Pinos explains that after Wemba's settling in Paris from 1987, Skol was inviting him many times to perform in cities of Zaire. Wemba was then instead of bringing Viva La Musica "Nouvelle Generation/Made in France" to Zaire calling ex' musicians like Pinos & Debaba and musicians he left behind Kinshasa like Stella Uomo, Itshari, Gauthier Mukoka, Dezay, etc. to perform along with him and Reddy, Stino & Asta Paola (who where going with him to Zaire). These concerts where around between 1990-1994. In 1994 Reddy Amisi released his fourth solo-album Prudence which was a huge succes and asked permission to Papa Wemba, if he could promoting his album in Zaire & Congo Brazza after receiving contracts, something which Wemba agreed with. When Reddy came in Zaire he held a reunion at La Samba (which was owned by Choc Stars-boss Ben Nyamabo, before becoming Werra's property) where he called ex' musicians of Viva La Musica and musicians like Alpatshino, Manda Chante, Maradonna, Ramazani, Theo Bidens, Babel, etc. who for where playing for other bands and explaining to them that he wanted to perform with them, that he was still a member of Viva La Musica and that they he recruited just for accompanying him in concerts but not to form a new band. From that they began to rehearse at La Samba and he pointed Pinos as chef d'Orchestre, with the reason that he was very experienced (having played in Viva La Musica 77-82 and Victoria Eleison 82-91). Reddy Amisi performed then twice at G.H.K. (at that time called Intercontinental), at Nsele (the concert where people died), Ndjili, Brazzaville, Dolisie & Pointe Noire. All those concerts where very crowded and a big succes and meanwhile Reddy still saying to the musicians and the press that it was not an official band and he was still a member of Viva La Musica. When Reddy returned to France he received again contracts this time for the BHT-company (which was a cigarettes-brand), who proposed him to tour whole Zaire (cities Kisangani, Lubumbashi, Kananga, Bukavu, etc.). Reddy used than the same musicians, which used in the previous concerts and returned then to France. This all happened in 1995. Then Serge Mayembo (the concert-promoter who organised the concerts of Reddy in Congo Brazzaville) invited Papa Wemba to perform in Brazzaville for Christmas '95). Papa Wemba then used his friend Colonel Jagger & Reddy to call those musicians and they then to Brazzaville where they first rehearsed and then performed. Serge then proposed then to perform in Dolisie, which Wemba refused due to the bad memories of '82 (they robbed at that time all his money, when he came there). They performed Afterwards in Pointe Noire and came back in Kinshasa for two Skol-concerts. The concerts where a big succes, but not very equal like those of Reddy who where very explosive. After the concerts Papa Wemba hold an reunion at Intercontinental with Djess, Lambio-Lambio, Colonel Jagger & Pinos. Where he said to them that he wanted to form a Viva La Musica aile Kinshasa, because his band was settled in Paris and he had not official musicians in Kinshasa. He asked them to hold the backing musicians who accompanied him intact (Pinos, Gathier Mukoka, Maradonna, Ramazani, Dezay, Itshari, Tosha Fulakanda), to recruit three new singers and rehearse new songs. Because all the singers who accompanied him where members of bands. Wemba ,Reddy & Asta Paola went then again back to Paris and Djess who was the public relations officer of Papa Wemba went on tv to announce that they were recruiting new singers at the Bobongo Studio. More than 50 singers came there and Pinos & Wemba's staff picked only three singers (Bendoson, Pompom Miyake & Iboss Le Grand Mbati). Then Colonel Jagger sended to Pinos a singer came called Bixas le Liberateur who wanted to be a new member of Viva La Musica. They then started to rehearse at Colonel Jagger's house in Matonge. Pathy Patchecko joined also Viva La Musica trough Colonel Jagger with an accord of his big brother (who first didn't want him seeing to start a music-career but rather continuing his studies, since his brother was executive and Pathy himself intelligent at school, but he finally agreed after an conservation with his childhood friend Pinos). Some weeks later after reheasring at Colonel Jagger's house, Wemba came with Stino, Reddy and Asta Paola to perform some concerts for Skol in Kinshasa and then returned again in France. Then in France he asked to his staff to send them a cassette tape with all the new songs they rehearsed and he picked some songs and came that to Kinshasa with music-arranger Maika Munan to Kinshasa. They wanted to record the new songs at the Bobongo studios, but there where coming to much people watching so Maika decided to record the songs in Brazzaville. At that time people in Europe and Kinshasa where thinking that Wemba stole Nouvelle Ecriture from Reddy, due to having seen most musicians of Nouvelle Ecriture in videotapes of Reddy's concert from 1995 in Kinshasa. The first trip of Nouvelle Ecriture was in Conakry (Guinee). Where performed with Papa Wemba, Reddy Amisi & Asta Paola and took pictures at a swimming pool and used it for cd cover of the Nouvelle Ecriture-album. Looking for a new name for the in Kinshasa based Viva La Musica, Bendoson came with the name Nouvelle Ecriture "Linzaka ya Sika". That also the reason why he made Nouvelle Ecriture his proprietary name, when he left Wemba. Which forced Wemba to change Nouvelle Ecriture's name in Nouvelle Ecrita
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Nouvelle Ecriture touring in Europe, origin of Bendoson vs Reddy, why himself Pinos left Viva, his vision of why Reddy left and the formation of Reddy's band which accompanied him during the Etoile-tour in R.D.C. (with likes of Mimiche Basse, Marcahouse, Chamberton 10, etc.)