I just got the message from blogfriend Mouhamadou, Bopol Mansiamina died of a stroke last week, november 7. Guitarist, bass player Bopol worked with so many artists during his life, read his Wikipedia page to get the full information. Mouhamadou … Continue reading
Hello world, it is saturday morning this 9th of march, spring is not there yet and that shows. Rain, rain and more rain is pouring from the sky. Winter took far too long to pass this year and we’re all … Continue reading
Let me tell you straight, this is a masterpiece. I think this must be Bopol’s best lp ever, damn..I love it. With Nyboma’s wonderful vocals, Dally on guitar and Bopol on bass, bloody brilliant. I need to tell you something … Continue reading
Get ready for some powerful soukous. Bopol is back with this album of heavy dance material. Volumes up ! tracks; 1 Dienaba 2 Misere 3 Aida (instr.) 4 Aida 5 Yembele yembele 6 Djeneba
Bopol Mansiamina, Syran Mbenza, Sam Mangwana, Theo Blaise, 4 names you can’t ignore when read on the cover of one LP. This one is from 1987 and that’s exactly how it sounds, typical eighties soukous with some of the world’s … Continue reading
On Sacodis, Lassissi Présente ‘Bopol Mansiamina’. If you speak of guitar driven, Bopol Mansiamina as a string magician guarantees just that. His music stands firm as a house and rocks on and on. Co-produced by Bopol himself, the man knew … Continue reading
Accompanied by Deyesse on Sax, Domingo Salsero on Drums, the great voices of Asi Kapela and Théo Blaise Kounkou, Syran Mbenza on Guitar, this is Bopol Mansiamina with the sweet Maillot Jaune. It was recorded in Paris, do you think … Continue reading
Two days ago, I received this email; Afrisong Records Fri, Mar 17, 4:25 PM (2 days ago) to moos Moos, this is to inform you: my dear friend Lokassa Ya Mbongo of the Soukous Stars has passed away after a long … Continue reading
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
He used to take care of the vocal parts on albums by Lokassa ya Mbongo, Mayaula Mayoni, Pablo Lubadika Porthos, Bopol Mansiamina, Syran Mbenza and Verckys among others. We had one album under his own name with Zoe Matondo. Today … Continue reading
There are some who say that Congolese rumba – lovely, graceful and charming though it was in the good old days – is now a faded relic of the past. But they haven’t heard this album. Two veterans of those … Continue reading
In the continuing story of Global Samplers we have arrived at No. 77. This one covers posts from around november 2018. Slowly getting closer to the present .. 01 – Arsenio Rodriguez – Que te parece juana 02 – Lamartine … Continue reading
We used to have a few more albums with Four Stars, Quatre Étoiles than we have today. Some of their records appeared on Syllart Records however and they forced me to remove every one of their releases. A band like … Continue reading
I first posted this album eleven years ago, in june 2009. Recording it then, I skipped a small part of the beginning of track one. About time to do it again and this time better. The pictures were also made … Continue reading