Archos is there any way you could do a little thread about the little groups of the 90s that influenced a lot of the sound like station japana and shora mbemba and the likes
There are quite a few past threads on this topic. The subject comes up every few months
2003 man this was a bad year for congolese music. The ngulu affair had a huge impact in our music. Sonodisc's bankrupt. JPS arrest. Damn.
Indeed, all the excesses of prior years caught up with everyone that year. Any medium to major concerts were a flop.
Wemba went broke very fast paying for his defense; so technically he could've avoided prison time by paying the €30,000 fine (it's funny how donors can disappear when you need them). The Madames na Poto were helping him more than the rest. When he got out, he knew that 80+ band that was Nouvelle Écriture could not be sustained
The BBC documentary Wemba did that year, also was a PR disaster for him. The filmmakers screwed him with the language barrier, making him look like a source of Congolese troubles in Europe
That shit was hilarious lol they had my mans recruiting thieves on camera. Those vultures lol
Archos is there any way you could do a little thread about the little groups of the 90s that influenced a lot of the sound like station japana and shora mbemba and the likes
I was just curious to know if Burro really invented the Ndombolo dance because in this Wenge clip it seems like his brother Alain is really a step ahead of the rest of the guys with the dancing (30:00 min mark). Just wanted to know the extent of the involvement of Bourro and Alain as far as creating the dance. And if Bourro did create it like I always hear how come Alain got famous first?
Yeah I the summer was full of afro beats thanks to drake. Plus when I made the thread I was more thinking of the classics that came out of our music in the 70s 80s and 90s. The new generation is barely getting over a dry spell of inspiration so it'd be even harder for them to go "global"
I might be biased but I feel as though our music makes the best use of just about every instrument as well as creating the melodies. Listening to Franco Makiadi and hearing the guitar arrangements and riffs kind of reminds me of The continuation of what Jazz music should have been. Hearing the early Viva and Victoria really reminds me of Rock'N'Roll. I feel as though Rumba is not enough of a qualifier for what we do and what we brought over the years. Really makes me wonder why our music doesn't get as much recognition in the world I personally feel as though we could be with the Elvis and Frank Sinatras and Rolling Stones and beyond. Any thoughts on why we weren't able to Really push it on a global scale other than Paris London and the Tokyo concerts ?
I was just curious and interested to find out if it were more exchanges between both sides of the river after the obvious TP Ok Jazz days. More so curious on if anyone from Wenge or even QL came from the left side. I remember Merlin Bouton a few years back and it was good to see but I don't know of any one before or after him.
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