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Music => Congolese Music => Topic started by: Matebu on October 15, 2017, 02:56

Title: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: Matebu on October 15, 2017, 02:56
Roberto Ekokota vs. Nono Atalakou Mombélé "L'empereur". Wenge Musica 4x4 BCBG vs. Zaiko Langa Langa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qJVci6jOsw&index=1&list=WL

The orginal atalakou vs. the hottest atalakou of the early 90's. Roberto was way too hot to handle so he won by popular decision. The crowd fanning him and throwing money while he's performing ;D ;D

It's so nice to see how happy everyone was here and having fun. This is the happiest I've ever seen Werrason on stage
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: CM PRINCE on October 15, 2017, 02:58
I hate you so much I was gonna post this but you beat me to it looool  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: mvulusi96 on October 15, 2017, 14:44
yeah this was the greatest atalaku battle ever. I always wanted a battle between Djuna Mumbafu Bileku and Roberto Wunda Ekokota. 
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: MwanaMokili on October 15, 2017, 17:18
Roberto Ekokota vs. Nono Atalakou Mombélé "L'empereur". Wenge Musica 4x4 BCBG vs. Zaiko Langa Langa


The orginal atalakou vs. the hottest atalakou of the early 90's. Roberto was way too hot to handle so he won by popular decision. The crowd fanning him and throwing money while he's performing ;D ;D

It's so nice to see how happy everyone was here and having fun. This is the happiest I've ever seen Werrason on stage

Heh, Heh heh!!

When it is your turn it is your turn!
Judgement day has never been so clear for the original atalaku.
Roberto was on Fire...
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: Manzambi94 on October 15, 2017, 20:55
Roberto was of another dimension, guys pike Prince, Kumzardo, Brandon, Bercy wouldn't even had a chance if Roberto was still active in the Congolese system of music, I think the only guy who has the same fire when he sings is Fusèe
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: CM PRINCE on October 15, 2017, 21:50
Roberto was of another dimension, guys pike Prince, Kumzardo, Brandon, Bercy wouldn't even had a chance if Roberto was still active in the Congolese system of music, I think the only guy who has the same fire when he sings is Fusèe
Naaa I disagree Roberto would have been seen as past it if he was still active look at bill and plus when tutu was unleashed in petagone ekokota and his style of animation started fading same bivens bienvenue in QL with mbochi and somono and nono in zaiko with papy cochaine
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: Manzambi94 on October 16, 2017, 16:06
Roberto was of another dimension, guys pike Prince, Kumzardo, Brandon, Bercy wouldn't even had a chance if Roberto was still active in the Congolese system of music, I think the only guy who has the same fire when he sings is Fusèe
Naaa I disagree Roberto would have been seen as past it if he was still active look at bill and plus when tutu was unleashed in petagone ekokota and his style of animation started fading same bivens bienvenue in QL with mbochi and somono and nono in zaiko with papy cochaine
No I disagree I think he would have been like Genta or Kakol, guys who still compete with the youngest, because the fact that Roberto's style faded is due to the fact he left for Europe, while otherwise other guys who are basically the same age of Kakol and Gemta like Diego get limited time due to cheesy lifestyle.
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: dany on October 16, 2017, 16:43
Mombele was so wasted but he held his own despite being the outsider. Zaiko forever, ekokota faded so fast his animations were still powerful during the pentagone era. Although he lost his voice during that time I believe he could've contributed a bit to the evolution of wenge bcbg. He just dropped music altogether, I think he should team up with Alain mpela, Amelia, Tutu for their Europe based performances not once have I seen him at these events. Respect boma Ye, boma ye the 90s were truly magical with you
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: Toolz on October 16, 2017, 18:13
Please, I would like to know what he(Ekokota) has been up to since he is no longer doing music.
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: Matebu on October 16, 2017, 19:15
Please, I would like to know what he(Ekokota) has been up to since he is no longer doing music.

