Baster is a French band from

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, which founded in 1983. They perform

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, maloya and

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. Their music has been described as electric maloya. They are one of the most popular maloya groups and perform a poetic and lyrical form of the genre. They formed at Basse-Terre, which was formerly a village near Saint-Pierre but, due to

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, it is now part of Saint-Pierre. Their songs are defined by their texts in

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written and sung by Thierry Gauliris, and their addition of

elements, set with strong guitar solos. In 2002, they went to the Tuff Gong studio of

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, and recorded reggae versions of his greatest hits.

Discography

*''Black Out Tour'' *''Lorison Kasé'' (1992) *''Mon Royom'' (1995) *''Live 99'' (1999) *''Lèv' '' (2006) *''Du passé au présent'' (2007)

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