You can't compare them to Quartier Latin and Maison Mere. The generations you in those bands and songs on their names which pushed them appear on tv to promote it and also the polemic helped alot. Because bandleaders wouldn't lower themselves to attack their rivals and them just using their musicians and spokemen to diss them and praise/brag about their shows and tours they did.
Those who hadn't songs on their names or doing vocals, but still making tv-appearances were new-members that bandleaders were presenting in concerts and them getting succes because of those extracts that were shown on tv about doing some improvisations. Them later going to tv-shows to make themselves known. Back in the days you Heritier Watanabe before Double Zenith, Dany Kule of Nouvelle Ecriture, later Mirage Supersonic. Ferre Gola's team had also succes because of those concerts that were shown on tv with the singers getting space to do vocals.
I feel like 5/4 songs in this album being fillers. Koffi Olomidé is an artist who needs to be congratulated because of recording solo-album of 10, 11 & 12 songs for a long period without having fillers in it. I wonder if it was really Bozi's intention to record a solo album in this period. Bana Saint Gabriel is a better album. It was in this period that Interpol of Kofi Alibaba, Sadico, Trocadero and Micha Brown got created right ? Their album interpellation was a succes in Europe but now its impossible to find it back.
Its a shame that Bozi didn't let his whole band participate to his album and the following one. This would have more fire if he brought Lapino instead of punishing him. It was from here that he wasn't brining the whole band anymore to Europe and mostly bringing ngulu's. In the credits there are only Deo Brando, Janvier Okota, Mi-Flo and Betty Biss as bandmembers the rest being session artists. Anyway, its only these day that I'm really paying attention to his albums of the 1990s. Back in the days I only focused on la carré magique, Big Stars, El Paris, Nouvelle Generation and a little bit Empire.
Les Refoules de Schengen was a good album, I didn't think there was any filler. I get what you mean though; the last three tracks kind of felt out of place on the album, but despite the lack of guitar (apart from half of Mina Plaisir), they didn't feel rushed. Michel Lorenz put a lot of effort onto these songs. Maybe Bozi understood that the album slowed down a bit, because Philippe Guez did all of Bana Saint Gabriel and it's considered to be one of his classic albums.
According Koffi Alibaba it was that the album was finished and Rigo Makengo who had to produce it listening to it, saying that their solist was weak and that they had to correct some lines. But when coming back to the studio Meko all files already being erased by the sound engineer, which is really sad. In an interview Koffi Alibaba did with Mbuta Likasu he said that they had the chance to record a second album with label that did their first album. But the label only sending them 10 visa’s to record a new album in Europe, them refusing wanting to bring the whole band they had in Kinshasa. Thinking about it, it was a huge mistake by missing that opportunity. They had success in concerts, even Wenge Musica started to respect them and mentioning them interviews saying that they are the only band in Kinshasa next to them to have succes (just to piss Wenge El Paris off).
Position Eyebani was not bad. It was a good album although being recorded in Kinshasa. Film Ebaluki (1999) which Bozi did with Theo Mbala, Michaux Chamberton, Lokombe, Coreen Polystar was also good. I had the album Jeu Muke (2000) the past years often on repeat.There’s no Bozi that I listened so much like that one. It's a shame that the two albums weren’t well promoted.
Wasn’t it something about papers and people in Fally’s circle not being happy about it and him also openly criticizing Alain Nzambe on tv. Anyway, he has an interview with Ado Yuhe which on YouTube and him talking about his departure.
Back in those days I didn’t knew any bandmember of F-Victeam. Only Kassangidi, just because of his cri. Back then I though that he & Kabuya were the same person. It’s only years later that I discovered Alvarito when someone explained to me that was in Wenge Kumbela. I knew Equalizar ‘s name because of Bjone always posting about him on his Facebook and skyrock page. But I didn’t know who he was
F Victeam didn't take the initiative to make themselves known the way previous generations did like how QL and Wenge members went on TV to defend their group or promote themselves.
I feel like 5/4 songs in this album being fillers. Koffi Olomidé is an artist who needs to be congratulated because of recording solo-album of 10, 11 & 12 songs for a long period without having fillers in it. I wonder if it was really Bozi's intention to record a solo album in this period. Bana Saint Gabriel is a better album. It was in this period that Interpol of Kofi Alibaba, Sadico, Trocadero and Micha Brown got created right ? Their album interpellation was a succes in Europe but now its impossible to find it back.
