It is Kosmos Moutouari week I guess at the GG. After Orchestre Sinza and Les Bantous de la Capitale, today an album by Orchestre le Peuple and Trio Ce Pa Kos. Back in 1972, Kouka Celestin, Bemba Pamelo Mounk'a and Kosmos Moutouari left Les Bantous de la Capitale. It took the musical pioneers one year[...]

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 Moutouari vormden deze band. Al hun albums trekken enthousiaste luisteraars en deze zal daarop geen[...]

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 of new singers and recruited Théo Blaise Kounkou, Pambou Tchico Tchicaya and Joseph 'José' Missamou.[...]

From 1992 we've got this album with Sir Shina Peters. Powerfull drums, guitars and vocals. This is juju on which you can go completely out of y'r roof. Listen to it volumes up .. Uit 1992 hebben we deze plaat met Sir Shina Peters. Krachtig drumwerk, gitaren en vokalen. Dit is juju waar je serieus[...]

From 1992 we've got this album with Sir Shina Peters. Powerfull drums, guitars and vocals. This is juju on which you can go completely out of y'r roof. Listen to it volumes up .. Uit 1992 hebben we deze plaat met Sir Shina Peters. Krachtig drumwerk, gitaren en vokalen. Dit is juju waar je serieus[...]

I'm still on the lookout for their first album, Les Gypsies with the great Robert Martino was such a wonderful compas group back in the seventies. This is album number II from 1973 called 'Patience'. We had us a couple of the other records with them from 1973, 1975 and 1976. 'It took a whole[...]

Who do we find today ? Yes it is Master Kwabena Akwaboa or in short Bob Akwaboa. This album from I don't know what year, is a little scratchy. Fortunately it gets better along the way. Very welcome addition from the Master. Find some decent info in our post 'Hwemibi Nako' by blogfriends Kwabena Boakye,[...]

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 fan of the works of Pamelo Mounk'a. Part from the two religious songs there are[...]

Ik heb in het verleden diverse platen gepost met Kosmos Moutouari en Pierre Moutouari. Vandaag hebben we dit mooie album met broer Michel. Ik zal de broers Moutouari deze dagen eens wat aandacht geven. De muziek verdient het weer eens gedraaid te worden. Van deze plaat is niet bekend uit welk jaar hij stamt maar[...]

Ik kreeg gisteren de smaak weer te pakken met die fijne Oliver de Coque plaat. Meestal doe ik het niet maar voor de gelegenheid nog eentje vandaag. In 1988 nam Afrodisia dit album op in de Verenigde Staten van Amerika. Samen met Ogene Records brachten ze hem uit. Hij heeft wel wat krasjes maar speelt[...]

LP1 01 - Sala lokola olinga n'gai 02 - Mi vida 03 - Nini ekossi yo cherie 04 - Majoda parati 05 - Omoni resultat 06 - Manola wa celio 07 - Bantous pachanga 08 - Mama na boyi kosambwa 09 - N'dele okolela n'gai 10 - Lolaka lua boso 11 - Na messeni boyette[...]

Pablo Lubadika's soukous was one of the first I heard back in the early eighties. It was through the two 12 inch singles 'Madeleina' and 'Bo Mbanda'.They also appeared on the albums Sound d'Afrique I and II from 1981 and 1982. We used to play them a lot on dance parties in those days. Today's[...]

Yesterday's album was messed up concerning track order. The record company mixed up sides and titles and today we have a similar situation. Fortunately I am on top of it this time and managed to discover things on time. Okay let's see this must be about the 26th record we have with Nana Ampadu's African[...]

Les Bantous de la Capitale is one of the longest-lasting and most influential groups in the musical history of the Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo). Formed in 1959, the band played a major role in the introduction and growing popularity of boucher, which vitalized the Cuban-influenced rumba, and soukous. Initially co-led by saxophonists[...]