ESPRIT DE YOP » ) »LES POTES DE LA RUE »)(« LES COPINES »)(FIRST FEMALE ZUGLU BAND IN « IVORY COAST ») AND MANY MORE… BASICALLY, THE MAIN AIM WHICH STIRRED THE CORNERSTONE OF THAT MUSICAL ZUGLUAGENDA WAS GROUNDED IN A STRUGGLE ON UNIVERSITY CAMPUS IN THE POPULAR URBAN DISTRICT KNOWN AS « YOPOUGON » IN (ABIDJAN-IVORY COAST)!SHORTLY AFTER THAT « ZUGLU » MUSIC FIRST TREND OTHER « ZUGLU » BANDS WENT INTO THE MAINSTREAM SUCH AS:(ESPOIR 2000), (LES POUSSINS CHOCS),(LES GARAGISTES), (LES SALOPARDS) AND( « MAGIC SYSTEM »)WELLKNOWN AS THE FIRT INTERNATIONAL GOLDEN (ZUGLU « LP ») WORLDWIDE WITH THE HIT ENTITLED (PREMIER GAOU ») THAT SOLD OUT MORE THAN (1000.000 COPIES) IN « FRANCE » AND EUROPE IN (1999-2000)!
-NOWADAYS; NEW « ZUGLU » MUSIC BANDS SUCH AS: (« REVOLUTION ») ARE REACHING GRADUALLY THE PINNACLE HUMBLY ,THROUGH AN INOVATIVE « ZUGLU » MUSIC TOUCH WHEN COMPOSING MORE LOVE SONGS RATHER THAN PROTEST LYRICS!THEY ARE TO SOME EXTENT IN A STANCE TO BE LABELLED As URBAN SOCIAL MUSIC COMMENTATORS IN LOVE SONGS TERMS AS WELL!SO DON’T GO NO WAY AND TAKE A TIME TO LISTEN TO « REVOLUTION » ,THE NEW « ZUGLU » MUSIC BISCUIT, THROUGH( « YOU « TUBE WATCH »),KNOWING THE FACT THAT MUSIC REMAINS PSYCHOLOGY AND IF YOU DON’T FEEL IT, YOU CAN’T KNOW IT AT ALL!
(YVES T BOUAZO)
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