Author Topic: Koffi Olomidé & Le Quartier Latin in Switserland (2008)  (Read 2103 times)

Mfumu Vata on: November 05, 2022, 20:28

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Mfumu Vata #1 on: November 05, 2022, 20:44

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Strange that he took Jitrois with him, but left Joss Diena and Gessac who were present at Zenith behind in Kinshasa. Looks like he wanted to calm Joss quickly down by making from him the new chef d'orchestre when coming back and doing 12 on Vice-president Montana who would leave not long after that.

I stupid move from Mirage to tour with Koffi while having an album 'Figure de Style' on the market that has huge succes. Koffi abenda ye lupemba place wana.

Looks like they performed many dance-songs to make the concert-promoter who's from Cameroon happy, because most concerts of Koffi in Europe from 2005 until 2009 were mostly dominated by rumba's.
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CM PRINCE #2 on: November 05, 2022, 20:48

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Strange that he took Jitrois with him, but left Joss Diena and Gessac who were present at Zenith behind in Kinshasa. Looks like he wanted to calm Joss quickly down by making from him the new chef d'orchestre when coming back and doing 12 on Vice-president Montana who would leave not long after that.

I stupid move from Mirage to tour with Koffi while having an album 'Figure de Style' on the market that has huge succes. Koffi abenda ye lupemba place wana.
Jitrois revealed he was meant to be at Zenith also but he missed his flight or something. Also what was Jitrois's problem the way he hijacked Asso and Junior who tried to do vocals in Magie and Generale Major and he tried doing it instead with neither side backing down.

Yeah Mirage was very strange choosing to tour with Koffi instead of doing his own concerts.
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Mfumu Vata #3 on: November 05, 2022, 21:00

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I think that Jitrois did everything to be Koffi's favorite. In his first year he was often singing next to Koffi. In this concert Jitrois even sung lead on Zéro Faute (1:43:34 min). Bapince said in his interview Ado Yuhe that he used to sing to much in the rehearshals at Oshwe (3/4 songs) while other singers used to sing 1 and sometimes had to do duets. 

I didn't knew that Junior was about to do vocals in B.E.K. I thought that they already did everything in Kinshasa and Koffi wanting just Les Mineurs and those coming from Wazekwa doing vocals. Singers like Shella Mputu, Montana Kamenga, Babia Ndonga, Suzuki Luzubu being sidelined while they already accepted money from people to sing their names.

If remember well there was a concert planned for 2008 at Elysee Montmartre with Olivier Tshimanga, Michel Bass and co to present the album. But Mirage refused to perform, because his staff said that Aime Buanga was making money on his back with his first album and that they have to review the contract, etc. I don't know what Mirage was thinking, he received many contracts for concerts in Belgium, France, Switserland and Germany. But he kept refusing saying that he wanted to record a second album first before giving concerts.
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CM PRINCE #4 on: November 05, 2022, 21:07

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I think that Jitrois did everything to be Koffi's favorite. In his first year he was often singing next to Koffi. In this concert Jitrois even sung lead on Zéro Faute (1:43:34 min). Bapince said in his interview Ado Yuhe that he used to sing to much in the rehearshals at Oshwe (3/4 songs) while other singers used to sing 1 and sometimes had to do duets. 

I didn't knew that Junior was about to do vocals in B.E.K. I thought that they already did everything in Kinshasa and Koffi wanting just Les Mineurs and those coming from Wazekwa doing vocals. Singers like Shella Mputu, Montana Kamenga, Babia Ndonga, Suzuki Luzubu being sidelined while they already accepted money from people to sing their names.

If remember well there was a concert planned for 2008 at Elysee Montmartre with Olivier Tshimanga, Michel Bass and co to present the album. But Mirage refused to perform, because his staff said that Aime Buanga was making money on his back with his first album and that they have to review the contract, etc. I don't know what Mirage was thinking, he received many contracts for concerts in Belgium, France, Switserland and Germany. But he kept refusing saying that he wanted to record a second album first before giving concerts.
I remember when Rolly was interviewed he said when Jitrois joined it made many musicians mad especially Les Mineurs because they already fought hard to get their place but then the Wazekwa guys came and then that was already hard enough then Jitrois came and they all thought it was pretty much over for them.

Junior was credited in BEK along with Gibson but they didn't sing. which was also strange.

Mirage made silly decisions but at the same time he was only 23/24 at the time so he wasn't't mature enough, unlike Fally and Ferre who were already in their early 30s. The thing with Mirage that success and momentum he had so many artists would've killed for the opportunity he had but he threw it all away.
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Mfumu Vata #5 on: November 05, 2022, 21:18

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Maybe they did some chorus in Europe because session musicians based in Europe like Flavien Makabi, Pathy Moleso (RIP), Luciana Demingongo, Maïka Munan, Mavungu Malanda (RIP) and Olivier Tshimanga also participated. If I remember well 10 years ago, Asso had an interview and said that he had to do vocals when being in Europe, but him not ending up doing it and Koffi calming him down by letting Cindy who was in Kinshasa talking to him though the phone saying that she hadn’t vocals and that he would get that opportunity in Kinshasa to record the remaining part which never happened lol.


CM PRINCE #6 on: November 05, 2022, 21:25

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I still don't understand why didn't Koffi want Asso to have vocals but let someone like Arca Dinheiro sing. Was it because Koffi wanted to punish the remaining Danger De Mort team? because Arca was a part of that team too but he didn't sing and they both had their vocals erased in Europe lol. QL was stacked in 2007/2008 they were so many musicians

Mfumu Vata #7 on: November 05, 2022, 21:33

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Maybe because to still have that image of Soleil Wanga in the band since that he sings a little bit like him and some vocals of Soleil originally being created by him. Like the way Rolly was there to do Fally’s role, Bapinces Kapese like Arca that of Soleil and Mon ami Guelord that of his friend Mirage SuperSonic.

Arca and Soleil used to be friends and were part of the same band in Kasa-Vubu before joining Quartier Latin. They both joined in Quartier Latin in the same era. He even appeared in the Droit de Veto VHS where he presented himself, however wasn’t getting a proper chance in the band which made him leave. Soleil gave him and Janvier Okota a shout-out in Nul n’est Parfait. In 2004 he returned but was barely singing. It’s only when Soleil left in 2007 that he was getting some little spaces.
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archos #8 on: November 05, 2022, 23:05

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 koffi started to do 12 on joss and gesac from there,especially as he heard that joss and wazekwa called each other on a circumstance  i think joss lost a relative or something,then later in the end of 2008 joss would call again to return to cultura as he was starting to see cindy or a male singer made to sing parts of was singing

Mfumu Vata #9 on: November 06, 2022, 08:33

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Oh so what I think Digitalcongo once said in 2008 about Gessac and Joss Diena wanting to return was true ?

Btw what was the problem between Felly Tyson and Koffi Olomidé ? Because this was his last trip with Koffi in Europe, he missed out at Zenith 2009 while he never was never left behind in Kinshasa from all tours Quartier Latin made in Europe from 1992 to 2008.

archos #10 on: November 06, 2022, 10:22

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gessac it was a bit later but yes,for the olympia until the week of concert joss was in contention to make the change but its then that milolo warned him against koffi taking him to court and at the same time koffi started talk of a quartier latin album
for tyson i have heard two versions one was that he got a ban like ficarre after being arrested and deported suspected to run away,and the second was that if he was brought to paris again he would have joined fally there