tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88915451087026384642024-03-22T05:13:35.370+03:00Sea Never DryPieterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01002798843794420331noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891545108702638464.post-11540033117969908622017-10-22T15:36:00.001+03:002017-10-22T15:36:55.324+03:00Tanzania Edition<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Today's post features classic <i>muziki wa dansi</i> from the late 1970s. This album (the first LP edition on Tanzania Film Company <i>TLP001</i>?) showcased NUTA Jazz Band and J.K.T. Kimbunga.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">NUTA Jazz Band was at the core of Tanzania's dance music scene, with <span class="st">the prolific singer-composer Muhiddin Maalim Gurumo, guitarist </span>Abel
Balthazar, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and singer-composer Hassani
Bitchuka <span class="st">(who later all joined Mlimani Park Orchestra at the
Mlimani Park Bar in Mwenge, Dar es Salaam). </span>Joseph Lusungu (trumpet)
and Mnenge Ramadhani (saxophone) made up the core of the brass section.</span><br />
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state and parastatal bodies - these could their hands more easily on restricted
import items like musical instruments and amplifiers. NUTA Jazz was the band of
the National Union of Tanzania Workers, later changed into JUWATA, and even
later into OTTU.</span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="st">The NUTA Jazz tracks on the A side are great; I love the
B side with J.K.T. Kimbunga even more. There is not much info to be found about
JKT Kimbunga (aka Kimbunga Stereo): it was the band affiliated with the
National (Army) Service, Jeshi la Kujenga Taifa. Some of its members also came
out of NUTA Jazz, like </span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Capt.
John Simon</span><span class="st"> (who was part of Shikamoo Jazz).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="st">Like many Jazz Bands, the lyrics focus on love affairs -- when they are not concerned with building the nation. JKT's lyrics are a delight: <i>Ushirikina</i> deals with a woman who seeks a love potion from a witchdoctor and feeds it to her love interest, the next morning the man is found dead. <i>Wachuma watatu </i>describes a woman with three lovers: "<i>Abandon your ways, sister. What's worse, you're taking money from all three!</i>" In <i>Cheza Rumba </i>they warn dancers to watch their clothes, "<i>Don't let them be blown away by the fierce wind (of Kimbunga's rumba)</i>."</span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="st">Further reading:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Askew, K. (2002). <i>Performing
the nation: Swahili music and cultural politics in Tanzania</i>. University of
Chicago Press.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Graebner, W. (2007).
The Ngoma Impulse: From Club to Nightclub in Dar es Salaam. <i>Dar es Salaam:
Histories from an Emerging African Metropolis</i>, 177-97.</span><span class="st"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Perullo, A. (2008).
Rumba in the city of peace: Migration and the cultural commodity of congolese
music in dar es salaam, 1968-1985. <i>Ethnomusicology</i>, <i>52</i>(2),
296-323. <a href="http://web.bryant.edu/~aperullo/articles/Perullo.%20Rumba%20in%20the%20City%20of%20Peace.%202008.pdf">Download here.</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/folder/kvhnpy3980sw0/TLP001_NUTA_Jazz_Band_-_JKT_Kimbunga">TLP001 NUTA Jazz Band - JKT Kimbunga</a></span><br />
