One of DR Congo best rhythm guitarists. He was very important for Tabu Ley's music and was among guitarists who created for the soukous that we know. His stay abroad in West Africa, France and USA made foreign people respect him more than Congolese people themselves.
Coupe Decale artist DJ Caloudji sampled a part of his guitar partition in sentiment moko
from 1:18 min & 1:52 min on 2:34 you can someone praise him as "loboko ya mosantu, lokassa ya mbongo". I don't know from which song it came.
It thought that the question was about the conflict of Werrason against JB Mpiana. About the money it already started a long time again. After the 1990-91 tour, many musicians were unhappy about not paid well including JB Mpiana and Alain Makaba himself. JB Mpiana didn't mind, but Alain Makaba was really dissapointed because he had done hard work during the recordings of the album and also concerts because rhythm player Collegien ran away after 2 concerts. His uncle wanted him to stay in Europe to study music, but Makaba was first against it and being eager to return back. After that dissapointed he ended up by following his uncle's advice and went to settle in London. When Wenge came back in 1992 for a tour he joined them and participated to the recordings of Pleins Feux and Kalayi Boeing. At the end of tour many musicians were fustrated for not being paid well while the tour being a big succes, musicians like Désire Kalala and Don Pierrot Mbonda decided to stay. Alain Makaba was also mad because he also not paid well by the admins. In opinion of the admins, Makaba hadn't the right to be paid like them because he was in Europe while they were suffering in Kinshasa. Makaba then threatened to erase all his work in Kalayi Boeing & Pleins Feux and not return back to Kinshasa with them which scared the admins and made them pay more money.
I don't remember if it was the tour of 1994 or that of 1995. I think the one of 1995 and when the tour ended, one of the admins claimed that all the money got stolen by new jack gangsters in Brussels and the musicians couldn't pay. But the 3 admins ended up by buying mercedes benz cars
Hahaha list will be huge. Because he started his career with Tabu Ley Rochereau, being one of African Fiesta National's first members. It was in that period that Roger Izeidi signed a slavecontract with an European label that forced them to record 200 songs or something like that within a period of 3 years. He participated to Ley's show at l'Olympia Bruno Coquatrix.
Lokassa is known to be the creator of the mi-composé guitar style
He participated like Ngouma Lokito to many soukous-albums recorded in the late 80s and early 90s. He also participated on King Kester Emeneya's album Succes Fous and Felix Wazekwa's Tetragramme
According to Elliot Mondombe there were already tensions since the days of Anges Adorables volume 1&2 but they still being together. The conflict got worse during the 1996-97 Europe about Wenge 4x4 either well or not recording an album and their staffs of Europe making it worser by reporting to both guys Werra said this about you, JB said this about you. The conflict became on higher level because of fashion. Every tour when Wenge 4x4 returns to Kinshasa they have a new look, for example Cris-Cros & Versace in 1993, Pentagone in 1996, the Kin E Bouger look in 1992, etc. Werrason and co decided to come with Japanese brands. JB wasn't there because of still being in Europe to finish his album. Then when JB returned to Kinshasa he imposed the "Bana Mindele" look. Masela & Werrason weren't happy with that. From then it became really war and the band being split in two. It was really difficult for the musicians. Because if you weren't in Werra & Masela's camp you had a problem as musician and the same if you weren't in JB's camp. Musicians then being spy and reporting to both musicians what they were saying about each other.
You had also an unhappy JB who was hurt, because of rumors being spread that he had lost his head and was tied up at home for occultism in order that Feux de l'Amour would get crazy succes. JB's camp accusing Werrason for spreading those rumors and being jealous of him. In the song Esau he would coming back on that, the way rumors were spread that he lost his head. In JB's first interviews after Feux de l'Amour release he would often being asked if those rumors were true or not. The conflict became only worser with the time going on and them at some point not talking to each other anymore
What was the problem initially about since the days of Anges Adorables? Was always about how the money was shared or who had the most authority in the group?
Also, do the members of Wenge Musica get royalties from the songs credited to their name? I'm not sure if they understood music publishing when they started music
Elliot never explained what the problem was. But it was not about money. It was probably one of those short conflicts that bandmembers always have when being in a group.
