Patrick Saint-Éloi

Occupation(s)Instrument(s)^[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

External links

• Patrick Saint-Éloi discography at Discogs