Author Topic: Throwback photos of Koffi Olomide & Quartier Latin in 1996  (Read 15690 times)

Drumstar98 on: November 06, 2020, 22:42

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Mopao195 #1 on: November 06, 2020, 23:40

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wow thats good quality for 96 seems like they had hella fun tho

Grandpretre #2 on: November 07, 2020, 00:04

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96 line up

Singers :
Sam tshintu/modogo/babia/eric tutsi/suzuki/willy bula/bouro (as a new member)/mamale (as a back up singer)

Guitarists : felly/do akongo/popolipo/binda bass/pathy bass/rocky blanchard/sunda bass/lebou kabuya

Drummer : coco tshomba/champion djikapela

Atalakus : somono/mboshi

Percussionnist : nseka

Keyboard : ondoma

Am i forgot somebody ?

Ridens joined in 96 or 97?

Paysan Congolais #3 on: November 07, 2020, 06:40

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Wonderful pictures.

THe GOAT Quartier Latin line up.

Matebu #4 on: November 07, 2020, 12:35

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Wonderful pictures.

THe GOAT Quartier Latin line up.

Absolutely - just Champion over Coco Tchomba

Matebu #5 on: November 07, 2020, 12:36

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96 line up

Guitarists : felly/do akongo/popolipo/binda bass/pathy bass/rocky blanchard/sunda bass/lebou kabuya


Ridens joine

My goodness what a line up of guitar and bassist. Unfair for a solo artist at the time to have that much talent.

archos #6 on: November 07, 2020, 14:54

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Especially the bassist section i dont remember a group ever having 4 bassists of that level at the same time

BercysFinest98 #7 on: November 07, 2020, 15:16

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CM PRINCE #8 on: November 07, 2020, 15:20

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96 line up

Singers :
Sam tshintu/modogo/babia/eric tutsi/suzuki/willy bula/bouro (as a new member)/mamale (as a back up singer)

Guitarists : felly/do akongo/popolipo/binda bass/pathy bass/rocky blanchard/sunda bass/lebou kabuya

Drummer : coco tshomba/champion djikapela

Atalakus : somono/mboshi

Percussionnist : nseka

Keyboard : ondoma

Am i forgot somebody ?

Ridens joined in 96 or 97?
Yeah you just forgot Bivens and Tshe Tshe De Balle. 

Grandpretre #9 on: November 07, 2020, 15:33

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96 line up

Singers :
Sam tshintu/modogo/babia/eric tutsi/suzuki/willy bula/bouro (as a new member)/mamale (as a back up singer)

Guitarists : felly/do akongo/popolipo/binda bass/pathy bass/rocky blanchard/sunda bass/lebou kabuya

Drummer : coco tshomba/champion djikapela

Atalakus : somono/mboshi

Percussionnist : nseka

Keyboard : ondoma

Am i forgot somebody ?

Ridens joined in 96 or 97?
Yeah you just forgot Bivens and Tshe Tshe De Balle.

Wasnt tshetshe a dancer at that time ?

BrazzaBoy #10 on: November 08, 2020, 03:05

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Mfumu Vata #11 on: November 09, 2020, 01:56

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Koffi used Eric Tutsi's pic in the Ultimatum-booklet. Was that the trip where he became ill because of drugs ? Because according Suzuki in an interview he once made after being mad at Fally & Eric, he almost died when they once to Kenya.

This 1996 trip to Kenya, was the same trip where they recorded Ultimatum, having Pathy Bass &  Rocky Blanchard (they apparently argued there and at one concert even playing without bass for a long time, because of Koffi not wanting to have him on stage. I remember Kenyas on a rumba-facebook page claiming that the argument was about Miette Shegue.) on the bass, Coco Tchomba & Champion Djikapela on the drums, Lebou Kabuya, Do Akongo, Felly Tyson, Beniko Popolipo on the guitars, Ondo on the keyboards, Nseka on the conga's, the atalaku combo Dolce Somono and Mbosshi and the dangerous singing section of Babia Ndonga, Eric Tutsi, Sam Tshintu, Willy Bula, Modogo Ambarambwa and Suzuki Luzubu. The really wondeer how the duet of Koffi & Babia was on the original version of Zahina and also Eric Tutsi song (according Rocky Blanchard they Koffi punished Babia who was then the main star by not giving him a song on this album, because of coming late and sometimes even not showing up at rehearshals)..

Sam Tshintu once said in an interview with Addy Londole that Koffi lost the recording-files of that album (or maybe he furious and him not wanting to release that version, after hearing that Babia Ndonga joined Anti Choc and that he was about to tour in Europe and Willy Bula joining Zaiko Langa Langa), which forced them to record a new version in Paris in a few days without Coco Tchomba, Lebou Kabuya, Rocky Blanchard, Pathy Bass and Eric Tutsi who all stayed in Kinshasa. Giving Binda Bass the opportunity to play bass on that album and the new recruited Bouro Mpela and Sam Tshintu doing a few vocals who were orginally done by Willy Bula, Babia and Eric Tutsi. Koffi adding Dessin Anime which he erased from the Magie-tracklist after Scola Miel's departure and modifing it by adding some vocals and keyboards of Ondo. However, Koffi still thanked sound-engineer Bruce Ochieng and Creative Studio Nairobi in the Ultimatum-booklet.


Drumstar98 #12 on: November 09, 2020, 11:12

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That is a harsh punishment, Also Rita Dembo left at that time to join Anti Choc.

How long did Babia stay in Anti Choc?

Mfumu Vata #13 on: November 09, 2020, 11:32

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Just a few months. When Bozi was about to tour in Europe, Koffi called him to say that he had to leave Babia behind in Kinshasa. Then after a few weeks when Quartier Latin came back from their long Europe-tour that lasted 8 months, Babia rejoined because Koffi couldn't find a tenorist of his level (Eric Tutsi being suspended for his behaviour).

Drumstar98 #14 on: November 09, 2020, 12:24

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Wow, just Babia was about to tour in Europe and was left behind to wait for someone.