Congo Vibes
Music => Congolese Music => Topic started by: mvulusi96 on December 29, 2016, 02:27
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDmDz9G_094
Werrason, Ferre Gola and Didier Lacoste in Paris. Here's Werrason dissing JB's ex'manager and executive producer Monsieur Simon boss of S.I.P.E. Production and praising Jean Pierre Saah (boss of JPS Production), who became their new executive producer and giving their new dress-code and hairdo "Tour de Controle". In the same interview he's claiming his fanatics in Kinshasa down, who where mad that their concert at Olympia was cancelled. With Werrason saying that Olympia is just a small music-hall, where they could celebrate Ferre's birthday or that of Didier Lacoste or performing there for a week and praising Palais des Sports (where they had their farwell-concert).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkLqZwf1v7A
Here Werrason with alot of self-confidence throwing some shots to Burkina Faso, Theo Bidens, Fiston Zamuangana, Seguin Mignon who he recruted in Wenge 4x4 (they where not really known at that time) but prefered to follow J.B. in Wenge BCBG.
from 2:52 min Werrason having a interview with Claudy Siar and the legend Manu Dibango (talking about his time in African Jazz, when he was in Kinshasa) in JPS-Office . You can see that he doesn't feel comfortable with his French.
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Werra in particular, was treated like royalty during the WMM tour in Europe that year. It quickly became clear that he was the true leader of WMM
The JPS office is the still the nicest office I've ever been to; everything was gold, glass, leather and Italian marble. It was very tempting and convincing for dozens of African & some Latin groups that went there to sign contracts to join the label
Mr JPS' excesses in luxury is probably the biggest thing that led to his downfall years later.