2007-2013
Premiere vague Bouyon Gwada (transmission)
DJ / connector with Vador and Asa Banton
JO
DJ · producer · Bouyon Gwada connector
DJ Joe
2007. Bouyon has just landed in Guadeloupe, and DJ Joe sets his decks on the first Yellow Gaza sets. With Vador and Asa Banton, he's one of the three who carry the 160 BPM hardcore sound from Dominica to Pointe-à-Pitre. In December 2012, he hits a Paris stage with Suppa and the Gaza Girls — one of the first times Bouyon Gwada steps outside the Caribbean. Ten years later, he drops "Bwé rhum" with Asa Bantan in 2023 and proves he never left the table.
- Role
- DJ · producer · Bouyon Gwada connector
- Origin
- Guadeloupe
- Period
- 2007→2026
- Territories
- Guadeloupe · Dominica · France
Why this profile matters
DJ Joe is one of the three names who carry Bouyon from Dominica to Guadeloupe starting in 2007. Alongside him: Vador (Vadore Concept) and Asa Banton. Together they push the Yellow Gaza project and install 160 BPM hardcore as the new Bouyon Gwada norm. In December 2012, the Rebel Up archive holds the trace of a historic Paris set: Suppa, Gaza Girls and DJ Joe lined up in the diaspora — long before streaming platforms. A year later, the "Bouyon Hardcore 2k13" mix (155 BPM) places him among the five names that define the era, with Suppa, Gaza Girls, Doc J and Weelow. Without the bridge he opens with Vador and Asa Banton, the 2023 New Bouyon Wave wouldn't have had ready ground in Guadeloupe.
Verified timeline
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Start of the phase when Vador, Asa Banton and DJ Joe together carry Bouyon's crossing to Guadeloupe (Yellow Gaza / first Gwada wave frame).
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Booska-P places Yellow Gaza and Gaza Girls Crew as early as 2010 in the Dominica-Gwada circulation, a network in which DJ Joe is documented as connector.
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First documented Paris performance with Suppa, Gaza Girls and DJ Joe — Rebel Up archive / diaspora DJ blog, a marker before the mainstream era.
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The mix `Bouyon Hardcore 2k13` (70 minutes at 155 BPM, December 2013) tags DJ Joe alongside Suppa, Gaza Girls, Doc J and Weelow as era markers.
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Death of Suppa (Lincoln Robin) — DJ Joe and Vador continue the transmission of the Yellow Gaza/Gaza Crew repertoire after this turning point of the first wave.
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Gwada transition phase 2016-2022: DJ Joe remains referenced in the Acte II Gwada canonical chain, without being among the driving names of the transition (DJ Weez, Bilix, Kevni, Edday, Lunik).
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`Bwé rhum` with Asa Bantan documents his active presence in the recent Bouyon network and the bridge to the globalisation led by Asa.
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Globalisation audit pass 4: DJ Joe is explicitly re-classed as Gwada connector of Era 3, not a global pillar — a scale clarification, not a devaluation.
Tracks / markers
decembre 2012
Premiere performance parisienne documentee (Suppa, Gaza Girls, DJ Joe)
diaspora DJ set
2013
Bouyon Hardcore 2k13
DJ tag in 155 BPM Mixcloud mix
2023
Bwé rhum
with Asa Bantan
Sourced musical collaborations
2023
Bwé rhum
Related chapters
Sources
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Audit Bouyon — DJ premiere vague Gwada https://pepseeactus.com/
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Bouyon — audit mondialisation 2026 (passe 4)
Framing document reclassing DJ Joe as Gwada connector of Era 3, not a global pillar.
https://tiitii-nba.com/bouyon/ -
Booska-P — Bouyon to di world
Reference article placing Yellow Gaza and Gaza Girls in 2010 within the Dominica-Gwada circulation.
https://www.booska-p.com/musique/bouyon-to-di-world-comment-le-genre-a-conquis-le-monde/ -
Rebel Up — diaspora archive (Paris performance, decembre 2012)
Diaspora blog archive documenting the first Paris performance Suppa / Gaza Girls / DJ Joe.
https://www.rebelup.org/author/seb/page/112/ -
Rebel Up / Mixcloud — `Bouyon Hardcore 2k13`
Bouyon hardcore mix 70 minutes at 155 BPM, December 2013, tags DJ Joe with Suppa, Gaza Girls, Doc J and Weelow.
https://www.rebelup.org/tag/french-antilles/ -
Histoire datee Bouyon — eres 2026
Editorial chronology of Bouyon eras (Dominica foundations, Gwada Acte II, Transition, NBW).
https://tiitii-nba.com/bouyon/ -
Bouyon active-era discographies - internal crawl notes
Mapping table for discographies, active eras and 2011-2026 credits.
