Edith Lefel (November 1963, in Cayenne, French Guiana - 20 January 2003, in Dreux, France) was a French-based singer Lefel's mother was from French Guiana and her father from the island of Martinique. She moved with her parents to Martinique when she was three. It was there that she was exposed to the rich musical traditions of the Caribbean. During the 1970s, Lefel grew up in a compas or cadence music environment. Compas bands such as Les Frères Déjean, Le Ska Shah Number One and Tabou Combo featured their rich modern meringue compas style, which constitutes the basic music of the French Antilles, Dominica, Cabo verde and several places in Africa, South and North America, etc.