About royalties I remember Nyoka Longo once saying in one of his interviews during the Feeling-era, that he adviced Werrason and JB Mpiana to member part of SACEM or SABAM when meeting them in Europe back in 1992, at that time he was became head (or had an important function) at Soneca. They didn't really knew anything about royalties and they discovered from there that their exectutive producer of Kin E Bouge did them dirty. About Wenge 4x4 members outside the 4 admins getting their royalties from the songs they made. I don't think so, because l'actu du net made a few years ago a video where they went through SACEM documents and showed how bandleaders like Koffi Olomidé, JB Mpiana and co were crediting all songs to themselves and getting money from it.
Well, Koffi did not like Jordan when he came in 1999 and used to leave him when he was on tours, and when it was time for Bercy, he left him behind. Jordan then came to Europe with everyone being confused with Koffi asking why he was here. Then when they were touring in Europe after Bercy, Koffi used to leave him behind hoping he would leave but Jordan was always following them. The police one time asked Koffi if he knew Jordan with Koffi saying no. Also when they were recording Force de Frappe, Jordan did not have a song. Jordan asked Koffi why he did not get a song when he came before all the others and had to convince Koffi to let him put a song on the album. Also one time in 2001 during a concert backstage, Jordan tried to joke around with Koffi, but Koffi said that he did not really want him there. During the same time, Koffi was in a beef with JB Mpiana and said to Jordan to insult Wenge BCBG back when Tutu Caludji said he was the real Mopao Mokonzi, but Jordan refused because he had his reputation almost destroyed so Koffi started liking him less. In 2002 you had the girlfriend drama that made Koffi mad and left him when they were going to Europe. After the Kora Awards, when Koffi went to Kinshasa for some interviews, Koffi said to Jordan that he was going to get a song on Affaire d’etat and tour with him in Europe, but Koffi ended up leaving him. Also during the same time Koffi was calling him a dog. Which made Jordan leave. When Jordan came back in 2004 he was less popular than he was when he left. One time Jordan talked to Aliya because they did not have some food but Koffi heard that and was not happy that Jordan talked to her. In 2005, during the GHK concert when Emeneya came during a rehearsal, Jordan sang all the Emeneya songs but not Koffi’s song which made Koffi think he was a spy. So during the concert, Koffi tried to ban Jordan from coming on stage but Jordan came in force. So when they were finished singing Riziki, Jordan said to Fally that he was leaving his group, then Fally said “stop joking” but Jordan said “oh yeah watch me” and jumped off of stage to go to his car and drove off. Jordan then made an album I do not remember the name of but along the lines of 7 ans cruelles translated to 7 cruel years but changed the name to Danger de Mort just to piss Koffi off. Then when visiting Fally during a concert he said to the crowd “that there will be a man with mad blood pressure” referring to Koffi. That is the story between Koffi and Jordan. Some say Jordan is the most 12’d person in Quartier Latin.
But why keeping him on Quartier Latin for so long if he wasn't loved? I remember that he had some space in Bilan as a vocalist and also had a lot of space with the group plus some seconds of solo dancing in Generation Bercy I say those because Effeakata is the only album that I remember of Koffi where Jordan was there
he already made his name big by having participated to bercy, a song on force de frappe and many tv-appearances. which makes it made easier to on list and by the time 2 years passes quick. jordan kusa also participated on monde arabe and had a vocal on riziki. but he participation was not really big in that album and didn't had the same consideration koffi used to give him in the effrakata-days.
jordan kusa was important to attack rivals (papa wemba, jb mpiana, etc.). there used to be a video of him attacking jean apocalyps of nouvelle ecriture along with jipson butukondolo and fally ipupa on youtube. but the video dissapeared from 2molayi's channel. in the video he went really hard on jean apocalyps and papa wemba. you would wonder if he received good education at home. now its seen as normal but back the way jordan used to attack musicians on tv was seen as going to far in that era.
next to his role of attacking rivals on tv, he was good in dancing and back in the days it became important for those shows they were giving at zenith, bercy, etc. other guys like lola muana, eric tutsi were not really good in dancing. in that era bands started to leave sometimes even good singers behind in kinshasa for guys who good in dancing although not being a big singer.
