Every time I go to the Utrecht recordfair I meet with one of the French recorddealers. This guy always brings some special material. Take this record, a discovery I made through him this time. From 1976 on Pathé Marconi we found Passy Mermans. He is performing here with Orchestre Bantous, 1,2,3, 4 & 9, Orchestre[...]

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 others. Despite the 'Ave Maria' I think it is a decent record. Quite some albums[...]

We had them on several occasions, Orchestre Mando Negro Kwala Kwa. In the 'Grands Succès Africains' series we also had several albums. I placed the links below as usual. On the great Pathé Marconi label and from 1974 .. Orchestre Mando Negro, Discogs Les Grands Succès Africains, Discogs Seven 7" from Congo vol. 3 Seven[...]

One of the most famous Congolese rumba bands in the early sixties was Les Bantous de la Capitale. Founded by former musicians of Orchestre T.P.O.K. Jazz and Orchestre Rock a Mambo. Members were Alphonse Ntaloulou, Celestin N'Kouka, De La Lune, Dicky Baroza, Domingo Louya, Ganga Edo, Jean Serge Essous, José Missamou, Kabako Lambert, Kosmos Moutouari,[...]

Herrinner je je die andere elpee van Samba Mascott, wat een juweeltje was dat. Vond jij dat ook ? Luister dan zeker ook naar deze. Helaas heeft hij wel wat achtergrond geluiden maar dit is een zeldzaam plaatje dat je niet snel in betere kwaliteit zult vinden. Met M'Passy Jo, Tino Muinka, Kabako L. en[...]

Goodmorning groovers, it's been some time since we've seen them here. Les Bantous de la Capitale had quite some albums passing by over the years. The one we have today is a Congolese pressing on Socodi ( societé Congolaise du Disque ) which we hadn't seen so far. It contains some good songs and some,[...]