Before that Congolese artists were only using conga's and maracas. Its only after Tabu Ley's Olympia that all Congolese bands switched to drums and all mbonda players and those who were using maracas becoming 2nd rang artists.
This song btw mad made the late Bruno Coquatrix who was head of Olympia in Paris contact Tabu Ley Rochereau to perform at his mythic musichall Olympia and even came to visit them in Kinshasa. After Bruno Coquatrix's visit in Kinshasa they abandoned the contra-bass for the bass-guitar. After Tabu Ley's Olympia all bands adopted the bass guitar.
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According to Seskain Molenga, Tabu Ley was really mad in the studio and said that the drums messed the song up.
