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Music => Congolese Music => Topic started by: Nkosi on August 12, 2025, 18:08

Title: Alfred Solo Joins Wenge Musica Maison Mère
Post by: Nkosi on August 12, 2025, 18:08
Finally looks like Werrason is recruiting Alfred Solo! He is as today's private rehearsal and is already sending shock waves among WMMM band members with his solo guitar! Adidas arena will be total fire! New female dancers,  new male dancers, new singers (Neymar and Gero start) and now Alfred Solo. There is also rumour that Sam Le Pro is on his way as well.
Title: Re: Alfred Solo Joins Wenge Musica Maison Mère
Post by: archos on August 12, 2025, 19:27
i wonder how angola and ya mukolo feel,this should have happened before and both playing mi solo to him
Title: Re: Alfred Solo Joins Wenge Musica Maison Mère
Post by: Nkosi on August 12, 2025, 19:32
I agree Archos. The crisis is that Yamukolo is good at creating while Angola is good at playing the wenge style what someone else has already created. None of them play all wenge songs perfectly well. So I think Werrason has gone for a much more complete solo. I think he will keep both Angola and Yamukolo.
Title: Re: Alfred Solo Joins Wenge Musica Maison Mère
Post by: shamala on August 13, 2025, 04:58
At long last Alfred Solo has joined a big band....

Meanwhile

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fywRBMBhNeQ
Title: Re: Alfred Solo Joins Wenge Musica Maison Mère
Post by: Jeffrey Sirjeza Sibanda on August 13, 2025, 06:24
Finally looks like Werrason is recruiting Alfred Solo! He is as today's private rehearsal and is already sending shock waves among WMMM band members with his solo guitar! Adidas arena will be total fire! New female dancers,  new male dancers, new singers (Neymar and Gero start) and now Alfred Solo. There is also rumour that Sam Le Pro is on his way as well.
Well its over for Angola Solo, he is good but Alfred 🔥🔥🔥. I didn’t like how Angola and Yamukolo played that Flamme Kapaya’s famous wenge wenge wenge part 🤦🏽‍♂️
Title: Re: Alfred Solo Joins Wenge Musica Maison Mère
Post by: Manzambi94 on August 13, 2025, 12:53
Finally looks like Werrason is recruiting Alfred Solo! He is as today's private rehearsal and is already sending shock waves among WMMM band members with his solo guitar! Adidas arena will be total fire! New female dancers,  new male dancers, new singers (Neymar and Gero start) and now Alfred Solo. There is also rumour that Sam Le Pro is on his way as well.
Alfred Solo is a great soloist tbh if Brigade had more serious people around him he could have played way more Generique, and now Wenge Maison Mere is actually perfect for him he has the natural talent and he is coming from an Ex Wenge Musica Maison Mère group's member, I can't really wait to listen to him on his generique even knowing that it will be short lived because if he rejected F'VICTEAM cause the salary of 100 dollars a Month was low I am sure in 1 or 2 years he will leave cause he won't have a fixed salary
Title: Re: Alfred Solo Joins Wenge Musica Maison Mère
Post by: shamala on August 13, 2025, 13:22
I remember I have been very consistent about Alfred Solo

My question to you colleagues is that whom would you recommend they head hunt?
Alfredo Solo

I don't think Alfred Solo gets a lot of credit for his skills. The guy will beat out a lot of the new generation soloists.
I concur

Am confused which is the fifth generation...
Those bubbling under (emerging) for me are Alfredo Solo ( (Brigade) and Paradis Solo ( Chai Ngenge)

alfred plays solo in studio ndiaye records both for "secular" artists and for gospel ones,i dont know why he has not settled in a group since leaving brigade
Does it mean groups soloists don't play their songs?
Alfred was my choice before BCBG picked Tolbert Solo.
Title: Re: Alfred Solo Joins Wenge Musica Maison Mère
Post by: shamala on August 13, 2025, 18:35
Finally looks like Werrason is recruiting Alfred Solo! He is as today's private rehearsal and is already sending shock waves among WMMM band members with his solo guitar!

Found it
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMAegEneQ/
He is using his blue guitar
Title: Re: Alfred Solo Joins Wenge Musica Maison Mère
Post by: archos on August 14, 2025, 11:06
apparently its him who played the new generique
Title: Re: Alfred Solo Joins Wenge Musica Maison Mère
Post by: shamala on August 14, 2025, 12:29
Finally looks like Werrason is recruiting Alfred Solo! He is as today's private rehearsal and is already sending shock waves among WMMM band members with his solo guitar!