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Pieterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01002798843794420331noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891545108702638464.post-48307127432163474602017-10-10T00:42:00.000+03:002017-10-10T00:46:49.466+03:00a seven-year itch <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well, my last post was about 7 years ago. Life happens and you move across the continent and live/work 5 exciting, hot years in Burkina Faso. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ali Ouedraogo, 70 years old. He lost his eyesight at age 15, which
stopped his carpentry apprenticeship. So he started dj-ing, animating
'bals poussières' (dusty dances) in the north of Burkina Faso. He is
spinning a 78 rpm: Baba Soumano et son Orchestre Soudanais Kita. Loving
meeting people like him!" </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Or this man, a </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">pirate-</span><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">bricoleur</span></i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, who tinkered together a microtransmitter</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> from old radios and stereo equipment, supplies his village with rebroadcasts of his favorite radio shows, music, his version of the news, and even manages live remote broadcasts of soccer matches - provided they're not further than 2-3 kilometers. His radio station: "<i>Radio Bouche Qui Ne Parle Pas</i>" (Mouth Which Does Not Speak).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You enjoy live music, like this gathering at the Fechiba festival (2014) in the north, near the border with Mali.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fechiba, the festival of the horse, is an ancestral tradition to pledge allegiance to the traditional chef. Until last year, it was held annually to celebrate the peaceful coexistence of the agropastoral populations on the borderzone of Burkina Faso and Mali. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The horsemanship goes back centuries: </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Almamy Samore Lafiya Toure (c. 1830 – June 2, 1900), the Guinean muslim cleric, founder and leader of the Wassoulou empire, was said to have his troops fetch horses from the Barani area. Toure, who resisted French colonial rule until his capture in 1898, was the great-grandfather of Guinea's first president, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ahmed Sékou Touré.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some of us who made/make these music blogs have met in real life, some of us keep in touch via the interweb. The music is still out there, in multiple guises: vinyl (I find a trickle of decent 45s or 33rpm's once in a while), cassettes, on flashdrives and in mobile phones.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">John brought <span style="color: cyan;"><a href="https://likembe.blogspot.nl/">Likembe</a></span> back to life. At <a href="http://thewealthofthewise.blogspot.nl/">Wallahi Le Zein </a>Matthew lets us listen to rare cassette recordings and adds fascinating stories. Another Matthew, at <a href="https://www.matsulimusic.com/">Matsuli Music</a> reissues amazing LPs from South Africa and beyond: I love <a href="http://matsuli.blogspot.com/2016/05/black-discos-night-express-available-now.html">Black Disco's Night Express</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">These past years, with more direct exposure to Sahelian sounds and thanks to <a href="http://sahelsounds.com/">Sahelsounds</a> (the blog, the mixes, the releases), </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://habibifunkrecords.bandcamp.com/">Habibi Funk</a>, <a href="http://lazyproduction-arabtunes.blogspot.nl/">Arab Tunes</a>, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have been listening to a lot of North African/Middle Eastern music. T</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">here's a wealth of music on the edge of and in the Sahel. