Style recipe for Suno v5
Kompa
Kompa direct from the 1980s: synth keys, electric guitar, horn section, seductive and warm in feel. A name-free Suno recipe that reproduces the signature sound without tripping the artist-name filter.
History
Kompa, spelled konpa in Creole and compas direct in French, is Haiti's modern méringue dance music, and it has a clear starting point: in 1955 Nemours Jean-Baptiste formed Ensemble Aux Callebasses, renamed Ensemble Nemours Jean-Baptiste two years later. Born in Port-au-Prince, he set out to modernise traditional Haitian meringue with Latin and jazz ideas, tightening its rhythms and harmonies and adding electric guitars, saxophones and a strong brass section over the steady pulse of the tanbou drum. The name comes from the Spanish compas, measure or rhythm, and the popular spelling with an m is a slip between French and Haitian Creole spelling. Kompa crossed class lines at home, embraced by the elite and working people alike, and in the early 1960s Jean-Baptiste and saxophonist Webert Sicot toured Curaçao, Aruba, Dominica, Martinique and Guadeloupe. From the mid-1960s Shleu-Shleu launched the mini-jazz trend of small neighbourhood bands with paired electric guitars and two cowbells, and in the 1970s Tabou Combo carried the music so far that in Panama it was called reggae haitiano. Kompa helped shape zouk in the French Antilles and Dominican merengue, and in 2025 UNESCO recognised it as intangible cultural heritage.
The recipe
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Tag breakdown
Every descriptor in this style, listed one at a time.
| # | Tag |
|---|---|
| 1 | Kompa direct |
| 2 | 1980s |
| 3 | seductive |
| 4 | warm |
| 5 | euphoric |
| 6 | synth keys |
| 7 | electric guitar |
| 8 | horn section |
| 9 | smooth bass |
| 10 | conga rhythm |
| 11 | mixed male–female lead vocal |
| 12 | creole vocals |
| 13 | smooth phrasing |
| 14 | polished mix |
| 15 | warm keys |
| 16 | polished professional master |
| 17 | wide dimensional stereo |
| 18 | 110 BPM |
| 19 | for the dancefloor |
Every descriptor here adds up to 19 tags and 287 characters from the 1980s, clocking in at 100–120 BPM.