Found it
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMAegEneQ/
He is using his blue guitar

Official
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMAd86Puo/
Title: Re: Alfred Solo Joins Wenge Musica Maison Mère
Post by: archos on August 14, 2025, 13:11
You see the thing i was saying for years,all those who came after arc en ciel were there by default because werra was not getting the complete package he wanted you can tell how happy werrra is
Title: Re: Alfred Solo Joins Wenge Musica Maison Mère
Post by: shamala on August 14, 2025, 17:29
You see the thing i was saying for years,all those who came after arc en ciel were there by default because werra was not getting the complete package he wanted you can tell how happy werrra is

What convinced him to join, he had been refusing offers from big bands, contented to be a session /studio guitarist.

Hehehehe Werra pretending not to know his name 1:15

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXMnHYCVk3Y
Title: Re: Alfred Solo Joins Wenge Musica Maison Mère
Post by: archos on August 14, 2025, 18:12
probably the possibility of europe,and maybe he has managed to make a compromise with the leader like tolbert solo did in bcbg that he can arrange record some other groups or sometimes plays,as his side business because that was basically the reason why he was rejecting groups,he did not want to lose that freedom
Title: Re: Alfred Solo Joins Wenge Musica Maison Mère
Post by: Manzambi94 on August 14, 2025, 20:42
probably the possibility of europe,and maybe he has managed to make a compromise with the leader like tolbert solo did in bcbg that he can arrange record some other groups or sometimes plays,as his side business because that was basically the reason why he was rejecting groups,he did not want to lose that freedom
But I don't understand was Alfred Solo was doing thise sessions in Europe or he was based in Kin?
Title: Re: Alfred Solo Joins Wenge Musica Maison Mère
Post by: archos on August 14, 2025, 21:07
in kinshasa,he was playing in a lot of albums behind the scenes including a lot of the gospel hits,even the guys from abroad when it was not christian solo and co playing they'd send files to kin so that he plays and sends back,so technically he was earning more than in a band
Title: Re: Alfred Solo Joins Wenge Musica Maison Mère
Post by: O-Afrika on August 14, 2025, 21:23
Maison Mere guitarists are pretty good, Angola, Ya Mukolo, Rouge, Vanvedes. Listen to the excerpts of the single to be released on Aug 29th.
Title: Re: Alfred Solo Joins Wenge Musica Maison Mère
Post by: Jdog on August 15, 2025, 08:15
He must want a free trip to Europe lol because he was doing just fine as a session artist.
Title: Re: Alfred Solo Joins Wenge Musica Maison Mère
Post by: Seben_Maniac on August 15, 2025, 15:12
I think this is his 2nd test here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4xdWvpo8Oc&ab_channel=JHONYMILONGITV

Yeah, the way he played sous sols was amazing! The improvising that he did was something that was missing after Makaba left. I hope he gets the full-time role and the freedom that Tolbert has in BCBG.

Though I like Ya Mukolo(he should be used on the 2nd team) and Angola is starting to improve, this Alfred guy is way too good to share space with them.
Title: Re: Alfred Solo Joins Wenge Musica Maison Mère
Post by: shamala on August 16, 2025, 02:20
apparently its him who played the new generique

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMAdKTjCc/

I wonder how the other soloists feel and how the rotation will be managed
Title: Re: Alfred Solo Joins Wenge Musica Maison Mère
Post by: shamala on August 16, 2025, 12:53
Ibra Solo didn't make the cut,?
Was Hugo Synthe fronting him?
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMARNUpJR/
Hugo praising him
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMARN9UqX/
Title: Re: Alfred Solo Joins Wenge Musica Maison Mère
Post by: O-Afrika on August 16, 2025, 21:09
Entry if Alfred Solo brings the required competition amo g the soloists. Angola, YaMukolo, VanVedes  and Tapis Rouge have to up their game.

Alfred Solo has crisp fingers on the guitar and versatile.

I would love to hear his interpretation of Solola Bien, Kala Yi Boeing, Kin E Bouge, Pentagon,  etc partitions.
Title: Re: Alfred Solo Joins Wenge Musica Maison Mère
Post by: shamala on August 17, 2025, 07:12
Who is this soloist?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR7KTR7hb_Q
Title: Re: Alfred Solo Joins Wenge Musica Maison Mère
Post by: Nkosi on August 18, 2025, 11:13
He is Tapis Rouge!
Title: Re: Alfred Solo Joins Wenge Musica Maison Mère
Post by: shamala on August 18, 2025, 13:48
He is Tapis Rouge!

He has joined WMM?
Title: Re: Alfred Solo Joins Wenge Musica Maison Mère
Post by: O-Afrika on August 18, 2025, 20:27
Been in WMM for some time. Always plays solo when dancers come in.  Good soloist.
Title: Re: Alfred Solo Joins Wenge Musica Maison Mère
Post by: shamala on September 11, 2025, 20:57
Alfred Solo has crisp fingers on the guitar and is versatile.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3i4MwLx8Xw