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My itinerant vinyl vendor here brought this Sudanese record a couple of months ago. I knew the Munsphone label but didn't immediately recognise the singer (and the one year of Arabic I had 30 years ago didn't help). Pierre Kahane helped to identify it as Mohammed Wardi, the Nubian Sudanese legend. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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Pieterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01002798843794420331noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891545108702638464.post-53401803581670394322010-08-11T18:56:00.012+03:002010-08-11T20:07:53.687+03:00N'gola RitmosI haven't had much luck in finding old Angolan vinyl. Dear friends (Thanks, Kris & Lay!) were looking around a couple of months ago in Quito but said the war destroyed a lot, including old LPs, and rich Angolans are also on the hunt for music. Maybe some will turn up in time.<br /><br />I have a list of bands I'd love to hear more of, and N'gola Ritmos is high on the list. Even more, now that I saw these videos (from RTP, 1964). In awe of Monami and Lourdes Van Dunem. Amazing!<br /><br /><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5TCM-31nBO8&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5TCM-31nBO8&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br /><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/89JDlmPxfXs&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/89JDlmPxfXs&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br />There's also a book on that list: <a href="http://www.ohioswallow.com/book/Intonations">Marissa Jean Moorman's "<span style="font-style: italic;">Intonations: A Social History of Music and Nation in Luanda, Angola, from 1945 to Recent Times</span>" (2008, Ohio University Press)</a>. Moorman is professor of African history at Indiana University. She writes:<br /><blockquote style="font-style: italic;">N’gola Ritmos formed in 1947 and continued until the 1970s with various combinations of musicians including two female vocalists, Belita Palma and Lourdes Van Dunem. In the early 1960s some founding members were sent off to prison or exiled from Luanda to other provinces on temporary work assignments. The band played in a variety of venues in the capital, from the birthday parties of friends and families to the Liga, the city’s cinemas, and even the governer’s palace, as well as in other provinces. Carlos do Aniceto “Liceu” Vieira Dias was the group’s founder. Angolan musicologists credit Vieira Dias with translating songs of rural derivation into a popular music that was danceable and, in so doing, unleashing the development of urban popular music and in the particular the form known as semba.</blockquote><span style="font-size:100%;">Enjoy these, read up, and do let me know if you find N'gola Ritmos LPs (or even crazier, have double copies for sale)!</span>Pieterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01002798843794420331noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891545108702638464.post-47115264884820554922010-08-08T23:10:00.007+03:002010-08-09T00:33:22.824+03:00Franklin Boukaka<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhce_QmnWu9kXuoKN7z6csnyQBIjnj6Y7A6YX9gakKbCMWv6i-P_y6QmPI10p_0yw6U-uTp2vDGsZ8u9GIbRYTYftBWFNPHfeS90hmnQvyxSh3nnpl1oEg96xxDwWLEQuUJA0PSgVGjRI0/s1600/boukaka_franklin.