He lives in Brussels and performs occasionally there on the weekends.
https://youtu.be/_wDYLK9gg90

He looks to be in good spirits, but for guy I consider the cornerstone of atalakou I wish he was still was spoken with the same esteem the Wenge founders are. He needs to be in Kinshasa guiding the young guys. Especially teaching them the importance of the shaker.

 Roberto, Djuna Mumbafu, and Nono are the fathers, in my opinion.
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: PCGY KASTELLO on October 16, 2017, 19:29
Roberto Ekokota is timeless.....to sum up he is simply the Best. Bill was amazing because he was in the right band. Equally Celeo scrame. The moment they left Wenge MM, that was the end. The Chemestry of that group made it easier for people such as Celeo, Bill, and Kapaya Flame to be easily identified
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: Manzambi94 on October 16, 2017, 21:00
Roberto was of another dimension, guys pike Prince, Kumzardo, Brandon, Bercy wouldn't even had a chance if Roberto was still active in the Congolese system of music, I think the only guy who has the same fire when he sings is Fusèe
Naaa I disagree Roberto would have been seen as past it if he was still active look at bill and plus when tutu was unleashed in petagone ekokota and his style of animation started fading same bivens bienvenue in QL with mbochi and somono and nono in zaiko with papy cochaine
Man listen only the part from 5:15 until the end

https://youtu.be/BUaqk0Yd0D4

And this is not even the genrrique but only a Seven he had 3 minutes and few seconds for animating and he crashed it, do you hear the energy the vibe neither Bill could sing with so much enthusiasm, Bill is a showman but Roberto Ekokota is the guy who walks and shines nobody can top that
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: Toolz on October 16, 2017, 21:40
Please, I would like to know what he(Ekokota) has been up to since he is no longer doing music.



He lives in Brussels and performs occasionally there on the weekends.
https://youtu.be/_wDYLK9gg90

He looks to be in good spirits, but for guy I consider the cornerstone of atalakou I wish he was still was spoken with the same esteem the Wenge founders are. He needs to be in Kinshasa guiding the young guys. Especially teaching them the importance of the shaker.

 Roberto, Djuna Mumbafu, and Nono are the fathers, in my opinion.

Thanks Matebu. Good to know he is fine.
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: CM PRINCE on October 16, 2017, 21:46
Roberto was of another dimension, guys pike Prince, Kumzardo, Brandon, Bercy wouldn't even had a chance if Roberto was still active in the Congolese system of music, I think the only guy who has the same fire when he sings is Fusèe
Naaa I disagree Roberto would have been seen as past it if he was still active look at bill and plus when tutu was unleashed in petagone ekokota and his style of animation started fading same bivens bienvenue in QL with mbochi and somono and nono in zaiko with papy cochaine
Man listen only the part from 5:15 until the end

https://youtu.be/BUaqk0Yd0D4

And this is not even the genrrique but only a Seven he had 3 minutes and few seconds for animating and he crashed it, do you hear the energy the vibe neither Bill could sing with so much enthusiasm, Bill is a showman but Roberto Ekokota is the guy who walks and shines nobody can top that
Yeah ekokota is one of the goats but you said if he was still active today bercy and co would struggle that's not true cause everyone's time comes and goes heck if he was still active I guarantee you people would be saying he's past it and so on given how it is nowadays like I said he started fading during pentagone that song kaskin is Over 20 years old now And he was much younger back then so that's a weird anolgoy you're using
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: Matebu on October 17, 2017, 00:39
Please, I would like to know what he(Ekokota) has been up to since he is no longer doing music.

 Roberto, Djuna Mumbafu, and Nono are the fathers, in my opinion.

