Author Topic: Wenge El Paris' concert at Terrain Municipale de Bandalungwa is back on youtube  (Read 287 times)

Mfumu Vata on: August 24, 2023, 15:42

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The video used to be on INA Congo's youtube channel, but dissapeared when the original channel got closed for copyrights. The concert took place at Terrain Municipale de Bandalungwa, few weeks before the release of their album Couvre Feu in May '98. It was also shortly after the release of the results ACMCO gave for 1997. Manda Chante then being voted as best singer of the year, Marie Paul as best star of the year and Wenge El Paris as best band. In this concert Marie Paul would at some moment throw some shots to JB Mpiana and Wenge BCBG. Couvre Feu would stay for 6 months on number one in the music-charts until the release of the albums Titanic, Intervention Rapide, Cocktail.
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Mfumu Vata #1 on: August 24, 2023, 15:43

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The intro was fire. Solist Pitshou Satiango was right when saying that he and Bizima came with something new when joining El Paris. I wonder solist Ocean Indien didn't wore an uniform like the rest of the band (he plays lead during Ibrahim, Zulu 21, Britanny la Fille du Roi and Kanda Ngobila).

BienMat23 #2 on: August 25, 2023, 19:19

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The intro was fire. Solist Pitshou Satiango was right when saying that he and Bizima came with something new when joining El Paris. I wonder solist Ocean Indien didn't wore an uniform like the rest of the band (he plays lead during Ibrahim, Zulu 21, Britanny la Fille du Roi and Kanda Ngobila).
Those two brought such a burst of energy that allowed them to keep pace with the likes of QL, WMMM, BCBG etc (music wise)

Wenge1995 #3 on: August 25, 2023, 19:34

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The intro was fire. Solist Pitshou Satiango was right when saying that he and Bizima came with something new when joining El Paris. I wonder solist Ocean Indien didn't wore an uniform like the rest of the band (he plays lead during Ibrahim, Zulu 21, Britanny la Fille du Roi and Kanda Ngobila).

Pitchou Santiago is an underrated guitarist, I recently heard his stuff from Viva Tendance. He doesn't get the same respect as Japonais, Alain Makaba, or Mboka Liya