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 191px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhce_QmnWu9kXuoKN7z6csnyQBIjnj6Y7A6YX9gakKbCMWv6i-P_y6QmPI10p_0yw6U-uTp2vDGsZ8u9GIbRYTYftBWFNPHfeS90hmnQvyxSh3nnpl1oEg96xxDwWLEQuUJA0PSgVGjRI0/s320/boukaka_franklin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503140712694938818" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Franklin Boukaka was an amazing composer, poet, and activist. I wonder what he might have become if he wasn't executed in 1972, after a failed coup in Congo Brazzaville. His short career (he was 32 when he died) spanned work with Negro Band (which he helped start), then African Jazz/Vox Africa, and Cercul Jazz. More on Boukaka can be found at <a href="http://wrldsrv.blogspot.com/2009/04/bridge.html">WorldService</a>. This album from 1970, arranged and directed by Manu Dibango, is a classic.<br /><br />Franklin also recorded with Keletigui et ses Tambourinis (and toured with them in Guinee). One of those tracks is on the <a href="http://www.sternsmusic.com/disk_info/STCD3031-32">Stern's Keletigui compilation</a>, thanks to the restoration work by <a href="http://www.radioafrica.com.au/">Graeme Counsel</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Franklin%20Boukaka%20-%20Le%20Bucheron.mp3">Le Bucheron</a><br /><a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Franklin%20Boukaka%20-%20Nakoki.mp3">Nakoki</a><br /><a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Franklin%20Boukaka%20-%20Likambo%20Oyo.mp3">Likambo Oyo</a><br /><a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Franklin%20Boukaka%20-%20Bomoto.mp3">Bomoto</a><br /><a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Franklin%20Boukaka%20-%20Ata%20Ozali.mp3">Ata Ozali </a><br /><a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Franklin%20Boukaka%20-%20Pont%20Sur%20Le%20Congo.mp3">Pont Sur Le Congo</a><br /><a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Franklin%20Boukaka%20-%20Luzolo.mp3">Luzolo</a><br /><a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Franklin%20Boukaka%20-%20Mwanga.mp3">Mwanga</a><br /><a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Franklin%20Boukaka%20-%20Dia%20Bikola.mp3">Dia Bikola</a><br /><a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Franklin%20Boukaka%20-%20Bibi.mp3">Bibi </a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXoQUTdt65znBhz9sDcbu7l-Sw3uKYoPEXamQ0qBsqw5opLf2uRZKnxl5ce_eZVzlZUyhXx_KgtnUq5axRGjbRaJMpX9Icq0dEOTzLoHbckVBCV2HblmMjp12o4yRCpGZm6ae43dhE9RM/s1600/Boukaka+front.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 316px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXoQUTdt65znBhz9sDcbu7l-Sw3uKYoPEXamQ0qBsqw5opLf2uRZKnxl5ce_eZVzlZUyhXx_KgtnUq5axRGjbRaJMpX9Icq0dEOTzLoHbckVBCV2HblmMjp12o4yRCpGZm6ae43dhE9RM/s320/Boukaka+front.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503144533553058898" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheC8_wpQop3CmuPaX34jFq_gAyq_tqoW8zUApO2VhiHLg6IbOdk1seoSGa_oFA2oe0O2SxH-S9ZbWui7u0NwX0en_cIayzaHn1OUcJY5pRJLrBqot296KdTBPz7D4fPmFL_X7l0bsMa94/s1600/Boukaka+back.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 316px; height: 316px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheC8_wpQop3CmuPaX34jFq_gAyq_tqoW8zUApO2VhiHLg6IbOdk1seoSGa_oFA2oe0O2SxH-S9ZbWui7u0NwX0en_cIayzaHn1OUcJY5pRJLrBqot296KdTBPz7D4fPmFL_X7l0bsMa94/s320/Boukaka+back.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503144538048684994" border="0" /></a>Pieterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01002798843794420331noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891545108702638464.post-30965965022299467942010-07-28T21:46:00.004+03:002010-07-28T22:23:35.909+03:00Bantous<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidR3nqsHT3T7Wxie2OYy_kgtxfTp4iF2g90XNQ2yTwz1TilDNIyI0WpztoDmyp8GBrl6fYaQvCWh6I1vwa2HHe5QMPdO45cM8JDLQYe482JCquhn85CSnFfvHUj8begcouL8vbC-aznHA/s1600/bantous+concert+2009.