It was after it, you can hear Aimelia talk about it in the beginning of the video and Mietta Shegue being hold by Monica Celeste because she had difficulties with walking. The accident happened after finishing performing in Toronto. JB Mpiana ordered all musicians to follow him in the bus. But Aimelia didn't go and he went with the son of Mava Production (I forgot his name) who was the driver and convinced also the dancers Patricia Bingetox and Miette Shegue. Apparently they didn't sleep and went directly to Montreal and the driver fell a sleep when driven. Which created a big car accident and the car rolled 3 times ending up hitting a tree. The car was totally broken and they all flew out the car due to the speed. The accident even came on tv with helipcopter trying to get find them and bringing them directly to the hospital. Unfortunately for Patricia, she was told after getting out from her coma, that she became paralyzed and that she won't get kids anymore (she was pregnant of twins).
Was this videoclip recorded just after the Stade des Martyrs-concert, when Nono Ba Diamants and Miette Shegue got suspended ? Because I don't see them along with Blanche Neige. Also who are the other 3 dancers dancing with Marcation and the late Monica Celeste ? Isn't the one with braids the one who used to with Madilu and 3 times getting left behind for BCBG-tours due to bad luck.
He was a guitarist who joined Nouvelle Ecriture, after that Dezay decided to stay in Europe when the tour of 1998 got finished. He got left behind in Kinshasa when Nouvelle Ecriture went to Europe for the Fula Ngenge-recordings and Zenith 1999. In 2000 he got finally the chance to go and performed at Zenith de Paris, Olympia Bruno Coquatrix and toured in Europe with them. He also took parts on the recordings of A La Une in Kinshasa at Studio Meko. He isn't really known because he decided to stay in Europe after the end of Nouvelle Ecriture's tour in 2000.
Professeur Didace was a guitarist he used to play rhythm, but sometimes also lead. For example in Magie he played lead on Detresse and Merlian. He also played lead in the song Dessin Anime of Ultimatum, which had normally to be in the Magie-album. He had only one song (Detresse) in Quartier Latin, which is in the Magie-album.
Quartier Latin was first not a real band when it got founded in November 1986. It was more a band that had to back Koffi Olomide up in his concerts of Kinshasa (he was Europe-based at that time). The concert he gave with Choc Stars at Kimpwanza motivated him to form his own band, because he had to share the money with the late Ben Nyamabo, but Ben Nyamabo not being fair and taking a big part of the money. Some members of the first members of Quartier Latin were his old mentors, for example the guitarist Vieux Veron (the man who taught him to play guitar), some of the singers were his friends, others were introduced by Koffi's friends. Most members came from Binza and Lemba and used to play in small bands. Binza was the neighbour place where his Koffi's mother used to live and Lemba the area where Koffi spent a big part of his childhood. It was difficult for Quartier Latin-musicians to accept musicians coming from other areas in their band. For example when Marie Paul, who used to be Koffi's pire petit and guy who he used to rehearse his songs with when coming in Kinshasa, got approached by Koffi's friend to join Quartier Latin. He wasn't accepted by guitarist the late Yoto Nkelani "Delta Force", wanting to mess his test up, because he wasn't coming from Lemba like him. Which made Marie Paul not join Quartier Latin. Fofo le Collegien was also part of Quartier Latin's first generation. He used to play bass for Sam Mangwana before joining Quartier Latin
Quartier Latin became a proper band from 1990/91, when Koffi started to poach slowly all influent members of Flash Musica, after seeing them performing at Blaise Kombo's mourning (Wenge's ex'mi-solist). Flash Musica was a band based in Binza who were one of Wenge Musica's rivals, some of the songs in Magie were old Flash Musica's songs. The first one of Flash Musica to get recruited was Rocky Blanchard, followed by Suzuki, they were later joined by Willy Bula, then you had Lebou Kabuya after Lebou, Modogo came then Flash Musica's bandleader Sam Tshintu in 1993.
He joined Quartier Latin in 1992, but had still the chance to play on the Pas de Faux Pas-album, where he played lead on Ma Fille and Stilla. Lebou Kabuya quickly became Koffi's favorite. Noblesse Oblige marked Beniko Popolipo's arrival who played lead on the most songs, but he got given some space to lead on the album, playing lead on Miss des Miss, Kramogo and Evangile. Magie was the album which made him earn some respect, playing lead on Magie, Mansouri S., Amen and Sans Suite with the rest of the songs being played by Popolipo and Professeur Didace. In V12 he played on Miss Tutsi and Chantou. In Ultimatum he didn't play, because he was left behind on the trip, but his name was still credited on the cd. In Loi he played on the generique, Papitou Charme and Manou. On Droit de Veto he played on he played on Rond Point, Retour Riva and Nyandja. After Droit de Veto he decided to leave and stay in Europe, then he co-founded with Somono Dolce their own band Academia being later joined by Bouro Mpela & Pathy Bass and a few weeks later by Sam and Modogo with Mboshi joining as last person. He played the whole Sanction album by himself. Viagra marked the arrival of his mentor Beniko Popolipo and Pitshou Concorde. In Viagra he played the first part of the generique (the second part done by Pitshou Concorde). He also played on the songs Colation, Love Story, Jules BM, Somunkiriye & Chico. After the end of the tour he was not happy with the money the paid to him and didn't like that he was getting not the respect he deserved while he was the co-founder of Academia. He decided to leave and later worked on a project with Pathy Bass and CNN. They formed the group Quartier Latin Integral, recording first the EP Volte Face the upcoming year they released Voodoo. Lebou played lead on all songs. But not long after it he decided to return to Quartier Latin and also participated on Monde Arabe, playing lead on Riziki and Mopao en Or. After it he restarted with the Quartier Latin Integral project. Recording the single Salam Alekikum. After a few years he decided to settle in Canada.
What happened to the other 4 dancers (Patricia Champagne, Blandine Korando,..) who were at Zénith ? Did they run away because of the stuff at the airplane?
I see most Quartier Latin confirming it. Mawa I can’t believe. Yesterday was about to start a topic about his way of playing sebene in Sanction being different from Makaba, Bongo Wende and Popolipo, but I forgot to post it and I hear that he passed away.
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