A listening room for sega
Follow credited recordings from traditional sega to modern bands and seggae. Listen through artists, labels and cultural archives.
Explore recordings from artists, labels and catalogues. Follow each link to hear the full recording.
Start with voice and percussion
Ti Frère
Ti Frère’s singing is a foundational reference in the recorded history of Mauritian sega. His repertoire survives through releases and archival collections that preserve the character of his voice and its relationship with percussion. The Ocora recordings offer a particularly well-documented introduction, connecting a field recording made in 1989 with editions heard by later generations.
Ocora release and catalogueFanfan
Fanfan, Louis-Gabriel Joseph, brought storytelling, song and ravanne playing together in an account of Mauritian everyday life. His recorded work preserves a distinctive solo voice, while interviews reveal a storyteller concerned with the society around him. The archival history of Séga Ravanne connects recordings made in the late 1990s with later editions.
Fanfan at Ocora Radio FranceMichel Legris
Michel Legris’s recorded legacy includes commercial sega and a later effort to document traditional performance with his family. Interviews with the people who recorded and archived him reveal an artist actively concerned with how his music would be preserved. That history gives his songs a context beyond their appearance on modern compilations.
Elida in the Strut catalogueFollow the recorded sega scene
Serge Lebrasse
Serge Lebrasse helped bring sega to records, radio and stages beyond its earlier community settings. Known for Madame Eugène and a long performance career, he also worked as a schoolteacher. His recollections reveal both the pleasure of making music and the social prejudice faced by a teacher who chose to sing in Creole.
Serge Lebrasse on Apple MusicRosemay Nelson
Rosemay Nelson’s work connects Mauritian singing with the history of socially engaged music. Associated with La Rivyer Tanye and with Soley Ruz, she belongs to a generation for whom Creole song could carry both intimate memory and public argument. Her place in that history also makes women’s participation in the musical movement visible.
Read the documented profileCatherine Velienne
Catherine Velienne is a songwriter and singer whose sega has drawn on women’s work, relationships and the demand for equality. Her early singles connect her with Mauritian recording networks of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Later self-produced work continued that attention to everyday experience, giving her repertoire a strongly personal perspective.
Licensed Soul Sok Séga catalogueMarie-Josée Clency
Marie-Josée Clency’s career links the early hotel circuit, recorded sega and the movement of Mauritian musicians between Mauritius and France. Her partnership with Roger Clency produced a shared stage history and repertoire. In interviews, she also describes the obstacles faced by a young woman entering music and her commitment to younger performers.
Licensed Soul Sok Séga catalogueRoger Augustin
Roger Augustin belongs to the recorded history of Mauritian sega, with a repertoire that includes Séga banané and Qui to lé mo fer. His songs appear in a modern PIROS catalogue edition, while scholarship also examines their view of Mauritian society. Together, those records connect an individual singer with the cultural world his songs describe.
Read the documented profileClaudio Veeraragoo
Claudio Veeraragoo’s sega brings together songwriting, orchestral work and a range of recorded influences. His catalogue includes Bhai Aboo, Bonom Chinois and Qui fine arrivé, with work circulating through singles, albums and later reissues. His musical history connects Mauritian recording with electric guitars, regional influences and the work of his ensembles.
Claudio in the Strut catalogueHear individual musical languages
Menwar
Menwar, Stéphano Honoré, is a singer, percussionist and instrument maker whose work places the ravann at the centre of a distinctive musical language. Recording first as Lélou, he developed sagaï through acoustic percussion and encounters with other musical forms. His recorded work and teaching connect inherited craft with deliberate experimentation.
Menwar at BabaniMarclaine Antoine
Marclaine Antoine contributed to Mauritian music as an instrumentalist, arranger, composer and keeper of oral knowledge. His interests extended from the familiar sega ensemble to less commonly heard traditional instruments. Through collaborations, cultural work and storytelling, he connected musicians with a wider history of sound and craft. He died in 2017.
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Kaya
Kaya, Joseph Réginald Topize, is central to the history of seggae, the Mauritian meeting of sega and reggae. With Racinetatane, he made recordings that brought Creole expression and Rastafari consciousness into a distinctive musical form. His catalogue spans early cassettes, later studio releases and posthumous editions that continue to introduce the music to new listeners.
Kaya official archiveCassiya
Cassiya grew from musical relationships in Cassis, Port Louis, into a group whose songs travelled across the Indian Ocean and beyond. Désiré François’s voice is closely associated with that history, alongside the writers, arrangers and instrumentalists who shaped the recordings. Séparation, released in 1993, remains a documented starting point in the group’s catalogue.
Cassiya artist representativeLinzy Bacbotte
Linzy Bacbotte’s career moves between sega, reggae, seggae, soul, gospel and musical theatre. Her recordings and performances connect a strong sega repertoire with other vocal settings. Albums such as Sakenn Son Valer and appearances in Kafe Kiltir offer distinct ways into her work, while her stage history includes both concerts and dramatic roles.
Linzy Bacbotte at Kafe KiltirReturn to living heritage and transmission
Josiane Cassambo-Nankoo
Josiane Cassambo-Nankoo carried sega tipik through the family and courtyard traditions of Petite-Rivière. Her voice is closely associated with Tangale and the Cassambo repertoire. Across performances and family teaching, she helped pass that music to younger generations. She died in June 2026, leaving a musical history that continues through her family and recordings.
Read the documented profileFor historical context, read the seggae guide and how to listen to sega.