Oh how could I forget to include the great 3615 Code Niawu? So popular and influential throughout the late 80's -90's. He has by far the biggest album resume of any atalakou
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: Manzambi94 on October 17, 2017, 16:53
Roberto was of another dimension, guys pike Prince, Kumzardo, Brandon, Bercy wouldn't even had a chance if Roberto was still active in the Congolese system of music, I think the only guy who has the same fire when he sings is Fusèe
Naaa I disagree Roberto would have been seen as past it if he was still active look at bill and plus when tutu was unleashed in petagone ekokota and his style of animation started fading same bivens bienvenue in QL with mbochi and somono and nono in zaiko with papy cochaine
Man listen only the part from 5:15 until the end

https://youtu.be/BUaqk0Yd0D4

And this is not even the genrrique but only a Seven he had 3 minutes and few seconds for animating and he crashed it, do you hear the energy the vibe neither Bill could sing with so much enthusiasm, Bill is a showman but Roberto Ekokota is the guy who walks and shines nobody can top that
Yeah ekokota is one of the goats but you said if he was still active today bercy and co would struggle that's not true cause everyone's time comes and goes heck if he was still active I guarantee you people would be saying he's past it and so on given how it is nowadays like I said he started fading during pentagone that song kaskin is Over 20 years old now And he was much younger back then so that's a weird anolgoy you're using
What I meant is that like some people in Rap said few years ago that guys like French Montana, Macklemore and so on would be working at McDonald if Tupac was still alive, the same thing I think about guys like Bercy, Prince, Kunzardo and so on if Ekokota was still active they would have worked elsewhere
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: mvulusi96 on October 17, 2017, 17:02
No that's not true because in 1997 he was already finished and he had not new cries. In concerts only appared animate old Wenge 4x4 songs and that little part he had on Masuwa & Top Modele. Werrason was at that time already looking for atalaku who could replace him.
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: Matebu on October 17, 2017, 17:46
He was having lots of throat issues then if I remember correctly, which was common with a lot of falsetto atalakous

No that's not true because in 1997 he was already finished and he had not new cries. In concerts only appared animate old Wenge 4x4 songs and that little part he had on Masuwa & Top Modele. Werrason was at that time already looking for atalaku who could replace him.

