Genre LensWhat is Kompa?
Haitian dance music. A smooth, steady mid-tempo groove anchored by a constant cowbell or hi-hat pattern, rolling bass, guitar and keys, under romantic Kreyòl vocals.
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Identify my track- steady cowbell or hi-hat pattern
- smooth rolling bass
- clean guitar and keys
- romantic Haitian Kreyòl vocals
Anchors rather than an exhaustive canon — if your track sits near these, this is probably the right label.
Usual tempo 95–125 BPM. Sitting outside that range does not disqualify a track; it just makes the tells matter more.
The nearest neighbours in Reggae / Caribbean, by tempo. If Kompa does not quite fit, one of these usually does.
- Zouk80–120 BPM
Music of the French Antilles. Sensual, slow-rolling synth grooves with a lilting syncopated beat and tender vocals in Kreyòl or French; zouk love is the slow-dance end.
- Dancehall90–110 BPM
Faster, digital and vocal-forward. Sparse programmed riddims with rapid patois toasting over the top.
- Ska110–180 BPM
Jamaican music from before reggae, plus its punk and 2-tone revivals. Choppy off-beat guitar upstrokes at a brisk tempo, a walking bass, and bright horn sections.
- Trinibad90–110 BPM
Trinidad and Tobago street dancehall. Dark minor-key riddims, gritty patois and Trini dialect vocals, and violent street-life lyrics — the island answer to drill.