Zouk is a fast jump-up carnival beat style originating from the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique, originated and popularized by the French Antillean band Kassav' in the 1980s. Very rapid in tempo, the style lost ground in the 1980s due to the strong presence of  kadans or compas, the main music of the French Antilles. Today, zouk is the French Antilles compas, also called zouk-love.