Roberto animated on half the songs on Feux de l'amour
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: archos on October 17, 2017, 18:25
exactly in that period not only the throat but the spiritual part of his job was affecting him i dont want to elaborate on it but in i think the famous mama angebi concert werra clearly hinted who is who in the spiritual section of the group he was sick a lot of times prior to that throat thing and i guess its part of why he has been so media shy he knows he will be asked about how all of a sudden things went downhill and whether its due to spiritual reasons
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: CM PRINCE on October 17, 2017, 19:08
No that's not true because in 1997 he was already finished and he had not new cries. In concerts only appared animate old Wenge 4x4 songs and that little part he had on Masuwa & Top Modele. Werrason was at that time already looking for atalaku who could replace him.
Thank youuuuu he did animate on half of feux de l'amour but it was very little not even a min and yeah his throats issues affected him a lot but his time was coming to an end he had no new cries and that style of animation was pretty much gone by then and I've never heard anyone say that bercy prince and co wouldn't be around if ekokota was still active lol
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: CM PRINCE on October 17, 2017, 19:09
exactly in that period not only the throat but the spiritual part of his job was affecting him i dont want to elaborate on it but in i think the famous mama angebi concert werra clearly hinted who is who in the spiritual section of the group he was sick a lot of times prior to that throat thing and i guess its part of why he has been so media shy he knows he will be asked about how all of a sudden things went downhill and whether its due to spiritual reasons
Archos brother give us a biography on ekokota and didier masela
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: Manzambi94 on October 17, 2017, 19:12
No that's not true because in 1997 he was already finished and he had not new cries. In concerts only appared animate old Wenge 4x4 songs and that little part he had on Masuwa & Top Modele. Werrason was at that time already looking for atalaku who could replace him.
Thank youuuuu he did animate on half of feux de l'amour but it was very little not even a min and yeah his throats issues affected him a lot but his time was coming to an end he had no new cries and that style of animation was pretty much gone by then and I've never heard anyone say that bercy prince and co wouldn't be around if ekokota was still active lol
So? What is the lol about? You have got your opinion I have mine
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: CM PRINCE on October 17, 2017, 19:27
No that's not true because in 1997 he was already finished and he had not new cries. In concerts only appared animate old Wenge 4x4 songs and that little part he had on Masuwa & Top Modele. Werrason was at that time already looking for atalaku who could replace him.
Thank youuuuu he did animate on half of feux de l'amour but it was very little not even a min and yeah his throats issues affected him a lot but his time was coming to an end he had no new cries and that style of animation was pretty much gone by then and I've never heard anyone say that bercy prince and co wouldn't be around if ekokota was still active lol
So? What is the lol about? You have got your opinion I have mine
Alright no need to get so defensive jeez
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: archos on October 17, 2017, 21:40
ROBERTO EKOKOTA WUNDA  was born in 1971 and raised in kinshasa in the area of kintambo were he started music in early 80's as a dancer in traditional groups playing what we know now as bonioma and playing mbonda aswell
around 1985 he will be trained to play shaker and start animation by late vieux obigo the creator of the word "atalaku" in the group bana odeon and he will quickly  learn his trade and in 1986 he will arrive in final of a competition between street groups in the group attraction babylone of kintambo along with the likes of patient kusangila and ali mbonda
in 1987 1988 when wenge musica is looking for an atalaku as full king who they had in the band did not convince them, werra will discover  ekokota thanks to his friend papy mavuzi (the older brother of blanchard mosaka) as roberto used to work with their younger brother "levieux" mavuzi and they used to live on same avenue as mampata and straight away he is invited to join wenge musica and take 1st spot next to full king and he will bring with him the style from bana odeon which is also already exploited in zaiko and empire by nono and djouna mumbafu
 while he missed out on first album mulolo he will participate on second album kin e bouger where he adds his first song ngoma maguy which is a song from bana odeon in which he anticipates wenge music getting "champion du zaire" title shouting it in the sebene part of that song
he starts earning himself a solid reputation as he matches djouna with his energetic style aswell as dance skills and he will confirm his status of one of the best atalakus of the country in kalayi boeing with "boma liwanza"and becomes a big favourite of the leaders of the group
as he will continue to shine in les anges adorables he welcomes another atalaku tutu caludji to complement him and will form with him a solid partnership
 in album pentagone he will be credited the generique which is also an old songs from bana odeon which he reworked but in this period he will start having a drop in performances as he faces a lot of problems with his throat and to add insult to injury he will have serious problems which will require surgery but in the meantime he is technically part of the team creating wenge bcbg as generique of titanic is credited to him due to start of generique coming from him
in early 2000's he'll go back to kin and brazzaville to try forming a band but it did not work out and he disappeared from then
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: mvulusi96 on October 17, 2017, 22:22
ROBERTO EKOKOTA WUNDA  was born in 1971 and raised in kinshasa in the area of kintambo were he started music in early 80's as a dancer in traditional groups playing what we know now as bonioma and playing mbonda aswell
around 1985 he will be trained to play shaker and start animation by late vieux obigo the creator of the word "atalaku" in the group bana odeon and he will quickly  learn his trade and in 1986 he will arrive in final of a competition between street groups in the group attraction babylone of kintambo along with the likes of patient kusangila and ali mbonda
in 1987 1988 when wenge musica is looking for an atalaku as full king who they had in the band did not convince them, werra will discover  ekokota thanks to his friend papy mavuzi (the older brother of blanchard mosaka) as roberto used to work with their younger brother "levieux" mavuzi and they used to live on same avenue as mampata and straight away he is invited to join wenge musica and take 1st spot next to full king and he will bring with him the style from bana odeon which is also already exploited in zaiko and empire by nono and djouna mumbafu
 while he missed out on first album mulolo he will participate on second album kin e bouger where he adds his first song ngoma maguy which is a song from bana odeon in which he anticipates wenge music getting "champion du zaire" title shouting it in the sebene part of that song
he starts earning himself a solid reputation as he matches djouna with his energetic style aswell as dance skills and he will confirm his status of one of the best atalakus of the country in kalayi boeing with "boma liwanza"and becomes a big favourite of the leaders of the group
as he will continue to shine in les anges adorables he welcomes another atalaku tutu caludji to complement him and will form with him a solid partnership
 in album pentagone he will be credited the generique which is also an old songs from bana odeon which he reworked but in this period he will start having a drop in performances as he faces a lot of problems with his throat and to add insult to injury he will have serious problems which will require surgery but in the meantime he is technically part of the team creating wenge bcbg as generique of titanic is credited to him due to start of generique coming from him
in early 2000's he'll go back to kin and brazzaville to try forming a band but it did not work out and he disappeared from then