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 393px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidR3nqsHT3T7Wxie2OYy_kgtxfTp4iF2g90XNQ2yTwz1TilDNIyI0WpztoDmyp8GBrl6fYaQvCWh6I1vwa2HHe5QMPdO45cM8JDLQYe482JCquhn85CSnFfvHUj8begcouL8vbC-aznHA/s320/bantous+concert+2009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499038509201101714" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I'm sorry I missed the tour of Les Bantous (de la Capitale) last year. It was the last time Jean Serge Essous performed; he passed away last year in Brazzaville. The Bantous were integral to much of the music that came out of Congo: OK Jazz, Rock-A-Mambo, Ryco Jazz, Negro Jazz, ...<br /><br />Here's a not-so-old album (early 1980s) with 4 classic grooves.<br /><br /><a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Les%20Bantous%20-%20Billanda-landa%20Mabe.mp3">Les Bantous - Bilanda-landa Mabe</a><br /><a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Les%20Bantous%20-%20Dege.mp3">Les Bantous - Dege</a><br /><a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Les%20Bantous%20-%20Osala%20N%27gai%20Nini.mp3">Les Bantous - Osala Ngai Nini</a><br /><a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Les%20Bantous%20-%20Quierida%20Paola.mp3">Les Bantous - Querida Paola</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqoisdrJMI2HLCb0xKtEoM1COtQdmOqp3xKc5Cjr3BrR2ez6gIEGMqi3JewJTz5PAZyg8txIXxmmGDHZI52zZzDdF3O__xe6TWfphU5IXNgWIJJAIXHNauywEiBZPDkB-zN__3tFkBmqM/s1600/bantous+cover.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqoisdrJMI2HLCb0xKtEoM1COtQdmOqp3xKc5Cjr3BrR2ez6gIEGMqi3JewJTz5PAZyg8txIXxmmGDHZI52zZzDdF3O__xe6TWfphU5IXNgWIJJAIXHNauywEiBZPDkB-zN__3tFkBmqM/s320/bantous+cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499039110018122786" border="0" /></a>Pieterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01002798843794420331noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891545108702638464.post-26233256957991517982010-07-24T17:40:00.005+03:002010-07-24T18:37:06.346+03:00Jazz BabalouPhil-Philo's Jazz Babalou was one of the bands on the Ngoma label. Not much is known about Phil-Philo. The liner notes of this 45 (Ngoma 4531/32) state: Phil-Philo was born in 1942 in the Bas-Congo province. After excellent studies, he quit school, drawn to music. First as singer, then composer, he set up his own orchestra, Viviane-Mambo, which was later renamed into Jazz Babalou. His songs are "inspired by woman and her infidelity." Augustin Bakome plays sax on these tunes.<br /><br /><a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Phil-Philo%20et%20l%27Orchestre%20Jazz%20Babalou%20-%20Batela%20Elaka%20Na%20Ngai.mp3">Phil-Philo & Jazz Babalou - Batela Elaka Na Ngai</a><br /><a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Phil-Philo%20et%20l%27Orchestre%20Jazz%20Babalou%20-%20Yo%20Okei%20Otiki%20Ngai.mp3">Phil-Philo & Jazz Babalou - Yo Okei Otiki Ngai?</a><br /><a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Mario%20Lopes%20et%20l%27Orchestre%20Jazz%20Babalou%20-%20Ye%20Ye.mp3">Mario Lopes & Jazz Babalou - Ye Ye</a><br /><a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Mario%20Lopes%20et%20l%27Orchestre%20Jazz%20Babalou%20-%20Cleo%20Wa%20Mabanzo.mp3">Mario Lopes & Jazz Babalou - Cleo Wa Mabanzo</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKFOQpq8CaoYQusUwOEm7Luo-iNVBki7hNEr5OS2Dh_KGyvxddsRNF7fibT7p0STxYtUsm9AWBGWy-nlU7ijvOYM6Dl8soVtbEIxLaFmtUvrAMXYXQju_aQJoOe1e6zdRutiBGM_-OD1A/s1600/Ngoma+16.