Author Topic: (Archive) Backstage of Wenge Maison Nere’s double Zenith (2002)  (Read 5549 times)

mvulusi96 on: January 12, 2019, 16:43

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SLK97 #1 on: January 12, 2019, 17:04

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Werra must've been making waves back then. Almost a year after dropping his best album, and in the build-up to A La Queue Leu Leu, he did what no other Congolese artist had ever done at that point. Play two straight nights at the Zenith.

Also, this marked the period in which he began experimenting with his hair  ;D.

SLK97 #2 on: January 12, 2019, 17:05

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Here's a performance from the second night, I believe.

mvulusi96 #3 on: January 12, 2019, 17:30

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Here's a performance from the second night, I believe.

It can be, but i'm note sure because I wasn't present. When I bought the VHS version Vol.1 (1ere partie & 2eme partie), the concert where he had his afro was indicated as first day.





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masatomo #4 on: January 12, 2019, 19:55

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I thought Serge Mabiala didn't participate to Zenith because he wasn't ready for the concert due to the fact that he was in jail while they were doing rehearsals. Maybe he just sung.

CM PRINCE #5 on: January 12, 2019, 20:00

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mvulusi96 #6 on: January 12, 2019, 22:39

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I thought Serge Mabiala didn't participate to Zenith because he wasn't ready for the concert due to the fact that he was in jail while they were doing rehearsals. Maybe he just sung.

He just sung one or two songs on the day Werrason came with the motorcycle. But it was on the end of the concert. Japonais barely participated that day, he only played 2 or 1 song on the end. The other day he played mi-solo the whole concert, but the concert was messed up by Flamme's guitar not being audible.

mvulusi96 #7 on: January 12, 2019, 22:40

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Werra must've been making waves back then. Almost a year after dropping his best album, and in the build-up to A La Queue Leu Leu, he did what no other Congolese artist had ever done at that point. Play two straight nights at the Zenith.

Also, this marked the period in which he began experimenting with his hair  ;D.

Koffi Olomide could have done it in July 2001. But the concert-promoted cancelled the first day just a few days before the event.

mvulusi96 #8 on: January 12, 2019, 23:05

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Why didn't Werrason hired someone to give him some mediatraining pffff. He sounded so unprofessional. He could just say that there weren't guests or just say that there will some surprises. Nevertheless Double Zenith will stay in the books as one of the biggest events in the Congolese-music history. pastors who wanted also wanted to have big events in Europe were jealous and started to say that Werrason punk-hair was to present a demon who had exactly the same hair as him and the dragon. Starting then to show pictures of Son Goku of Dragon Ball Z hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Back in those days it was war between Werrason and pastors. With pastors going on tv with verses and started to attack Werrason for promoting dragons and Werrason reacting that they are fake-pastors saying that they to other things behind to scenes to get very influent.

JB Mpiana's staff wanted to eclipse that event by annoucing their concert at Palais des Congres as a huge event. Saying that he would be the first African artist to perform there. But they ruined it by cancelling it because of money. Later on they tried to pick some dates for Double Zenith and later on Triple Zenith to top Werrason, but those didn't happen because not getting visa's. Koffi Olomide also wanted to eclipse that event by announcing Triple Olympia, but that event got cancelled three times. Werrason and J.B. Mpiana were really dreaming, hahaha Stade de France. That would have been impossible in that era. With which wonder would they have fill that 80.000-seats stadium. At least Werrason performed there in 2011 for the La Nuit Africain-festival. JB Mpiana could also have performed there, but he missed that occassion due to having an unprofessional staff.

I wonder what will happen with journalist Jean-Marie Kassamba who's a pro-Kabilist and his channel Tele50 ?. Will he support now Felix Tshisekedi, because of being from the same tribe? Or will he become now a neutral journalist. I don't see him return to Tele Sud.
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Bohemian Rhapsody #9 on: January 13, 2019, 04:40

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Mimiche Basse shows some "Lofombo" tricks in one of the sebenes. Talented guy.

Drumstar98 #10 on: January 13, 2019, 12:39

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Why didn't Werrason hired someone to give him some mediatraining pffff. He sounded so unprofessional. He could just say that there weren't guests or just say that there will some surprises. Nevertheless Double Zenith will stay in the books as one of the biggest events in the Congolese-music history. pastors who wanted also wanted to have big events in Europe were jealous and started to say that Werrason punk-hair was to present a demon who had exactly the same hair as him and the dragon. Starting then to show pictures of Son Goku of Dragon Ball Z hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Back in those days it was wat between Werrason and pastors. With pastors going on tv with verses and started to attack Werrason for promoting dragons and Werrason reacting that they are fake-pastors saying that they to other things behind to scenes to get very influent.

JB Mpiana's staff wanted to eclipse that event by annoucing their concert at Palais des Congres as a huge event. Saying that he would be the first African artist to perform there. But they ruined it by cancelling it because of money. Later on they tried to pick some dates for Double Zenith and later on Triple Zenith to top Werrason, but those didn't happen because not getting visa's. Koffi Olomide also wanted to eclipse that event by announcing Triple Olympia, but that event got cancelled three times. Werrason and J.B. Mpiana were really dreaming, hahaha Stade de France. That would have been impossible in that era. With which wonder would they have fill that 80.000-seats stadium. At least Werrason performed there in 2011 for the La Nuit Africain-festival. JB Mpiana could also have performed there, but he missed that occassion due to having an unprofessional staff.

I wonder what will happen with journalist Jean-Marie Kassamba who's a pro-Kabilist and his channel Tele50 ?. Will he support now Felix Tshisekedi, because of being from the same tribe? Or will he become now a neutral journalist. I don't see him return to Tele Sud.

Goku  ;D do the pastors realized it's a kids anime cartoon and Werra has a point they're fake pastors and fake gospel artist that don't help other gospel artists rise.
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