so Roberto is his real name ? is he Angolese like Nyoka Longo, Manuaku, etc. ?

Wow is is that beginning only "totala ndenge titanic ezali kondida ooh" or also that part of "tala maman dileh, bana nketo dilooh" , which Theo Mbala and Mboshi Lipassa also animated ?

Man I would have seen him doing those Bana Odeon-Intro's in Anges Adorables and Kalayi Boeing, because I used to love their folkloric music. Did they ever recorded an album ?
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: Manzambi94 on October 17, 2017, 22:45
ROBERTO EKOKOTA WUNDA  was born in 1971 and raised in kinshasa in the area of kintambo were he started music in early 80's as a dancer in traditional groups playing what we know now as bonioma and playing mbonda aswell
around 1985 he will be trained to play shaker and start animation by late vieux obigo the creator of the word "atalaku" in the group bana odeon and he will quickly  learn his trade and in 1986 he will arrive in final of a competition between street groups in the group attraction babylone of kintambo along with the likes of patient kusangila and ali mbonda
in 1987 1988 when wenge musica is looking for an atalaku as full king who they had in the band did not convince them, werra will discover  ekokota thanks to his friend papy mavuzi (the older brother of blanchard mosaka) as roberto used to work with their younger brother "levieux" mavuzi and they used to live on same avenue as mampata and straight away he is invited to join wenge musica and take 1st spot next to full king and he will bring with him the style from bana odeon which is also already exploited in zaiko and empire by nono and djouna mumbafu
 while he missed out on first album mulolo he will participate on second album kin e bouger where he adds his first song ngoma maguy which is a song from bana odeon in which he anticipates wenge music getting "champion du zaire" title shouting it in the sebene part of that song
he starts earning himself a solid reputation as he matches djouna with his energetic style aswell as dance skills and he will confirm his status of one of the best atalakus of the country in kalayi boeing with "boma liwanza"and becomes a big favourite of the leaders of the group
as he will continue to shine in les anges adorables he welcomes another atalaku tutu caludji to complement him and will form with him a solid partnership
 in album pentagone he will be credited the generique which is also an old songs from bana odeon which he reworked but in this period he will start having a drop in performances as he faces a lot of problems with his throat and to add insult to injury he will have serious problems which will require surgery but in the meantime he is technically part of the team creating wenge bcbg as generique of titanic is credited to him due to start of generique coming from him
in early 2000's he'll go back to kin and brazzaville to try forming a band but it did not work out and he disappeared from then

so Roberto is his real name ? is he Angolese like Nyoka Longo, Manuaku, etc. ?

Wow is is that beginning only "totala ndenge titanic ezali kondida ooh" or also that part of "tala maman dileh, bana nketo dilooh" , which Theo Mbala and Mboshi Lipassa also animated ?

