Congo Vibes
Music => Congolese Music => Topic started by: willitembela on February 07, 2018, 20:58
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Hey guys. Who can help get copy of above text. Soft or hard copy.
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I have a soft copy myself. Really exrodinary book, it will teach anyone all they need to know about the genre.
I also have contact with Prof. White
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I read it and felt like there could have been a lot more information. They seemed to focus on a few particular periods mostly the franco era. Still a good read but im still waiting on a book thats going to go indepth about our music from the 80s and 90s on up.
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I read it and felt like there could have been a lot more information. They seemed to focus on a few particular periods mostly the franco era. Still a good read but im still waiting on a book thats going to go indepth about our music from the 80s and 90s on up.
He was in Kinshasa in Defao's Big Stars as a Shaker player in the Atalakou section in the late 90's on directly the scene, hence the focus there and the decades before. This book was his actually dissertation, very interesting way to do it, I must say.
The history of popular Congolese music gets very convoluted from the mid-1990's onwards, so only a book from multiple authors and sources would cover the genre to the depth and truth level you want. I wish that was possible.
So far this book is the best to cover the genre basics in the English language. The person who covers the history of Congolese music the best is Professeur Manda Tchebwa. He has multiple part academic textbooks on the history of Bantu music, from the beginnings to late 20th century. In French
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Yes I remember now I think I got it confused with with Rumba on The River by Gary Stewart. But Rumba Rules was... different to say the least. I remember a few good things that he mentioned like Defao never eating with his band and the fact that they were one of the only bands with their own van at the time. But when i read those books I always expect to get so much more than the author can provide a lot of time. Sounds like he was a white guy (I think if i remember correctly the band wanted him to be an atalaku for a day because of the fact it was white and it’d attract peoples attention) and you cant really expect someone out of the culture to fully dig into our history. Overall still a good read though I learned about Station Japana and Shora Mbemba through it. Had never heard of them before.
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guys, can you explain me what is Station Japana please ? Sometime, i see that some members talk about this but i dont know who this group is
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I dont know their history or if anybody famous came out of that camp but if you look up the leader of the group Radja Kula you should be able to find videos of him with Station Japana on youtube
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I dont know their history or if anybody famous came out of that camp but if you look up the leader of the group Radja Kula you should be able to find videos of him with Station Japana on youtube
Japoanis Maladi, Dolce Somono Parabolique, Guejo Star, Nono Ba diamant and Pitshou Santiango came came that band.
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guys, can you explain me what is Station Japana please ? Sometime, i see that some members talk about this but i dont know who this group is
80% of the dances which bands danced in the '80s and '90s came from Station Japana. I'm not talking about cries, but dances.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KhFg0A5EGe8
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guys, can you explain me what is Station Japana please ? Sometime, i see that some members talk about this but i dont know who this group is
80% of the dances which bands danced in the '80s and '90s came from Station Japana. I'm not talking about cries, but dances.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KhFg0A5EGe8
Are you serious? Are you telling me this is the that guy came up with steps we seen in the Loi VHS and other groups of that time? Wow thats crazy. Didnt know that. Another reason I’m grateful for this site. It does make sense though. If this was in 1995 this guy was about 2-3 years earlier than his time