Cassiya
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Cassiya is one of the most popular sega music
groups from Mauritius
founded in 1988.
They were most popular in the mid-1990s
. Their influence was not limited to their home island; they also influenced sega musicians on Réunion
. They formed their own record label, Cassiya Productions.
Sega music
Sega music or Séga is the major music of the Mascarene Islands: Mauritius, Réunion and Rodrigues as well as of the Seychelles. Sega is similar to the Réunionnais music genre maloya. Another form of dance similar to the sega is the Seychellois moutya. Sega music originated among the slave...
groups from Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
founded in 1988.
They were most popular in the mid-1990s
1990s
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. Their influence was not limited to their home island; they also influenced sega musicians on Réunion
Réunion
Réunion is a French island with a population of about 800,000 located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, about south west of Mauritius, the nearest island.Administratively, Réunion is one of the overseas departments of France...
. They formed their own record label, Cassiya Productions.
Discography
- Album d'or (Cassiya Productions, 2000)
- Cassiya, la Suite (2001, includes the single Le Morne, named after the hill)