Durrel Loemba is just Didier Masela always "kidiba" and being used. The way he explained how they started Extra Musica International shows that he's the true founder. However I don't think that the band would have the same impact if Regis Touba and Quetin weren't there. I think that Quetin indeed tried to get in Europe through Libreville but things not working out making him return to Brazzaville and join Extra Musica International. I'm sure the band would end up being that of Guy-Guy Fall if he ended by being the only singer coming from the former Extra Musica and dumping Durell Loemba in a later stage, like its always the case with him.
The way Roga explains Regis' departure from EM Zangul to join EM International is always like Regis left out from himself because of being "pressé" to become a leader, EM Zangul even going far that he ran away for Abilissi. But Durrel's part of the story sounds totally different and I think that he tells the truth, because there's no musician that would leave the band while having a trip to Europe. Regis was lucky that he was accepted in EM International although many being against for having betrayed them by following EM Zangul but the same camp leaving him and admin Pinochet Thierry behind in Abidjan as punishiment since that they were named among the guys who were about to create EM International. Roga and the rest of the band going to the US, Europe and recording of Etat Major.
I was surprised to hear that their succes in Gabon was that big that they ended up by performing at Stade Omar Bongo. I thought that their succes was just local and their trips to Gabon being for the community coming from Brazzaville living there and private events for late Edith Lucie the wife of late Omar Bongo (she was the daugther of president Sassou Nguesso). Times have changed, nationalism is growing in all francophone african countries. I don't see any foreign musician fill Gabon's new national stadium
Durrel Loemba said that EM International had a 5 album/years-contract with late Simon Ndjonang's label SIPE Production. Isn't that maybe the reason why Quetin Moyascko wasn't able to release albums for years. Because Merci was released by himself QEMI Productions. Or did Durrel/Pinochet/Regis/Cyrille continue the contract under Z1 International ?
It seems that Quetin exactly knew what he was doing and manipulated the whole band to get them behind him. He played his cards really well. <<You suggest to your collegues to get full power of band like papa wemba, koffi olomidé and co. because of the way of arguing often about important decisions like the goodbye-concert. Your collegues hadn't decided yet about giving you the full power after the meeting and you know that they are preparing a show, but you decide to bring the main atalaku and drummer to the airport and call the admin to ask their opinion about bringing them to Europe with you, knowing that they will no.>> It must have been a bad experience to see in no time the whole band and whole quarter being against you with the pretext of being against the musicians going to Europe while it wasn't true. It's strange that the musicians themselves didn't discover that it was a whole complot because all their passeports had visa's when getting it back from the admin after asking it back with alot of anger. But what I don't understand was the story both Regis and Etats Unis told about the whole band going to Europe without informing Durrel, Regis, Cyrille & Pinochet and them being alone at the headquarter of the band or maybe Durrel forgot to mention it.
Looks like Durrel Loemba will never forgive Regis Touba for Z1 International's split. He's always tend to betittle Regis capacities when being asked about their split. On the other side I can understand him since that it killed his career and people stopping supporting them, the support in Brazza-music already being very hard
