Author Topic: Some rare videoclips of Delta Force & Gode Lofombo in Confirmation  (Read 4109 times)

mvulusi96 on: February 28, 2019, 04:19

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Hahaha Teka Diobanza with his strange choreographies

I saw once the whole album on YouTube, but I can’t find it anymore. It was a good album and I think that there would be more fire if Djuna Mumbafu was still around. It’s sad how alot of musicians left to join other bands when Lofombo went to Europe to mix and release Confirmation. John Scot & Ile de Cambodge who went to Quartier Latin. Lofombo then also not being able to return, but being  forced to stay in Europe wiith Laurent Kadogo trying to manage the band until Lofombo arrived 3 years. Delta Force was once seen as one of the most promising bands of 1999 and bandleaders gearing them more when they had succesfull concerts in Cabinda, Boma & Matadi. But Djuna’s departure messed things up and Werrason not long after that recruiting Mimiche and Shora Mbonda just after that Lofombo hadn’t declined Werra’s offer to join Maison Mere.

Wenge1995 #1 on: February 28, 2019, 21:14

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Why did Djuna Mumbafu leave Delta Force? That band could easily have reached the hieghts of Olympia and Bercy if they remained a unit! He stalled his own career by going solo, I'm certain Pepe Kalle would have wanted them to stick together.

I remember that Empire Bakuba was not supportive of Pepe Kalle's decision to create Delta Force. Was his intent to replace the older member or did he just want to manage an offshoot group to better compete with the Wenges and Quartier Latin?

mvulusi96 #2 on: February 28, 2019, 22:13

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Djuna Mumbafu left because he hadn't the same vision like Lofombo and they were always arguing about decisions. So he decided to leave. He was very dissapointed and didn't want to do music anymore after all those things that happened. Because after Pepe Kalle's death, he was fired from Empire because the musicians claimed that he was reponsible for Pepe Kalle's death. Saying that he introduced Pepe Kalle in the world of witchcraft and that he stole his magic ring after Kalle died. Then he tried to form a new band with Lofombo who was also forced out Empire Bakuba and the musicians of Delta Force, but it didn't work out. So he was ready to start a new life in Europe. He called Somina Nadim who had to produce their album to inform him that he left and Nadim cried, saying that he couldn't that after hearing the manquette of the generique. Then journalist Thierry Pinzi caught him and made quickly an interview with Djuna, asking him why he didn't went on tour with Delta Force in the Kongo Central-province. With Djuna lying that he stayed in Kinshasa to recruit new musicians, etc. Then after it he was surprised to see alot musicians at his house. Which motivated him to form his own Delta Force (Aile Djuna) with Dokolos and some other musicians who were with Lofombo following him. But he would abandon them to go to Europe and spent like 3 years there with musicians leaving one by one.

In this interview Djuna explains the reasons of his departure from Delta Force.

I don't know if Ado Yuhe deleted some parts, because he often uploads videos and remove them to delete some parts and upload it later. Because there was a part in the interview that Djuna because angry when Ado says that Lofombo complain that Djuna calls him a witch.

Djuna's relation with Lofombo is very difficult since Pepe Kalle's death. I remember in 2005 him being in Kinshasa to record with Lofombo a tribute album for Pepe Kalle to celebrate the 7th anniversary. With them being almost finished, but then suddenly Djuna beating Lofombo in the studio and Lofombo deciding to abandon the project and saying that he would never perform on the same stage with Djuna. Djuna then promised to Empire fans that he would finish the project by himself but it never came.


00:00 min from 00:45 min. He attacked Lofombo's camp very strong in the generique he made in Tonerre de Brest 2004.
I don't understand why he cut that part out for the clip-version

Delta Fore was formed to compete better against Clan Wenge (EL Paris, BCBG, Maison Mere), Quartier Latin, Big Stars and Nouvelle Ecriture. It was not to replace Empire Bakuba, he wanted to have two bands like Papa Wemba who had then Nouvelle Ecriture and Viva La Musica "Cour des Grands". They did that because people started complaining that Empire Bakuba became to old, just like how people are complaining about Wenge BCBG nowadays. This all create alot of hate from Empire Bakuba-members. So when Pepe Kalle died those Empire Bakuba-members decided to take revenge and humilated Lofombo and those Delta Force musicians after Kalle's burial. With Lofombo understanding that his place wasn't there anymore.
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Wenge1995 #3 on: March 01, 2019, 01:54

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Honestly, Pepe Kalle made the right decision. Could you imagine how silly Empire Bakuba would look with old guys like Papy Tex, Djodjo Ikomo, and the like doing the dances of ndombolo and the other popular dance cries of the early 2000s? Kiekiekie!

Even the classic group Victoria Elison incorperated younger recruits to keep themselves creatively fresh! Same with Bana Ok uses Oliver Tshimanga and other younger guest musicans..

Who was the true leader of Delta Force after Pepe Kalle? I thought it was Gode; he mixed the albums and edited the clips.

mvulusi96 #4 on: March 01, 2019, 02:49

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Nobody. It was Pepe Kalle's band. Lofombo was just managing them since that he recruited them, but there wasn't a chief or something like that. The chef d'orchestre of Empire Bakuba was Djuna Mumbafu.

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Nobody. It was Pepe Kalle's band. Lofombo was just managing them since that he recruited them, but there wasn't a chief or something like that. The chef d'orchestre of Empire Bakuba was Djuna Mumbafu.

No wonder Lofombo was saying "bango basali fête" meaning Empire Bakuba members when Pepe Kalle died in that interview he did some days ago with Nadege of Congo Mokili TV.

@Mvulusi96 in that interview Lofombo mentions that he was Chef D'orchestra when he got Pepe Kalle that contract to record Cocktail album at Studio Ndiaye so he is not telling the truth or maybe because he was Pepe Kalle's favourite thats why he probably considered himself as Chef.

mvulusi96 #6 on: March 01, 2019, 12:46

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I don't because 10 years ago Djuna Mumbafu said the same thing that he was chef d'orchestre when Pepe Kalle died, adding later that he and Lofombo could never be in a same band.