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Music => Congolese Music => Topic started by: CM PRINCE on August 14, 2019, 22:17

Title: (ARCHIVE 2001) EVOLOKO SINGING WITH HIS SON TONTON LAY & ACADEMIA
Post by: CM PRINCE on August 14, 2019, 22:17
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vM_2VlCGFx4
Tonton Lay was so promising. I hope they upload more concerts from that tour
Title: Re: (ARCHIVE 2001) EVOLOKO SINGING WITH HIS SON TONTON LAY & ACADEMIA
Post by: mvulusi96 on August 14, 2019, 22:21
This was on christmas 2000 in Brussels at Salle Nobles.
Title: Re: (ARCHIVE 2001) EVOLOKO SINGING WITH HIS SON TONTON LAY & ACADEMIA
Post by: CM PRINCE on August 14, 2019, 22:45
If Tonton Lay didn’t leave QL too quick would he have found his place in the band? He was really a good fit for Clan Latino
Title: Re: (ARCHIVE 2001) EVOLOKO SINGING WITH HIS SON TONTON LAY & ACADEMIA
Post by: mvulusi96 on August 14, 2019, 22:55
If Tonton Lay didn’t leave QL too quick would he have found his place in the band? He was really a good fit for Clan Latino

yeah, he had also a strong charisma. He had already his place in the band. It was bad decision from him to leave the band just because he heard from other members that Koffi was talking bad about him or is dad (i don't remember).
Title: Re: (ARCHIVE 2001) EVOLOKO SINGING WITH HIS SON TONTON LAY & ACADEMIA
Post by: CM PRINCE on August 14, 2019, 23:08
If Tonton Lay didn’t leave QL too quick would he have found his place in the band? He was really a good fit for Clan Latino

yeah, he had also a strong charisma. He had already his place in the band. It was bad decision from him to leave the band just because he heard from other members that Koffi was talking bad about him or is dad (i don't remember).
What made him join the band? And did he leave before or after Monde arabe, it would’ve been interesting to see him participate in Longtima Skol and Danger de mort. I don’t think there’s a concert on YouTube of him there. Didn’t Fally and co give him a hard time because he came from Academia
Title: Re: (ARCHIVE 2001) EVOLOKO SINGING WITH HIS SON TONTON LAY & ACADEMIA
Post by: archos on August 14, 2019, 23:29
yeah him and tshetshe got it a bit hard in the group,i  believe he said in an interview that  he was left behind too much on tours while he impressed when given time so he went and created his group which had deplick as his main atalaku
Title: Re: (ARCHIVE 2001) EVOLOKO SINGING WITH HIS SON TONTON LAY & ACADEMIA
Post by: mvulusi96 on August 14, 2019, 23:32
He joined in 2003 when Sam had already stayed more than a year in Europe. It was also the year when most members of Academia decided to leave and join other bands. He left before the release of Monde Arabe. Tonton Lay could have participated as singer on the Monde Arabe. But Koffi decided to leave him behind on that tour and decided to take Junior Kingombe as tenorist. I guess that Koffi tought he would ran away since that he hadn't been in Europe since 2 years. After that there was moment that Koffi left Quartier Latin in Europe and went to perform in Burkina Faso with QL-musicians of Kinshasa (Tonton Lay, Brigage, Tshe Tshe le Balle, Mbetenge, Poumpa, etc.). Then when Quartier Latin came back to Kinshasa he participated to some concerts and then left.
Title: Re: (ARCHIVE 2001) EVOLOKO SINGING WITH HIS SON TONTON LAY & ACADEMIA
Post by: Manzambi94 on August 15, 2019, 00:41
yeah him and tshetshe got it a bit hard in the group,i  believe he said in an interview that  he was left behind too much on tours while he impressed when given time so he went and created his group which had deplick as his main atalaku
This is why Deplick is so skilled also as an Atalaku. All of the singers of Wenge MM except maybe Heritier have great atalaku skills. Deplick, Robinio, Fabregas, Ferre etc.
Title: Re: (ARCHIVE 2001) EVOLOKO SINGING WITH HIS SON TONTON LAY & ACADEMIA
Post by: Mukulu on August 15, 2019, 07:55
https://youtu.be/xYe4SGS8nCg

You can listen to Wata as an atalaku
Title: Re: (ARCHIVE 2001) EVOLOKO SINGING WITH HIS SON TONTON LAY & ACADEMIA
Post by: archos on August 15, 2019, 10:44
manzambi funny thing is that all the guys you mentioned started as atalakus or learned atalaku role way before their solo careers
for example  kabuya literally replaced fabregas in fvicteam because fally needed a rougher voice than kasangidi and equaliseur,deplick was an atalaku who became a full time singer just before maison mere,robinio was an atalaku who became a singer thanks to ibrator then went as a singer to caludji's group then maison mere
even heritier back when he was following the group of fally,fila basele,seguin,cele kibinda...was already trying a little bit of animation along with singing
Title: Re: (ARCHIVE 2001) EVOLOKO SINGING WITH HIS SON TONTON LAY & ACADEMIA
Post by: Longbluesquid on August 15, 2019, 12:39
Does Tonton Lay have a solo album?
Title: Re: (ARCHIVE 2001) EVOLOKO SINGING WITH HIS SON TONTON LAY & ACADEMIA
Post by: mvulusi96 on August 15, 2019, 13:48
Does Tonton Lay have a solo album?

Yes, he released a solo album in 2007. But it flopped very hard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI9cGhD8_0U
Title: Re: (ARCHIVE 2001) EVOLOKO SINGING WITH HIS SON TONTON LAY & ACADEMIA
Post by: CM PRINCE on August 15, 2019, 21:12
Does Tonton Lay have a solo album?

Yes, he released a solo album in 2007. But it flopped very hard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI9cGhD8_0U
They were rehearsing this song with Academia in 2002 before the split 37:25
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-7GPpX2aZds&t=143s
Title: Re: (ARCHIVE 2001) EVOLOKO SINGING WITH HIS SON TONTON LAY & ACADEMIA
Post by: mvulusi96 on August 15, 2019, 21:51
maybe it was a song that Tonton Lay gave to Sam Tshintu, like the most musicians of the 4th, 3th and 2th generation were doing for their leaders.