Its a shame that Bozi didn't let his whole band participate to his album and the following one. This would have more fire if he brought Lapino instead of punishing him. It was from here that he wasn't brining the whole band anymore to Europe and mostly bringing ngulu's. In the credits there are only Deo Brando, Janvier Okota, Mi-Flo and Betty Biss as bandmembers the rest being session artists. Anyway, its only these day that I'm really paying attention to his albums of the 1990s. Back in the days I only focused on la carré magique, Big Stars, El Paris, Nouvelle Generation and a little bit Empire.
Interpol was created back in 1996. That period Koffi Alibaba, Micha Brown, and Trocadero had already left Anti Choc it's a shame that the files of their next they recorded at M'eko were deleted and I hope someone uploads Interpellation gets uploaded along with the videoclips. It's shame that leadership issues have crumbled the band Sadiko and Trocadero ended joining Zaiko Langa Langa, Micha Brown travelled and settled in Angola he played on Lutchiana Mobulu's album "Balayage."
It was also Deo Brondo last album, I think after the recording and release of the album is when Bozi returned because I watched an interview of Deo Brondo whether with Papy Gene or Marcel Landu of Sekele. He said that he was abandoned in Kenya which led him to join Zaiko Langa Langa. From then Bozi bought Lady Miyembe, Bello Bongo, the keyboard player (I don't know his name), and drummer Charly and the ngulu's.
In my opinion I think "Les Refoules De Schengen" and "Bana Saint Gaberial" were last good albums I never paid to the albums he released after those two because I felt he lost the great stars of his group such as (Scola Miel, Koffi Alibaba) not mention the passing of late Wally Ngonda and late Fifi Mofude.
I feel like 5/4 songs in this album being fillers. Koffi Olomidé is an artist who needs to be congratulated because of recording solo-album of 10, 11 & 12 songs for a long period without having fillers in it. I wonder if it was really Bozi's intention to record a solo album in this period. Bana Saint Gabriel is a better album. It was in this period that Interpol of Kofi Alibaba, Sadico, Trocadero and Micha Brown got created right ? Their album interpellation was a succes in Europe but now its impossible to find it back.
Its a shame that Bozi didn't let his whole band participate to his album and the following one. This would have more fire if he brought Lapino instead of punishing him. It was from here that he wasn't brining the whole band anymore to Europe and mostly bringing ngulu's. In the credits there are only Deo Brando, Janvier Okota, Mi-Flo and Betty Biss as bandmembers the rest being session artists. Anyway, its only these day that I'm really paying attention to his albums of the 1990s. Back in the days I only focused on la carré magique, Big Stars, El Paris, Nouvelle Generation and a little bit Empire.
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Wasn’t it something about papers and people in Fally’s circle not being happy about it and him also openly criticizing Alain Nzambe on tv. Anyway, he has an interview with Ado Yuhe which on YouTube and him talking about his departure.
Back in those days I didn’t knew any bandmember of F-Victeam. Only Kassangidi, just because of his cri. Back then I though that he & Kabuya were the same person. It’s only years later that I discovered Alvarito when someone explained to me that was in Wenge Kumbela. I knew Equalizar ‘s name because of Bjone always posting about him on his Facebook and skyrock page. But I didn’t know who he was
I think ronsard there was an issue with a female dancer plus he started voicing his disagreement with payment issues(because sometimes the guys in charge of paying were chewing money) so he ended up leaving i remember a week or something after he announced that he left he was in a nightclub by cambodge and he came after to a tv show with torn clothes eric i think something about payment aswell which was reported to the chefs or to the boss himself(you know how it is to maintain trust the guys like to snitch a lot even if they have to completely create,it makes them look loyal and devoted) then his vocal in catafalque was remove during concerts first then in clip before he ended up leaving after he was physically manhandled by the bodyguards at a rehearsal and stopped coming to rehearsals after that for a while then tried to joined maison mere via his friend heritier
Seeing Rigo Makengo giving Djonolo special thanks next to Rigo Star and Nene Tchakou makes me even suspect him more for being the original author of the Nemiala de Berlin, Ba Ngambo ya la Vie, Les Refoules de Schengen and Vendredi Noir. The arrangement of the songs and way of singing in these songs were totally his style.
Thanks for posting the booklet, I suspect the same thing as you described the songs were written in Djo Nolo, on another note the CD kind of reminds me of the V12 CD.
I hope that he can finally learn how to market himself to Americans and not waste the opportunity by giving his petit ya quartier the chance to become marketers and ruined his career again
He needs to learn English, Americans are notorious for being close minded to music they can't understand unless it's K-Pop or Latin music. But maybe he could change that, he needs to collaborate with a popular rapper or singer from here (Drake, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Cardi B, ect)
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