Are You Ready
by Carimi · 2014 · kompa · 5:23 · Haitian Creole, French
The English question “Are You Ready” works as a call before Carimi sets its kompa machinery in motion. The recording dates to 2014, during the band’s last major period before its 2016 split, and takes more than five minutes to unfold. Richard Cavé, Mickael Guirand, and Carlo Vieux built Carimi through keyboards, firm hooks, and a diaspora sound fluent in both the bal and the digital era. This track makes that position literal: it asks whether the audience is prepared, then lets collective movement provide the answer.