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 344px; height: 347px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKFOQpq8CaoYQusUwOEm7Luo-iNVBki7hNEr5OS2Dh_KGyvxddsRNF7fibT7p0STxYtUsm9AWBGWy-nlU7ijvOYM6Dl8soVtbEIxLaFmtUvrAMXYXQju_aQJoOe1e6zdRutiBGM_-OD1A/s320/Ngoma+16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497490476080873522" border="0" /></a><br /><br />P.S. If you haven't heard of <a href="http://www.baloji.com/">Baloji</a>, check out the sounds and video. Love the Karibu Ya Bintou video shot in Kin, as well as the remake and video of Independence Cha Cha. After a tour of Congolese cities earlier this year (no minor feat!), he's playing around Europe this summer.Pieterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01002798843794420331noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891545108702638464.post-60051447702783346982010-07-22T22:13:00.006+03:002010-07-22T23:10:51.537+03:00Leon Bukasa & Beguen BandWell, I can't seem to go around the Congolese Independence. <a href="http://wrldsrv.blogspot.com/search?q=bukasa">Worldservice</a> has published excellent info on Leon Bukasa and the early Ngoma years, I am not going to add text and just play the music.<br /><br />These are from one of those early Ngoma 45s, both tracks celebrate the independence. I don't recall that Wrldsrv posted these already so it's my way to say, Thanks Stefan!, for all the rarities and stories you have posted.<br /><br /><a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Bukasa%20Leon%20et%20le%20Beguen%20Band%20-%20Tokanisa%20Kongo%20Ya%20Biso.mp3">Leon Bukasa & Beguen Band - Tokanisa Kongo Ya Biso</a> (Let's think about our Kongo)<br /><a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Bukasa%20Leon%20et%20le%20Beguen%20Band%20-%20Bukole.mp3">Leon Bukasa & Beguen Band - Bukole</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGiepnqBPAnG4lfBCihW4tWLGyJB2TrYCqsqqj27_8FeFmMvIFa9uG18ZrbxyfwBC-nFiHiieUD_lnbHmoyepgl6eXZ7QEjazF5kp4iHDbBTPjVr-5HyxfL7PLfip6jblOsfoD4dYr-GU/s1600/leon+bukasa+ngoma.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 377px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGiepnqBPAnG4lfBCihW4tWLGyJB2TrYCqsqqj27_8FeFmMvIFa9uG18ZrbxyfwBC-nFiHiieUD_lnbHmoyepgl6eXZ7QEjazF5kp4iHDbBTPjVr-5HyxfL7PLfip6jblOsfoD4dYr-GU/s320/leon+bukasa+ngoma.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496820414788629346" border="0" /></a>Pieterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01002798843794420331noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891545108702638464.post-19048723970563549032010-07-22T19:00:00.001+03:002010-07-22T19:01:52.885+03:00Bakuba EmperorKabasele Yampanya, known as Pepe Kalle, was a great performer and a giant of a man. His house in Kinshasa was open to anyone. His later songs (like Moyibi and a modern version of <a href="http://seaneverdry.blogspot.com/2007/07/congo-swing.html">Bakoule</a> -- I have been looking for this modern version; I have it somewhere in my cassette collection that's gathering dust) are much more well-known than these old tracks I am posting today.<br /><br />Congo's 50th birthday festivities are now over, as are those of the world cup (no more vuvuzelas buzzing at night from all the radios and television in the neighborhood). Life goes on. As does this blog. Enjoy.<br /><br /><a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Orchestre%20Empire%20Bakuba%20-%20Kombe%20Dilu.mp3">Orchestre Empire Bakuba - Kombe Dilu</a><br /><a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Orchestre%20Empire%20Bakuba%20-%20Naleli%20%281%29.mp3">Orchestre Empire Bakuba - Naleleli Pt. 1</a> & <a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Orchestre%20Empire%20Bakuba%20-%20Naleli%20%282%29.mp3">2</a><br /><a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Orchestre%20Empire%20de%20Bakuba%20-%20Massa%20%281%29.mp3">Orchestre Empire de Bakuba - Massa Pt. 1</a> & <a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Orchestre%20Empire%20de%20Bakuba%20-%20Massa%20%282%29.mp3">2</a><br /><a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Orchestre%20Les%20Bakuba%20-%20Likabu%20Mabe.mp3">Orchestre Les Bakuba - Likabu Mabe</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLPuS19qERCpoMbTdMm0i5m7GhgkZZEbFz5zq_xatoMmI8YXAR_ABs0HlEc6uwQx-q0XQUI4AgDojbESbtjh1-S0oORPhFHA0mVGqlnEfFSmeqvT-4kHEOKYKEWgxF52vf1EZsdIHYNFM/s1600/Kombe+Dilu.