For this sunday we’ve got another album with Theo Blaise Kounkou. It has no year of release, but I suspect it to be from the second half of the eighties. Once more Theo brought along Master Mwana Congo and to … Continue reading →

Always a pleasure to listen to the legendary ‘Les Bantous de la Capitale’. We find a number of great musicians on this album, Pamelo Mounk’a, Kosmos Moutouari, Nino Malapet, jean Serge Essous, Celestin N’Kouka, Samba Mascot & Passy Mermans among … Continue reading →

Until now it remained on the shelf, but because I posted vol. 1 yesterday, I’m bringing this vol. 9 today. Let’s say it is for your sunday prayers. Personnally I’m no fan of re- ligious songs. However, I am a … Continue reading →

Ze smaken zoals ze kraken.. Bij het zien van een jaren 70 Congolese elpee op Pathé Marconi gaat het hart direkt wat sneller kloppen. Dit is er zo eentje. Wat een prachtige plaat weer. Kouka Celio, Pamelo Mounk’a en Kosmos … Continue reading →

Over the past years we had a couple of lp’s with Trio CePaKos, with Pamelo Mounk’a and Kosmos Moutouari. The ‘Ce’ stands for Celestin Kouka Celio and today we have an album of their Orchestre le Peuple but just with … Continue reading →

Emerged from Les Bantous de la Capitale, le Trio CePaKos ( Celio, Pamelo and Kosmos ) co-founded this Orchestra, ‘Le Peuple’, the people in 1973. Three vocalists who needed a new band while the band they left was in need … Continue reading →