Congo Vibes
Music => Congolese Music => Topic started by: mrvibes on July 18, 2016, 06:50
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Between nono atalaku and doudou adoula who had a really big impact in zaiko? Who was tge moat creative and more success?
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Papy Cocaine was the main atalaku later, and a guy called Bebe for some time. But he is not the same as Bebe atalaku, the partner of Nono at the microphones in the 80's.
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You can't compare Nono Atalaku to Doudou Adoula because they are not from the same generation. It's like comparing Bill Clinton Kalonji to Brigade or Lobeso. Nono's impact was much bigger than that of Doudou. He joined Zaiko in 1982 along with Bebe Atalaku & mbonda-player Manzeku Djerba (who where all three members of the folklore-band Bana Odeon). When Ditutala (who's Bebe Atalaku's brother and also an ex' Bana Odeon-member) started to get succes as atalaku in Choc Star, some polemic started with people claiming that Nono was getting some Humbu-animation (an dialect of Kikongo) of Ditutala trought Bebe. In May 1988 Zaiko exploded in two camps, with the most musicians joining Familia Dei. Supported by D.V. Moanda's family (the founder of Zaiko) and claiming that they fired Nyoka Longo from Zaiko, due to his bad management. Nono who orginally wanted to join Familia Dei, decided to be in the Nkolo-Mboka camp of Jossart Nyoka Longo. To replace Bebe Atalaku they recruted Doudou Adoula, who's appartely not a atalaku but just a basketballer, singer of some matonge-bands and 'pure petit' of Nyoka Longo. So Nono trained Doudou for weeks how to be an atalaku, before being presented at the Fikin of 1988 and Tele-Zaire as new member.
Zaiko Nkolo Mboka, decided after the split with Familia Dei to change a little bit their animation-style. They started to use more Mongo-animations from folkloric band Swede-Swede of Boketshu, like etutana yango na yango, bakozala bongo eh bakotikala boye, sundama, etc. Instead of much Humbu/Kikongo animation. Doudou Adoula's reign (1988-1992, 1995) and not a big impact like that of Nono and when he started to shine a new generations of atalaku like Ekokota, Djuna Mumbafu and later Beevans Rappa came to dominate the atalaku-scene (1988-1995). Then the generation of Tutu Calugi, Mboshi Lipassa, Theo Mbala, etc. (1995-1999) at time many people saw Calugi as a big role-model before losing his domination to Bill Clinton with Solola Bien.
From 1992, Zaiko started to losing fame (they came back in 1995 with Avis de Recherche) and a bad period started between 1992-1997 with band-members like Baroza, Alpha Kopeya, Shiro Vuemba and others starting to die. After the flop of Black-line lesson One and Sans Issue, people started to criticizing Zaiko that there members are to old, so they recruited solist Daniel 6000, Papy Cocaine who was animating like Tutu Calugi , Carlyto's brother, Deo Brondo and Willy Bula to give Zaiko a fresh a air and recorded the Nous Y Sommes, which was a big succes due to Papy Cocaine's animation's 'nazelaka muana akole', 'oyo ateli te akolia bonne annee te' and 'Yaye libabe ya ndende yaye' and brought Zaiko back on the top
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Interestingly, I think Nono did his best animation as a guest member in Familia Dei, on this album:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i2zNmgOm6Aw