Ziskakan – 1981

🎶🌺🎤🎵🎸 Ziskakan is the debut album by the group of the same name, founded in 1979 in Réunion by Gilbert Pounia. Following in the footsteps of other well-known artists such as Danyel Waro and Ti-Fock, Ziskakan showcases Creole culture, its richness, diversity and history on this first album, which moves from maloya to folk-Creole, blending in the Indian influences of its Tamil-born leader. The album, initially released on vinyl, was followed the following year by a hand-crafted cassette version, released under the Éditions Ziskakan label. This first milestone, still discreet, paved the way for the wider success of Péi Bato Fou in 1983. More than forty years later, Ziskakan continues to make its unique and free voice heard on the Reunionese scene and beyond.