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Mfumu Vata on: May 03, 2023, 12:18

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How did Blaise Bula's LSC in 2001 go and when took it place? Back at that time I didn't hear anything about it and not even saw a VHS. To suddenly see Blaise's musicians in Europe on those polemic-compilations VHS and his atalaku in Fara-Fara.

So sad how Reagan got manipulated to join Quartier Latin and miss the Europe trip while he had also a visa for Europe.


Cavalier Solitaire #1 on: May 12, 2023, 08:20

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When was the maxi single Le vainqueur des dangers recorded, was it during the tour of 2001?

So he is actually the young brother of Pikas Mbayabo, Ferre's D.A.

archos #2 on: May 12, 2023, 12:35

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no it was in 2007 when all of them got papers and started working outside music ,they self funded that album

Cavalier Solitaire #3 on: May 12, 2023, 16:22

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Ok so they just regrouped  to do the album from the time they settled in 2001?

archos #4 on: May 12, 2023, 17:29

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Yeah from 2002 i think they had work permit issues,so they all had to go seek work plus papers,and by the time they all had avanced on that they reunited to record while still working on what became their jobs(delivery carpentry and co )
then some like gemerose and tresor nzinga chose to go back to kin to be fulltime musicians

Wenge1995 #5 on: May 12, 2023, 18:37

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Yeah from 2002 i think they had work permit issues,so they all had to go seek work plus papers,and by the time they all had avanced on that they reunited to record while still working on what became their jobs(delivery carpentry and co )
then some like gemerose and tresor nzinga chose to go back to kin to be fulltime musicians

What happened to Ponderation 8? If he couldn't secure visas for Europe, he could have just toured in Africa. He spent too much time away from Kinshasa that he squandered the buzz he got from the first album.

Wenge1995 #6 on: May 12, 2023, 18:39

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How did Blaise Bula's LSC in 2001 go and when took it place? Back at that time I didn't hear anything about it and not even saw a VHS. To suddenly see Blaise's musicians in Europe on those polemic-compilations VHS and his atalaku in Fara-Fara.

So sad how Reagan got manipulated to join Quartier Latin and miss the Europe trip while he had also a visa for Europe.

How did Reagan get tricked into joining QL? I'm guessing Koffi paid him a lot of money then left him behind when the group went to Europe. It's sad what happened to Reagan, he had so much potential but the drugs ruined him

Mfumu Vata #7 on: May 13, 2023, 11:35

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I dont know if Koffi influenced Reagan's aunty to join QL or the decision coming from her aunty self. But the way I think singer Oasis and another guy of Ponderation 8 explained Reagan's departure was Reagan's aunty being mad. She came to Blaise Bula's house and said that he was exploiting Reagan. A few days later she went to Koffi's house in Montfleury with Reagan talking about integration into Quartier Latin. They agreed with Koffi giving Reagan a playstation and some small money it was not even 100 dollars to the aunty for making Reagan join Quartier Latin. In the same time Blaise Bula was working to get visa's for his band. Then when he finally got the visa's for the whole band. He came home and suddenly received a phone call from Koffi. Koffi then saying "there's some who wants to talk to you" and Reagan saying "Hey dad I joined Quartier Latin....". Reagan couldn't even finish the sentence because Blaise already cut the phonecall. He was really mad and dissapointed. In weeks towards the tour they did everything to make Reagan convince to comeback but he kept refusing, saying that he would go to Europe with Quartier Latin and that Ponderation 8 would stay in Kinshasa. Ponderation 8 ended up by going to Europe. At that time Quartier Latin had 4 atalaku (CNN, John Scott, Molayi another guy and Reagan himself) and not long after Brigade & Kerozene joined. Koffi then decided to make all atalaku's battle and those who would lose had to leave the band. The squad ended up by being CNN, John Scott, Kerozene & Brigade. Koffi then starting a mind game between John Scott & Kerozene but John Scott not understanding that Koffi just wanted one atalaku with a strong voice. John Scott being fired and the squad being CNN, Brigade & Kerozene. There are some people that claim that Reagan never got the chance to animate in Quartier Latin and just spent some times in Montfleury to be chased by Koffi himself. Anyway, Reagan's decision through his aunt and the approval from his parents ruined his life. After leaving Quartier Latin he felt betrayed, used and had the wrong people around him who made him use drugs at a young age. Years later when images went around on social media about Reagan having lost his head and acting weird on the streets after using drugs, a journalist named Tshitenge33 asked Koffi about him and Koffi denying that Reagan ever joined Quartier Latin and Tshitenge33 looking with disbelieve to Koffi. The same year in 2001 Reagan joined Anti-Choc and later animated in Heros ya Congo. But he didn't spent a lot time there. He left when Bozi decided to bring a small team to Europe (including sound engineer serge kabangu who left bana ok to join anti choc as bass-player), because he made Reagan believe that he would go with them while he didn't even a visa for him. After that it went downwards with him. When Blaise Bula returned to Kinshasa to reform Ponderation 8 he also joined but it didn't work out.