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Congolese Music / ARE THEY REACHING HERE CALLING THE KINDOKI?
« on: October 10, 2016, 03:48 »
Mostly banter of course from La Bouche.  What it doesn't mention is that 46664 was Mandela's prison number or the prison bars in the background. I guess the somber nature of the poster raised questions.

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Je viens juste de tomber sur ces deux nouvelles affiches de KARMAPA ouhlululu ça craint heiiiiin

Sur l'affiche on voit clairement "46664" = marque de la bête et le gars s’affiche avec plusieurs mots et signes codé exemple : (AVC) 4+4 ="V" comme la pyramide. "muluba + musuaili" ces mots peuvent s'écrire de deux façons : comme les autres mots, en français ( Vénérables Maîtres = VV\MM\) se trouvant dans la lettre "M" cette lettre est la 13e de l'alphabet et la lettre symbolique dans la franc-maçonnerie.

alors qui dit mieux La KARMAPA est-il un Illuminati ?

Signé : Lamadre El Bouche




This does raise a long standing question - why do all the artists insist on having cryptic album posters?

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Congolese Music / MEMBER REVIEWS OF DEFAO'S "ANYTIME"
« on: October 08, 2016, 06:18 »


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LYQ07U8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_5ci-xbKA49DHQ
https://itun.es/us/8rHofb
http://www.deezer.com/album/14200244

 9.5/10 - Not perfect if you're really nit-picking, but the album was well worth the almost 3 year wait. It's been on repeat for me since I got it. It's been about a decade since a Congolese album has packed a punch like Anytime. Sebene song after sebene song.

My only issue is the generique, which is not what we heard in the preview back in 2014; it's a bit flawed as mentioned in the other thread. Celeo doesn't sound like a natural tenor here. Lastly, Defao uncharacteristically does way too much mabanga. 

Excellent compositions with clean lyrics and Defao's style of having "free bass"- having Lofombo play along with lyrics rather than having a set bass line. As I mentioned in the other thread, the sound engineer programmed the mbonda to be at the same level as the drums, creating a fuller sound.

After multiple decades, he still makes a very strong case for being the best pure vocalist.

Roga Roga + Lofombo = Deadly combo. If anyone's still questioning why Lofombo is regarded as the best, listen to the sebene portion of Jigal Nzau , especially from 5:00 onwards.

Defao brings back his favorite dances from the early 90's like Chocolat niama... olia te, Woutou, Na boma bisso.

Lisuma Zazu is a nice modern take on Odemba and the song for big donor Stella Pembele is very Quartier Latin-esque.

Album de l'année, in my opinion, with Manda's album coming second (but won't be officially recognized as such because he's based in Kenya). I don't anticipate QQJTD or BDM to be released this year. Fally is currently too busy flying back and forth to LA and posing with D-List American celebrities to release new material.

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Congolese Music / MUKULU HAS LOST QUITE A BIT OF WEIGHT RECENTLY
« on: October 05, 2016, 16:39 »



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Congolese Music / LOL IVORIANS TAKING THE PISS
« on: October 05, 2016, 05:00 »
 ;D ;D

 

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Congolese Music / THE TIME WHEN COUPÉ DÉCALÉ ALMOST HIJACKED POPULAR CONGOLESE MUSIC
« on: October 03, 2016, 03:08 »
This is was on top of the hit parade about 9 years ago. Mindless music to point where it offended people who liked conventional Congolese music; literally a song about nothing.  The main artists have since made Coupé décale style songs, but none have reached level of popularity this song had for a short while.


It's weird to go from a big classic like Ali Debs in the intro to the song itself

This is the same Kozato (dance of the the warriors) that was used by Victoria eleison in Débarquement générique

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Congolese Music / ADOLPHE DOMINGUEZ'S SON IS A PHOTOCOPY OF HIM
« on: October 01, 2016, 06:34 »
Stéphane Dominguez


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Congolese Music / A LOOK INSIDE KOFFICENTRAL'S STUDIO
« on: September 29, 2016, 20:57 »

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Congolese Music / ONE COULD'VE BELIEVED KOFFI WAS RUNNING FOR POLITICAL OFFICE HERE
« on: September 26, 2016, 20:56 »
A 2008 hot seat interview from JMK's fauteuil blanc, where usually politicians field questions from top journalists. It's amazes me how many different faces Koffi has; he's a about as intelligent as a musician can get yet he's been involved in so many scandals, which makes people forget.




I doubt he'll doing one of these again for a while, but he's built an image for himself that allows him to immune from downfall from silly scandals here and there.