Man I would have seen him doing those Bana Odeon-Intro's in Anges Adorables and Kalayi Boeing, because I used to love their folkloric music. Did they ever recorded an album ?
Is Angolan* noto Angolese
Anyway who Is this Full King? Wow I habe neber heard of Jim was he so bad?
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: archos on October 17, 2017, 23:07
his real name is jean-robert which was turned into roberto
yes actually its part of a song bana odeon used to sing at funerals tutu and co modified later into animation(for example the way recently some guys modified gospel into animation)
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: archos on October 17, 2017, 23:11
 full king is the second guy after werra here doing animation with ekokota
https://youtu.be/gq9LOzg6fCE
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: CM PRINCE on October 17, 2017, 23:13
ROBERTO EKOKOTA WUNDA  was born in 1971 and raised in kinshasa in the area of kintambo were he started music in early 80's as a dancer in traditional groups playing what we know now as bonioma and playing mbonda aswell
around 1985 he will be trained to play shaker and start animation by late vieux obigo the creator of the word "atalaku" in the group bana odeon and he will quickly  learn his trade and in 1986 he will arrive in final of a competition between street groups in the group attraction babylone of kintambo along with the likes of patient kusangila and ali mbonda
in 1987 1988 when wenge musica is looking for an atalaku as full king who they had in the band did not convince them, werra will discover  ekokota thanks to his friend papy mavuzi (the older brother of blanchard mosaka) as roberto used to work with their younger brother "levieux" mavuzi and they used to live on same avenue as mampata and straight away he is invited to join wenge musica and take 1st spot next to full king and he will bring with him the style from bana odeon which is also already exploited in zaiko and empire by nono and djouna mumbafu
 while he missed out on first album mulolo he will participate on second album kin e bouger where he adds his first song ngoma maguy which is a song from bana odeon in which he anticipates wenge music getting "champion du zaire" title shouting it in the sebene part of that song
he starts earning himself a solid reputation as he matches djouna with his energetic style aswell as dance skills and he will confirm his status of one of the best atalakus of the country in kalayi boeing with "boma liwanza"and becomes a big favourite of the leaders of the group
as he will continue to shine in les anges adorables he welcomes another atalaku tutu caludji to complement him and will form with him a solid partnership
 in album pentagone he will be credited the generique which is also an old songs from bana odeon which he reworked but in this period he will start having a drop in performances as he faces a lot of problems with his throat and to add insult to injury he will have serious problems which will require surgery but in the meantime he is technically part of the team creating wenge bcbg as generique of titanic is credited to him due to start of generique coming from him
in early 2000's he'll go back to kin and brazzaville to try forming a band but it did not work out and he disappeared from then
Thanks archos  ;)
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: CM PRINCE on October 17, 2017, 23:21
1971? Wow I thought he would be born in the late 60s etc I've always wondered why he appeared in the back cover of titanic and so
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: mvulusi96 on October 17, 2017, 23:26
his real name is jean-robert which was turned into roberto
yes actually its part of a song bana odeon used to sing at funerals tutu and co modified later into animation(for example the way recently some guys modified gospel into animation)

Ooh yes i see. Because the lyrics is about a mother who died and girls who died, if i understanded it well (my kikongo is very bad). Why don't the 5th generation use those kind of folkloric animations anymore ? I'm really fed up with those sex-animations tchip..
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: BrazzaBoy on October 17, 2017, 23:54
Please, I would like to know what he(Ekokota) has been up to since he is no longer doing music.

 Roberto, Djuna Mumbafu, and Nono are the fathers, in my opinion.

Oh how could I forget to include the great 3615 Code Niawu? So popular and influential throughout the late 80's -90's. He has by far the biggest album resume of any atalakou


Can somebody give me any more info on this Code Niawu individual. I believe he did anition on the first wenge aile paris album but im not a 100%. Was he signed to any bigger band at any point ? And also unrelated how come I hear so much about Bana Odeon and yet have suxh a hard time finding anything about them on the internet lol
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: mvulusi96 on October 18, 2017, 00:13
Please, I would like to know what he(Ekokota) has been up to since he is no longer doing music.

 Roberto, Djuna Mumbafu, and Nono are the fathers, in my opinion.

