The friendship story of Reginald and Dener told by In Texto
Pierre-Phaill Goudou ·
Beyond professional relationships, Dener and Réginald have always developed the strongest personal relationships.
Between Réginald Cangé and Dener Ceide, one must speak of a strong and sincere friendship that dates back to the mid-1990s. What exists between these two artists is a feeling of affection, sympathy and reciprocal attachment – the definition of friendship.
It was neighborhood musical groups, Reginald as singer of FAXED and Dener as guitarist of MANCHETTE in Côte-Plage 22 (Carrefour) that brought about their meeting. From adolescence, it was therefore music, what these two talents share most, that put one on the path of the other.
And since then, through thick and thin, the two artists maintain and protect their friendship which matters to them as much as their musical group.
Beyond professional relationships, Dener and Réginald have always developed the strongest personal relationships. One is always involved in the private and family life of the other.
Dener was the first to take a plane to travel to Les Cayes, Haiti on the occasion of the death of Réginald Cange's older brother, Jean Michel Cange (Family).
The funeral that was to take place on Wednesday, September 24, 2025 was postponed to Saturday, September 27 due to severe weather conditions that were hitting the southern region during this period. Dener Ceide, who was staying at Le Recul Hotel (Camp Perrin), had to extend his trip, believing that he could not miss this major event in his friend Réginald's life.
Like every person, Réginald and Dener each have their temperament and lifestyle, one perhaps more difficult than the other. However, Dener Ceide always makes every effort to protect his friendship with Réginald and by extension their musical group.
Not everyone is given the ability to exercise authority over Réginald Cange. He is a singer who, at all times, wants to fully enjoy his artist's life and, at certain moments, tries to abuse it.
Nevertheless, the singer always uses wisdom and respect when addressing his maestro, especially on stage, during rehearsal sessions or at least in the presence of other musicians. Through this behavior, Réginald intends to lead by example, because the example must come from above.
To get Réginald to adopt behavior that Dener might judge better for Reginald's professional or private life, the maestro is more apt to intercede with one of the singer's best friends like Verma Célestin to ask him to speak to his friend.
Between the two artists, there exists no authority relationship. Their passion for music, the immensity of their talents, the long and strong friendship that unites them, not to mention what they share in common, can only give the result that we know.
The success of Reginald and Dener's musical group surprised no one and they explain their success through the slogan "Se pa chans se pasyans" (It's not luck, it's patience). Everyone expected this combination to give the desired result.
If there is one feeling that success arouses, it is jealousy. And through jealousy or self-interest, the two group leaders faced, from the beginning, various forms of adversity from press elements and other actors in the musical sector. However, the attitudes and behaviors of Reginald and Dener toward the milieu, after the release of their album, have sometimes justified certain statements and positions taken.
Nevertheless, the quality level of their musical production has surpassed all criticism and allowed the explosion of the album (LAS) as an unavoidable musical phenomenon on the market. Some music critics managed to speak of revolution or a new turning point in Haitian music, particularly in the compas milieu.
Since July 8, 2023, the date marking the launch of the group at Melrose Ballroom in New York, the anti-Réginald and Dener forces have put in place all strategies to weaken the duo. Not daring to attack them on the musical front, the arrows are directed toward personal relationships, private life, lifestyle, behavior, intrinsic values and the friendship of the two artists.
Regarding music, we will have more for a long time to come. Reginald and Dener already have 100 songs ready to be recorded on their next and future albums. Concerning the personal and private relationships between the two men, they are the sole masters of these.
Lies, disinformation and manipulation have their limits. No communication can succeed if a good message is not supported by a confident messenger. These maneuvers can only strengthen the convictions of Reginald and Dener that their work is so appreciated that they must persevere in their mission to produce good music capable of carrying Haitian culture beyond borders.