Full interview. Loool those journalists are no different then kin journalists they love polémique, you can see Jordan was getting irritated with the constant Fally & Koffi questions. A bit disrespectful with them asking if Fally was made chef because he was the most talented out of all of them and asking if Fally was in ordering Ferre about.
So is he also a part of team Bleaching? Or is it just the lights flashing on him? Anyway Jordan solo career is strange it is like he never had a chance to fully prepare his solo career before controversy arised plus that journalist accusing him of trying to sleep with her was the nail in the coffin.
the problem jordan Kusa had had with Nadege Ibwakungu was not the nail in the coffin. because jordan kusa himself was already nowhere when he was in the united states. nobody was paying attention to his music. a good example, there is a bar called tapis rouge where jordan kusa used to perform with former ql-members and co. but nobody paid attention to conflict he had with mboshi that made him leave to another bar. people are more interested in his interview to wait him seeing him attack koffi olomidé. he doesn't have to say one and people will already comment "produit fini", "jaloux", "you must respect koffi", etc.
According to Elliot Mondombe there were already tensions since the days of Anges Adorables volume 1&2 but they still being together. The conflict got worse during the 1996-97 Europe about Wenge 4x4 either well or not recording an album and their staffs of Europe making it worser by reporting to both guys Werra said this about you, JB said this about you. The conflict became on higher level because of fashion. Every tour when Wenge 4x4 returns to Kinshasa they have a new look, for example Cris-Cros & Versace in 1993, Pentagone in 1996, the Kin E Bouger look in 1992, etc. Werrason and co decided to come with Japanese brands. JB wasn't there because of still being in Europe to finish his album. Then when JB returned to Kinshasa he imposed the "Bana Mindele" look. Masela & Werrason weren't happy with that. From then it became really war and the band being split in two. It was really difficult for the musicians. Because if you weren't in Werra & Masela's camp you had a problem as musician and the same if you weren't in JB's camp. Musicians then being spy and reporting to both musicians what they were saying about each other.
You had also an unhappy JB who was hurt, because of rumors being spread that he had lost his head and was tied up at home for occultism in order that Feux de l'Amour would get crazy succes. JB's camp accusing Werrason for spreading those rumors and being jealous of him. In the song Esau he would coming back on that, the way rumors were spread that he lost his head. In JB's first interviews after Feux de l'Amour release he would often being asked if those rumors were true or not. The conflict became only worser with the time going on and them at some point not talking to each other anymore
It was a trend in Ndombolo era’s and many solists using this effect in albums or sometimes in concerts. I’m seeing on Instagram and Tiktok some guitarists started to re-use. Looks like Zebuka inspired them.
Christian Mwepu once said that Werrason was susposed to do his album first but him not really being sure if it would be a succes and then JB Mpiana going first.
I don’t think that Wenge would split if they didn’t cancel the project of recording an album at the same time like Feux de l’Amour. Most issues in the band came because of many members (Adolphe, Werrason, Blaise Bula & Christian Mwepu) not being happy because of already having sold their songs but JB Mpiana seeing it like they were jealous of him when being asked if he could move his old or just record it with session artists like Makaba did in Pile ou Face
Back during the JB-Werra war those coming from JB-camp were critizing Werrason for no having sung much on his own in the solo-album Kibuisa Mpimpa and that it was just like a group-album. This made me wonder if it would still be the case if the album was released under Wenge 4x4's name, having sung songs like Nicky D and Surprise Kapangala on his own in the past
The original project was to record the album the next europe-tour along with the bands new album Bue. Some VHS' already writing Kibuisa Mpimpa on their cover (for example their concerts of Abidjan and that of Nairobi) to announce Werra's album and Koffi giving Werra's daughter a shout-out in Motomolo. Werrason himself saying on interviews that he would sing with Koffi Olomidé on his album. Wenge 4x4 sadly split before they even could record the album
When seeing interviews of former Wenge Maison Mère-musicians it seems that most songs came and were prepared after Solola Bien and those done with Burkina Faso, Fiston Zamuangana, Serge Mabiala and co at Werra's house during the Wenge 4x4 not even being picked
Koffi Olomidé and Quartier Latin were putting the bar high by releasing top-notch group-albums. The group-albums they were releasing were that strong they could even compete Koffi's own solo-albums
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