Djakout Mizik: Three Decades of Transformations

In 1988, the fusion of Mizik-Mizik and Djakout Band, the band formed by the Lauture brothers, gave birth to Djakout Mizik. Fabrice Rouzier explains: “When Dominique Lauture presented Delivrans Bal On Chans at the 2nd ‘Konkou Mizik’ of American Airlines, that song belonged as much to Djakout Band as to Mizik-Mizik. So we chose a name combining Djakout for Djakout Band and Mizik for Mizik-Mizik.”

The track appears on the album from the 2nd “Konkou Mizik” of American Airlines (1988). The fo