He then participates in many traditional groups and starts to investigate in the North Martinique's provinces searching for the authentic Bèlé.
After this starting road, he creates with Léon Bertide the group Bèlènou in 1980 and records his first Bèlé's album, with his own compositions and a traditional touch.
The artist's fame expands all over the Caribbean and Latin America, and it was in a Cuban festival where he found the inspiration for the song "Santiago".
[1] The first album with Manuel Mondésir: « Emosion Bèlè - Les chants du père, la musique du fils » (2006) made and arranged by his son Manuel is the symbol of a bridge between two generations, an exotic and calm trip over a music with roots and multiple aspects.
2011, marks the reissue of "Emosion Bèlè" [remastered album and credited with 5 new titles for the first time available in France] and the European tour of the artist.