Congo Vibes
Music => Congolese Music => Topic started by: archos on March 12, 2020, 20:26
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bercy backstage
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Who played the keyboard in bercy?
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Ondoma Motema played at Bercy, then left the group shortly thereafter.
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Ondo didn't play at Bercy. He was left behind like Zina Bilawu, Popolipo, Do Akongo, Babia, Rita Dembo, Soleil, Spino, etc.
Koffi hired a Europe-based keyboard player for that show. Ondo would later be contacted by JF Ifonge & Depitcho to recruit musicians for their band in Kinshasa along with Blanchard, but they didn't come. He then rejoined Quartier Latin, but would quickly lose his place when Christian Na Nzenze of Nouvelel Ecriture joined, which made him leave the band for good when he was left for the second time behind in Kinshasa, the moment that Koffi brought Ql to Zenith & the US
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My mistake, why did Ondo get left behind? He's been a very reliable keyboardist for Koffi and wouldn't have been difficult to find another to learn all the chords to old songs and new for the concert?
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I think just a conflict. I noticed that he left the whole old guard that participated to Olympia & Zenith left behind in Kinshasa.
If you are a professional keyboard-player then it wouldn't be difficult, especially if have 1 month the time to rehearse with the band, (getting also all their cds), which they did in Paris. The guy dude was very good during the Bercy-concert and he came with those spciale effect-sounds (like during Koffi's entrace), etc.