Ambiance Congo already gave us a taste of this record in 2008. Today you can listen to the complete album. Sweet Congolese music on one of their better elpees. Songs by N. Kinfoussia, L. Mahoungou, C. Kouka and D. Loubassou.. In 2008 heeft Ambiance Congo ons reeds een voorproefje van deze plaat gegeven. Vandaag kunt[...]

Het is de eerste keer dat ik dit label zie, Grand Zeer uit Brazzaville. De band hebben we wel eerder laten passeren, le Peuple heeft hier reeds een stuk of zes albums gehad. Bezetting van de groep wisselt kennelijk nog wel eens, enige vaste waarde lijkt Kosmos Moutouari te zijn. Hoe dan ook, wederom een[...]

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[...]

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 Kouka C. Celio. It sounds as bright as we already hoped it would, just love[...]

It's been two weeks since our last post, I am very busy with renovation work and just didn't find the energy to record anything. Today we're back with an lp you'll enjoy for sure, hope it will make up for the hiatus.. We had several of their albums, mostly they have beautiful covers, piano and[...]

Last saturdaynight the world has lost a great artist. Tabu Ley Rochereau was a legend, at the age of 73 he died at the Saint-Luc hospital in Sint- Lambrechts-Woluwe near Brussels, Belgium. He suffered from a stroke some years ago and never really recovered. "His condition got worse a lot since last monday.", his son[...]

At the back of this album, Rochereau calls tracks 2,4,5,7 not 'rumba' but 'jobs' or 'rumba-jobs'. Can anyone tell us what it stands for ? I never heard the term before. To me, it's all rumba, but I'm a layman of course. Hope to learn something here. But first, absorb the voice of lightness, very[...]

Today's post concerns a very nice Congolese album on which I did not find any useful info. I can tell you that the group are; Kifouetti Loubassou, François Mackosso, Alphonse Mavungu and Tino Muinkua Mvura. It was released on Editions Moninga Star. Very bright sound, sparkling guitars, tight rhythms, hot saxophone and sweet vocals, just[...]

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[...]

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.[...]

Today is my best friend's birthday, Sjakie made eleven years and that makes me happy. Only two years ago he had a hugh abscess on his shoulder and got operated. He recovered wonderwell and is still doing great today, happy birthday buddy, you're the best. With such a happy day comes happy music. Le Seigneur[...]

On Editions Syliphone Conakry we find this SLP 49 from 1975. It contains six songs by five bands, mandingo sound from Guinée. Wikipedia Discogs Syli Authentic, Dans l'Arene 1976 Djoli Band, Style Savane 1980 Camayenne Sofa, La Percée 1976 Camayenne Sofa, A Grands Pas 1976 Editions Syliphone Conakry on GG 01 - Syli Authentic -[...]

Looking at their list of records, Les Grands Colombias du Peuple worked with many different front men. On this particular album from 1982 it was Stanley Murphy. Very danceable music from Côte d'Ivoire. In the second tune they make a trip to reggae, I got criticized once for saying reggae (for me) comes from Jamaica,[...]

His style changed quite a bit over the years. I think this 1991 album with Rochereau is maybe not his very best work. Considering the man's complete oeuvre we owe him to listen to all his work. Face a Face, made in the nineties, sounds like the nineties. Synthesized and quite modern we see a[...]