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 199px; height: 195px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLPuS19qERCpoMbTdMm0i5m7GhgkZZEbFz5zq_xatoMmI8YXAR_ABs0HlEc6uwQx-q0XQUI4AgDojbESbtjh1-S0oORPhFHA0mVGqlnEfFSmeqvT-4kHEOKYKEWgxF52vf1EZsdIHYNFM/s320/Kombe+Dilu.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496455185554108402" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ7XYOWhnglE75Fw2_x9j_1oTgYnsCPeyTcSKzzJCyd6yZEUql2UDf9f49tZyUAJ0f9yNDnNrgiHAD1NVthTfWdxKeMOrZuY8Tl7GSxZM_ha_e18hw9pDgfvBEQsgvDyyFA2tR1xt4zTM/s1600/Naleli.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 195px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ7XYOWhnglE75Fw2_x9j_1oTgYnsCPeyTcSKzzJCyd6yZEUql2UDf9f49tZyUAJ0f9yNDnNrgiHAD1NVthTfWdxKeMOrZuY8Tl7GSxZM_ha_e18hw9pDgfvBEQsgvDyyFA2tR1xt4zTM/s320/Naleli.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496456678749559602" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCVZ8Z3Kb8TIaCLH34bjyDFod4C8ajtRfzhrBrI-NoRQ_3Gm_kxxjKRsURZlRUk2R7pJl2tQmjr4SMCe3Q2V_gBZDag_wexruF7pb7MwjLyWdvuynTzDiiNsXBkiEXk3K45QGiXRa1PPU/s1600/Massa.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 203px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCVZ8Z3Kb8TIaCLH34bjyDFod4C8ajtRfzhrBrI-NoRQ_3Gm_kxxjKRsURZlRUk2R7pJl2tQmjr4SMCe3Q2V_gBZDag_wexruF7pb7MwjLyWdvuynTzDiiNsXBkiEXk3K45QGiXRa1PPU/s320/Massa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496454090683517442" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1QhpeCvYPks5QACA_i1GuBVBIsJ6xpPv8d-awOKUXzQ2UNL_nVj_W9TPVBapNtHlFLBjKKHncjt7P2Zz0t9qJvpNa9gLSGVITUvh8H3epzZP59OR4Ect55pcIMFAZD4fEu1-jB5u6pMc/s1600/likabu+mabe.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 196px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1QhpeCvYPks5QACA_i1GuBVBIsJ6xpPv8d-awOKUXzQ2UNL_nVj_W9TPVBapNtHlFLBjKKHncjt7P2Zz0t9qJvpNa9gLSGVITUvh8H3epzZP59OR4Ect55pcIMFAZD4fEu1-jB5u6pMc/s320/likabu+mabe.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496456012835973362" border="0" /></a>Pieterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01002798843794420331noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891545108702638464.post-925275232100601782009-09-24T22:14:00.007+03:002009-09-24T23:40:20.528+03:00From Rock-A-Mambo To Orchestre Bantou<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil5lxis4LfbVJLG4vNvrwow3CYQfqok42CetSmpX0olKSlGb0mxeFbZtThf9pkfFEIgh8kbrdz07TDUCuL2cBHuJg2-cWh6hyEW0-F6oSXbx_LlzF5E0E8PL-GS3UtYSuwUGzyYJnpJ_Y/s1600-h/rock1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil5lxis4LfbVJLG4vNvrwow3CYQfqok42CetSmpX0olKSlGb0mxeFbZtThf9pkfFEIgh8kbrdz07TDUCuL2cBHuJg2-cWh6hyEW0-F6oSXbx_LlzF5E0E8PL-GS3UtYSuwUGzyYJnpJ_Y/s320/rock1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385115209126477730" border="0" /></a>On the A side of this 45 -- a Pathe-Marconi edition, originally released on the Esengo label -- you get Nino (Malapet) and Rock-A-Mambo; on the B side, (Edouard) Edo (Ganga) and (Jean Serge) Essous with Orchestre Bantou. All representing the best of Kinshasa's musicians and orchestras in the 1950s, from Negro Jazz and African Jazz to OK Jazz.<br /><br />I'm still searching for another 45 by Rock-A-Mambo: ESDF 1372 which has the Orchestra performing with Kabasele and African Jazz. It has a track called "Les Voyous" (delinquent, rascal) which I'd love to hear. Well, to be honest, I'd love to listen to it all. Check <a href="http://www.muzikifan.com/rockamambo.html">muzikifan</a>'s discography of Rock-A-Mambo.