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Congolese Music / WHEN PEOPLE THOUGHT KOFFI HAD BECOME A MEMBER OF LANGA LANGA STARS
« on: September 24, 2016, 06:12 »
Duo with Dindo Yogo


Also known as Belinda. He was meant to accompanied by Wemba to return to Zaire in 1982 to record this song and Etoile du Nord. Wemba decided to remain in Europe and Koffi went on with the backing of Langa Langa Stars under the direction of Verckys. I think it had to with growing feud between Wemba and Verckys.

His song Ouragan years later with Josky is a reworded remix of the second half of this song.

Etoile du Nord-


He sounds completely different at different points of song at request the Verckys Mateta himself who wanted Koffi become fully confident and prove his mettle by singing with different vocal ranges. From this point on (according to Verckys) Koffi became comfortable enough to go solo after a period of hesitation.

Vocals: Kisangani Espérant, Dindo Yogo, Evoloko Jocker
Soloist: Ya Roxy Tshimpaka
Accompaniment: Eddy Mabungu
Bass: Jean-Marie
Drums: Aimedo Amando Star

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Congolese Music / BEFORE PROCLAMATION THIS WAS THE ANTHEM FOR SAPEURS
« on: September 24, 2016, 06:07 »
Ask some sapeurs what song influenced them to make clothing a religion and make their way to Lola - they will point to this song:


A composition from Strevos Niarcos (dedicated to Marie-Therese Bumba) from the first album he recorded in Europe: Papa Wemba le Kuru Yaka & les Djamuskets de Paris. Recorded early 1982 and released by Franco Luambo's label. Working with Djamuskets, Europe session artists, he left Viva in Zaire with Emeneya as the administrator for 6-7 months, but no pay.

In fact, there was little to no news from Wemba in Europe; this of course lead to speculation that he was imprisoned for not having papers, even dead. He made a heroic return in I believe July or August via Brazzaville and released Evenement under label Inza-Inter, which angered Kester and Viva members. Kester then went on to orchestrate the development of a new band with the assistance of Verckys: Victoria eleison de les Douze Apôtres -> Victoria Elesion that October.

Despite the drama with Viva - at this point became clear Wemba was one of, if not, the best vocalist from Zaire.

Composer- Stervos Niarcos
Solo-  Juva
Rhythm Guitar- Syriana & Sec Bidens
Bass- John Pepito
Drums- Patcho Star
Congas- Itshari

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Congolese Music / IF ONLY SEBENE SONGS LIKE THIS STILL EXISTED
« on: September 15, 2016, 19:10 »
I appreciate good rhumbas, but there's something quite satisfying about a to-the-point sebene song. Powerful from start to finish:



The acoustic quality of this album is tops. Young Gesac was very underrated

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Congolese Music / NEW(*) RHUMBA - WERRASON - MÈRE EVI
« on: September 15, 2016, 05:36 »


Newly released for that matter. Another song that was shelved (initially released privately to the donor) for a few years featuring the like of Heritier and Eboa Lotin

Nice rhumba; superb job from Eboa

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Congolese Music / THE ELUSIVE 3RD VERSION OF JB'S NDOMBOLO
« on: September 09, 2016, 02:38 »
I noticed some threads requesting this version of the remix (more so a remix of TH) and thought I'd upload it for your listening pleasure:

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Congolese Music / FERRE HASN'T FORGOTTEN HIS ROOTS AFTER ALL
« on: August 28, 2016, 20:21 »
One can only imagine if he put out the type of hits he sung in WMM in his next album QQJD...

Chaire de poule



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Congolese Music / ARCHIVE; KOFFI PRÉSENTE HDG/KOWEÏT, RIVE GAUCHE À PARIS - 1992
« on: August 26, 2016, 04:51 »


Concert in full. A star studded concert at forum de Grenelle featuring:
Pepe Kalle
Déesse Mukangi
Canta Nyboma
Dindo Yogo
Djeffard Lukombo
 Popolipo beniko
Caen Madoka
Abro Mbonda
Djo Mas
3615 Code Niawu
Tex Mambote
Appearance by mama Tshala Muana

At the end Koffi plays bass

If I recall correctly, the album was actually released the week after due to a delay.

I must say I really miss the early days of Europe concerts when there were concerts by some artist every Saturday evening in some city, usually Paris. One would see flyers at CD shops and restaurants then look forward to attending on the weekend with friends. There weren't complexes of artists only wanting to play big concert halls. Any sort of polemics/drama were negligible for someone who just wanted to hear good music.

At times I wonder what would've became of Koffi had he remained Europe-centric as he was mid-1992 and the years prior. With QL it seemed he was on a mission to counter Wenge.

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