Oh how could I forget to include the great 3615 Code Niawu? So popular and influential throughout the late 80's -90's. He has by far the biggest album resume of any atalakou


Can somebody give me any more info on this Code Niawu individual. I believe he did anition on the first wenge aile paris album but im not a 100%. Was he signed to any bigger band at any point ? And also unrelated how come I hear so much about Bana Odeon and yet have suxh a hard time finding anything about them on the internet lol

He was a member of Bana Odeon and then became a mbonda-player in Grand Zaiko Wawa of Pepe Felly Manuaku until their last Europe-tour of 1990 and then started to do animations on Soukous-albums. Ricoco Bulambemba who wanted to record a pure soukous-album, invited him to his solo-album Molangi Ya Molasi, because he was reputated as a big soukous-atalaku in that era.
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: mvulusi96 on October 18, 2017, 01:55
exactly in that period not only the throat but the spiritual part of his job was affecting him i dont want to elaborate on it but in i think the famous mama angebi concert werra clearly hinted who is who in the spiritual section of the group he was sick a lot of times prior to that throat thing and i guess its part of why he has been so media shy he knows he will be asked about how all of a sudden things went downhill and whether its due to spiritual reasons

Was that animation of "Eeh baboyi nga nadima Jesus massiya eeh, naboya te..." in Pentagone not a hint towards the problems he got ? After that Werrason said that, they started performing Pentagone and Ekokota was not really looking happy when he started animating. Did the problems not start after Anges Adorables ? Because before that album Calugi was nothing but after it he came with alot of new cries and started to be a face-to face atalaku, but people started not noticing that Ekokota started to lost it and not long after that he started to dominate Ekokota, who had then nothing to offer to counter him very hard, except that Jesus, Toyoyo, Kitaku-taku and Mabuidi-animation.
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: archos on October 18, 2017, 12:02
 yes ekokota's issues started from 1994 he was getting "retour" from the strong deals he went for so he was less and less his own self he started drinking too much sometimes you'll be with guys laughing hard and you'll have a silent ekokota with his head down suddenly
he really did not have the easiest last three years and i wont be surprised if when he disappeared he went through some depression
because the poor guy had to handle his own stuff plus at several occasions most of the "charge" of the group
it took him quite some time to be in the right form to record feux de l'amour
that aint easy at all  leaders used to put a lot of responsability on atalakus since they were at that time technically the least important member of thegroup with the rare synthe players of then and supposedly the least educated so they were taking advantage of it
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: BG-ground on October 19, 2017, 14:09
Lol I've always wonder were they went to get Full King? And have Werra do the Atalaku in the studio...Archos you also forgot to mention Roberto had a bad accident around 98-99. And  i think i saw back then a video of him announcing once he recover from his injuries he'd join BCBG( this would be in 99 around Zenith and Olympia)

That thing Between Robert and Tutu kinda reminds me of Zaiko when u had Nono and bebe Atalaku but u'd hear mostly Nono being the lead, then after the scission of 87( Bebe gone with Zaiko FD)Doudou Gradually started pushing aside Nono.... then Papy Cocaine taking over! Even Bidjana couldn't challenge him.... Alino is good but its just not Papy
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: Congolitude on October 19, 2017, 15:20
yes ekokota's issues started from 1994 he was getting "retour" from the strong deals he went for so he was less and less his own self he started drinking too much sometimes you'll be with guys laughing hard and you'll have a silent ekokota with his head down suddenly
he really did not have the easiest last three years and i wont be surprised if when he disappeared he went through some depression
because the poor guy had to handle his own stuff plus at several occasions most of the "charge" of the group
it took him quite some time to be in the right form to record feux de l'amour
that aint easy at all  leaders used to put a lot of responsability on atalakus since they were at that time technically the least important member of thegroup with the rare synthe players of then and supposedly the least educated so they were taking advantage of it

Ndeko i have a question, How you obtain all these biographie ? They are untraceable on-line
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: archos on October 19, 2017, 15:27
experience next to them and when i struggle to remember i ask around,i am lucky to be from a family who has been close to musicians for decades
Title: Re: THE GREATEST ATALAKOU BATTLE EVER
Post by: Congolitude on October 19, 2017, 20:16
experience next to them and when i struggle to remember i ask around,i am lucky to be from a family who has been close to musicians for decades
Vey good, we are lucky to have You ! Have-you the biography of Koffi Olomidé only in the 1990s please ?