Author Topic: Dello Bass talking about his time in Wenge 4x4 & Wenge El Paris  (Read 2356 times)

Mfumu Vata on: July 14, 2020, 14:34

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Mfumu Vata #1 on: July 14, 2020, 17:40

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Did Maradona rejoin Wenge 4x4 before El Paris came to Kinshasa ? after having left it shortly after Blaise Kombo's death.

Man its like Manda Chante brought bad luck to Wenge El Paris. If he didn't insist to stay in Kinshasa, then they wouldn't have got those problems of getting blocked there. Years later they were about to tour in Europe and he left, which made the tour-promoters cancel the tour.

Now I can finally close the chapter on Manda's depature. I found Manda's explaintion strange, because in Congolese music when someone wants himself become the leader, its a long process. While Manda said that they once performed without informing him and the next day Marie Paul suddenly came to the rehearshal, saying to the musicians that they had to chose between him and Manda Chante and all musicians being scared and standing behind Marie Paul Then sometimes later I saw an interview of Willy Kinkela, saying that Manda Chante left because of the concert in Tembo, going not on the detail. I thought then that he lied or forgot the real reasons, but after Dello Bass explaining the real situation, I understand now why Marie Paul was mad at him and why he left. It's just sad that he didn't want to explain why Savanet Depitcho left, because Depitcho himself never wants to talk about the real reasons.

Teddy only forgot to ask 1 question, which was what exactly the reasons was of Marie Paul and Werrason's fall out. But at least they talked about the fara-fara of Wenge El Paris performing at YMCA and Maison Mere at Stade des Martyrs, how Werrason made the mistake to go through the Kasa-Vubu area, getting attacked by El-Paris fanatics (Ba Ndimi) and falling with his motor in front of YMCA, Adolphe and the rest receiving stones.

In which month of 1994 did Wenge 4x4 release the Anges Adorables-album ? It must have been Werrason's idea to dedicate Masela's song to Kongolo Mobutu, knowing what the consequences could be for Wenge El Paris. Since that Kongolo Mobutu was mad at them that they didn't vote him as honorary president of Wenge 4x4, which made him support Wenge El Paris and use them as his toys. Then when hearing the song Tempete de Desert, suddenly abandoning Wenge El Paris and switching camps, while they were depending from him since that they didn't had papers, travelling just as a presidential delegation without problem. Its a shame that El Paris didn't release an album before going to Kinshasa. Because they were still performing songs from Nganga Nzambe & Molangi Ya Molasi over and over again with some new songs like Britanny. It's all Manda's  fault, they came there just for 2 weeks to perform for those big new years-eve festivities of 1994, but he wanted to stay longer. It seems that Kongolo blocked Armageddon (aka' Le Monde Envers), because I remember that they recorded it in mid-1996, but the album getting released after that LD Kabila came on power. Where other bands or artists would have been finished with that situation of being blocked in Kinshasa, Marie Paul was smart to become close with the population by performing in areas like Kinsuka, Malueka, Kingasani ya Suka, Masina and getting because that a huge fanbase.

It must have been a really good time before the problems, staying 2 weeks at Intercontinetal and then after it living for some weeks at Niwa Mobutu's villa in Ma Campagne and also rehearsing, having soldiers of DSP as guards and not getting disturbed.
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