https://tiitii-nba.com/bouyon/ch-07-new-bouyon-wave/
Profiles linked by musical collaboration
AS
Bouyon artist · Bouyon Boss · Goodwill Ambassador
Asa Banton
In 2011, Asa Banton releases "One Man". The next year, "Bouyon Boss". In April 2013, "Wet Fete". Three singles, three years, and the modern Bouyon solo artist role is invented. Before him, the genre lived mostly through bands — WCK, Triple Kay. After him, it becomes possible to have a nominal career, a stage nickname, an identifiable catalogue and an audience that follows the artist rather than the formation. In 2020, the Dominican State names him Goodwill Ambassador. Four years later, in 2024, he wins the People's Choice Award at the Caribbean Music Awards — against Kes, Patrice Roberts, Skinny Fabulous, Shenseea and Yung Bredda. First time a 100% Bouyon artist wins a pan-Caribbean mainstream category.
SU
Bouyon artist · Gaza Crew founder
Suppa
On November 16, 2011, Suppa uploads "I Don't Kow" to the Vadore Concept SoundCloud. Nobody knows it yet, but it's one of the very first public audio traces of Bouyon Gwada that survives today. Lincoln Robin by his real name, Suppa is Dominican-born, Guadeloupe-based, and he carries the lead voice of the first wave (Act II). He founds Gaza Crew, crosses the Atlantic to Paris in December 2012, and keeps circulating across the European scene through 2013. That same year, he is killed in Guadeloupe. The scene loses its central singer barely 25 years old.
GA
Bouyon Gwada collective · founded by Suppa
Gaza Crew
In the early 2010s, when Suppa (Lincoln Robin) lands in Guadeloupe from Dominica, he does not just join Yellow Gaza. He founds his own collective: Gaza Crew. Not a clone, not a branch — a neighbouring entity, centred on him. For three years, this collective carries 160 BPM hardcore Bouyon with releases that stay in people's memory: the Vadore Concept SoundCloud trace in 2011, the Gaza Girls' "Sa Zot Vle" single the same year, the December 2012 Paris set in the diaspora. In 2013, Suppa dies. The collective stops, but its memory still feeds the entire contemporary Bouyon Gwada.
GA
Female Bouyon Gwada collective
Gaza Girls Crew
2010, Bouyon Gwada starts circulating between Dominica and Guadeloupe. Five women form Gaza Girls Crew: Kassidje (Jessica Petro), Gaza Izzy, La Barbie, DJ'Angel and Ghetto Princess. They ride at 160 BPM hardcore in a scene institutions are already trying to slow down — la presse dominicaine documents the tension in 2012. Distinct from Gaza Crew (Suppa's collective) and Yellow Gaza (Vador, DJ Joe, Asa Banton), they drop "Sa Zot Vle" on the Bouyon Concept label in 2011, then "A PA TAW" the same year. The December 2012 Paris set takes them into the diaspora. Bouyon's women are there more than ten years before the New Bouyon Wave.
YE
Bouyon Gwada collective
Yellow Gaza
Yellow Gaza is one of the pillar projects of Act II of Bouyon in Guadeloupe (2007-2013). Driven by Vador, DJ Joe and Asa Banton, the collective was the first stage bridge between Dominica and Guadeloupe: it opened the road for Gaza Girls, Suppa and the whole Guadeloupean generation that followed. Distinct from Gaza Crew (founded by Suppa), Yellow Gaza remains a founding trace in the Bouyon Gwada memory long before the platform era.
DO
Bouyon artist · first Gwada wave
Doc J
December 31, 2011. Kassidje Gazagirl's "A PA TAW" single drops with Doc J as feature — one of the oldest catalogued Bouyon Gwada releases. And Doc J is already there. For six years, he becomes one of the male voices of the first hardcore wave with Suppa, DJ Joe and Weelow. His "doc-j-officiel" SoundCloud drops "WE LOVE BOUYON" with Kassidje in September 2012. Le Courrier de Guadeloupe cites him in print. The "Bouyon Hardcore 2k13" mix lists him among the five names defining the era. Not a global Bouyon name, but a pillar of Gwada hardcore memory.
WE
Bouyon artist · first Gwada wave
Weelow
In 2012, Weelow (also known as Wee Low, possible identity Wilow Desirade) drops two singles on the Bouyon King / Label Bouyon Music label: "Ni Sa La" and "Frappéy". les plateformes streaming still holds them today — catalogue proof of the first hardcore Gwada wave. Le Courrier de Guadeloupe cites him in print with Gaza Girls and Doc J. The "Bouyon Hardcore 2k13" mix places him with Suppa, DJ Joe and Doc J as one of the five names of the era. Not a global pillar — his role is historical, anchored in the first Gwada wave — but without him, the Bouyon Gwada 2012 label infrastructure would not exist the way we read it today.