Congo Vibes
Music => Congolese Music => Topic started by: Wenge1995 on February 17, 2025, 21:48
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JB Mpiana and his chief of orchestra, Alain Mpela, after a nice meal. This must be after the release of Internet, maybe 2002?
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Tutu Caludji, Alain Mpela, and Aimela Lias pose for a picture with some friends back in November of 1997. The group is weeks away from giving their last concert as Wenge Musica 4x4.
For anyone aged 10 or older during the 90s, did you feel like a break-up was coming or did the split come as a surprise? In retrospect, the VHS of concerts showed something weird was happening with JB Mpiana performing with what would become BCBG during group shows with Adolpe, Ferre, Alain Mpela, and Aimela playing occasional support for Werra's side of concerts.
Did anyone notice as soon as the Pentagone VHS released how JB Mpiana wasn't sharing a lot of side by side scenes with Werra? Did you see anything strange about it or was the behind the scene problems not as intense as they were by the time of GKH concert in 1997 where the tension was undeniable?
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I gotta ask!! With the album Internet, did BCBG shoot the clips from the album Internet before or after Anti Terro?
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I gotta ask!! With the album Internet, did BCBG shoot the clips from the album Internet before or after Anti Terro?
I believe the clips for Internet were filmed the same time as the clips for Anti-Terror, both coming out the fall of 2004 or spring of 2005.
JB Mpiana signed a production deal with Simon Njonang of Simon Music S.I.P.E. Production and his business model doesn't value the album and clips combination like JPS Production or Studio Ndiaye. That's why JB Mpiana often hires a third-party to produce the VHS for albums like Toujour Humble and Titanic.
After the release of Internet in September of 2001, normally the VHS for Internet would be filmed in the months afterwards and released by spring of 2002 but Simon likely refused to pay for the clips and JB Mpiana continued touring until he was able to negotiate a good price for a film crew.
By the time the opportunity arrived, BCBG had undergone a lot of changes with Alain Mpela's departure in by the fall of 2003, the inclusion of Bogus and Cellulaire to the main line-up, and the release of Anti-Terror.