Patrick Saint-Éloi
Born(1958-10-20)20 October 1958
Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe France
Died18 September 2010(2010-09-18) (aged 51)
Le Moule, Guadeloupe France[1]
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Instrument(s)
  • guitar
  • drums
  • percussion
  • bass guitar
[2]
Years active1975–2010

Patrick Saint-Éloi (20 October 1958 – 18 September 2010) was a Guadeloupean singer and songwriter. He was one of the lead singers of the Zouk and Compas band Kassav'. As a solo artist, he helped create zouk beton, a fast music genre played only by Kassav'. He was also an admired singer and songwriter of compa and Zouk Love songs.[3] Saint-Éloi died of cancer in Pointe-à-Pitre in 2010, aged 51. A public tribute was organised in Moule before his burial.[2]

Discography

Studio albums

  • Misik Ce Lan-Mou (1982, 2M Production)
  • A La Demande (1984, GD Productions)
  • Jean-Philippe Marthely / Patrick Saint-Eloi (1985, GD Productions)
  • Bizouk (1992, Sonodisc)
  • Zoukamine (1994, Sonodisc)
  • Martheloi (1996, Martheloi, with Jean-Philippe Marthely)
  • Lovtans' (1998, P.S.E. Productions)
  • Swing Karaib (2002, P.S.E. Productions, Lusafrica)
  • Plézi (2005, P.S.E. Productions)

Live albums

  • Live à l'Olympia (2010, P.S.E. Productions, Note A Bene)

Compilations

  • Zoukolexion Vol.1 (2007, Note A Bene)
  • Zoukolexion Vol.2 (2008, Note A Bene)

Selected tribute albums and posthumous releases

  • Passion Saint-Eloi (2016, Note A Bene, tribute album)

Further reading

  • Couchy, Christine (2013). Patrick Saint-Éloi : mon jardin créole (in French). Gourbeyre: Éd. Nestor. OCLC 880996534.
  • Okenga, Viviane (2014). La conscience collective chez Patrick Saint-Éloi : à travers 30 titres de chansons (in French). Paris: L'Harmattan. OCLC 902615997.

References

  1. ↑ "Patrick St-Éloi". L'Olympia (in French).
  2. 1 2 "Patrick Saint Eloi". RFI Music. 2010.
  3. ↑ "Former Kassav' singer Patrick Saint-Éloi has died". Repeating Islands. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
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