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Promoter · producer · Bouyon Gwada connector

Vador

Vador is the connector who brought Bouyon into Guadeloupe. From 2007, Cédrick Raboteur — known as Vador, or Vadore — organised the first nights that brought Dominican singers onto Guadeloupean sound systems. With DJ Joe and Asa Banton, he built Yellow Gaza, the first stage bridge between Dominica and Guadeloupe.

Act II Gwada pioneerYellow GazaVadore ConceptBouyon KingsDominica ↔ Guadeloupe connector
Role
Promoter · producer · Bouyon Gwada connector
Origin
Guadeloupe
Period
2007-present
Genres
Bouyon
Territories
Guadeloupe

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Why this profile matters

At the start there isn't a release, there's a party. Around 2007, Vador teams up with his uncle and with Francky Belote, owner of the Krazy Tras, and plants Bouyon inside Guadeloupe's nightlife. That matrix — sound systems, parties, Dominican imports — opens the genre's Act II in Guadeloupe, long before the 2023 wave. Around him forms Yellow Gaza, with DJ Joe and Asa Banton: a connector collective, distinct from the Gaza Crew founded by Suppa. In 2009 he structures it all under the Vadore Concept label, which becomes for a decade the main channel for Bouyon in Guadeloupe — on November 16, 2011, it's on his SoundCloud that Suppa's "I Don't Kow" drops. Vadore Concept then strings together the stage dates: the Bouyon Music Live Tour in 2012, then the Bouyon Kings compilations and the Bouyon Kings Tour linking Guadeloupe, Martinique and Dominica. A promoter's presence, not a singer's — but without it, the first Gwada wave would have had no circuit.

Verified timeline

  1. Vador (Cédrick Raboteur) organises the first Bouyon nights in Guadeloupe, with his uncle and Francky Belote (Krazy Tras).

  2. The Vadore Concept structure and label (production, booking) is formalised in Guadeloupe.

  3. Suppa's "I Don't Kow" drops on the Vadore Concept SoundCloud — a direct audio trace of the first Gwada wave.

  4. Vadore Concept runs the Bouyon Music Live Tour in Guadeloupe.

  5. Release of the "Bouyon Kings II Mixtape" compilation and Bouyon Kings Tour across Guadeloupe, Martinique and Dominica.

Tracks / markers

2022

Bouyon Kings — Trouble Beat

Vadore Concept compilation

2022

Bouyon Kings II Mixtape

Vadore Concept compilation (with HollyG, Arendi…)

Related chapters

Chapter IV — The CrossingChapter V — Gwada Transition

Sources

  1. Le Courrier de Guadeloupe — enquête Bouyon (2013)

    Identifies Cédrick Raboteur aka Vadore, organiser from 2007 (Krazy Tras, Francky Belote).

    https://lecourrierdeguadeloupe.com/34-vrai-phenomene-de-societe/
  2. SoundCloud — Vadore Concept

    Vadore Concept SoundCloud — "I Don't Kow" (Suppa, 2011), "Bouyon Hardcore".

    https://soundcloud.com/vadore
  3. Apple Music — Bouyon Kings II Mixtape (Vadore Concept)

    Bouyon Kings compilations produced by Vadore Concept.

    https://music.apple.com/tt/album/bouyon-kings-ii-mixtape-by-vadore-concept/1661929647
  4. Bizouk — événements Vadore Concept / Bouyon Kings Tour

    Bouyon Music Live Tour (2012) and Bouyon Kings Tour (2022) Guadeloupe / Martinique / Dominica.

    https://www.bizouk.com/events/details/bouyon-kings-tour-vadore-raptor-birthday/50223
  5. Twitter — Vadore Concept Group (@vadore971)

    Official Vadore Concept account (production, booking, Guadeloupe).

    https://twitter.com/vadore971

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