kenny desmangles

Biography
Up close and personal: Kenny Desmangles Born and raised in Cap Haitian, the oldest of five siblings, I have always had music as a big part of my life. Since school was always a priority in my household, it was really difficult to actualize the talent I realized. I had from an early age. Nonetheless, I grew up listening to two of the biggest Orchestras from Cp-Haitian, my hometown in Haiti: Tropicana d’Haiti and Septentrional d’Haiti.

After moving with my family in the United States, my musical career really took off at a church called “Holy Name” in upper Manhattan, in New York, where I used to participate in Talent Shows and sang
with the church’s band; that’s where I created my first band, ZOUKE
My greatest musical influences:
Music Types: Salsa, Meringue, Kompa, Zouk, R & B, Soukous, and some French songs.
Musicians: Roger Colas, Jordan joseph, Rodney Gracia, Parisien Fils Aime, Ti Manno, Ti Kit, Dieudonne
Larose, Isnad Douby, Raymond Cajuste, Boulot Valcourt, Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson, Earth Wind &
Fire, Cool & The Gang, Gerald Levert, Bryant McKnight, Baby Face… just to name a few of so many other
great artists …

Best tours ever with Zenglen:
2013 Haiti Rezilta Summer Tour,
2009 Compas shows Bicentennial Park Downtown Miami.
2007 O.F.F “Ou fe fot” Haiti Summer Tour
2007 Live in Zenith Paris show

Great moments entertaining my fans:
Performances with King Kino of Phantoms, Alan Cave in Zin.
Small Challenges along the way
Performing 31 shows in Haiti, during the 2007 summer tour with Zenglen as the only front man with the
hit song “Ou Fe Fot”
My First performance
My first performance was at my little brother’s Baptism party. There were a few hundred people there,
including my family members and they were going crazy, clapping, dancing, and screaming.Kenny, on
writing a song
“Writing a song sometimes comes in different ways: the lyrics come first and sometimes it could be the
melody. I start with just a verse, create the music, work on the chords and arrangements, and complete
the lyrics later.”
Social Contribution
Children Orphanage in Leogane (Haiti), Food for the Poor program in the USA, After school music
program for kids in Croix des Bouquets (Haiti),

Awards Received:

Ministry of Tourism, Haiti (Honors for Participating in Tourism Development of the North of Haiti, July 2012), Kompa Magazine, USA (Breakthrough artist of the year 2007), Radio Touchem Dous / Ti Guy Promotion / Maxi Sound, Miami (Best upcoming artist of the year 2003), Heart of Our Parks 2003 (Certificate of Appreciation), Boukan Night of Art, Miami (Certificate of appreciati