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Orchestre%20Rock-A-Mambo%20-%20Yamare.mp3">Orchestre Rock-A-Mambo - Yamare</a><br /><a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Orchestre%20Rock-A-Mambo%20-%20Iyele.mp3">Orchestre Rock-A-Mambo - Iyele</a><br /><a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Orchestre%20Bantou%20-%20Nalembi%20Bipale.mp3">Orchestre Bantou - Nalembi Bipale</a><br /><a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Orchestre%20Bantou%20-%20Ah%21%20Que%20Pena.mp3">Orchestre Bantou - Ah! Que Pena</a>Pieterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01002798843794420331noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891545108702638464.post-91228064754812549232009-09-23T17:50:00.005+03:002009-09-24T23:41:32.023+03:00The New Rhythm of The Time<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYePdlsDl2OSkTpD3qtSHoKITBczr_iPdKRHun7PuprhkY4knLgz8Vg9d63iE-1IR089qdU10tq2LyUV9tkMh9COUUJFnxEB3uwSSRQJtJIOTZk5bzNiOF33r1-xev3Yx1RtJ8txQLnXE/s1600-h/DSC00300.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 279px; height: 279px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYePdlsDl2OSkTpD3qtSHoKITBczr_iPdKRHun7PuprhkY4knLgz8Vg9d63iE-1IR089qdU10tq2LyUV9tkMh9COUUJFnxEB3uwSSRQJtJIOTZk5bzNiOF33r1-xev3Yx1RtJ8txQLnXE/s320/DSC00300.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316032113658796482" border="0" /></a>Several folks have asked to hear more of Rock-A-Mambo. Going back in time, to the 1950s, Rock-A-Mambo was a predecessor of Orchestre Bantous (de la Capitale).<br /><br />More on Bantous later: they are (were?) back on tour, celebrating 50 years of performing!<br /><br />I posted one track of this Rock-A-Mambo 45 a long time ago (2004!) in a guest post at Bennloxo. I cannot get enough of the <span style="font-style: italic;">rocamambu</span> rhythms and hope to find more 45s some day.<br /><br />Post title from the beginning of Panchita: .. <span style="font-style: italic;">el nuevo ritmo del tiempo</span>...<br /><br />Here are all the tracks:<br /><br /><a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Orchestre%20Rock-A-Mambo%20-%20Baila.mp3">Baila</a><br /><a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Orchestre%20Rock-A-Mambo%20-%20Serenade%20Sentimentale.mp3">Serenade Sentimentale</a><br /><a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Orchestre%20Rock-A-Mambo%20-%20Jalousie.mp3">Jalousie</a><br /><a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Orchestre%20Rock-A-Mambo%20-%20Panchita.mp3">Panchita</a>Pieterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01002798843794420331noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891545108702638464.post-47636097932671336622009-09-05T16:04:00.011+03:002009-09-05T18:37:29.453+03:00Poly Rythmo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV-gyUuFeIKbJTnlfOvdWUP07OIotc2V87AsY_c2hS6-QFyzBs87R9iQ2uYnptQln9GqGpIRXFE2vLgV_phhNB7UzoXig2sKC4AQp7491FUjmSzoOJNp7Bv2co_cH8i7vicRmO9ZPtayY/s1600-h/polyrythmo+bon+weekend.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 209px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV-gyUuFeIKbJTnlfOvdWUP07OIotc2V87AsY_c2hS6-QFyzBs87R9iQ2uYnptQln9GqGpIRXFE2vLgV_phhNB7UzoXig2sKC4AQp7491FUjmSzoOJNp7Bv2co_cH8i7vicRmO9ZPtayY/s320/polyrythmo+bon+weekend.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377971060378375042" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSvIO8CqUwcoUGG3HZNXBCzAVJ8PUSgGyS46hsHCjV7faxztezW1J8qBJGxon1CHUhI-x-AZvhuA5VYSagqtvPJi20p-7VqgOI8exqClK6iZkO834dh4YWR5P5rQSkLJEvNNiKOyyt-ME/s1600-h/polyrthmo+production.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSvIO8CqUwcoUGG3HZNXBCzAVJ8PUSgGyS46hsHCjV7faxztezW1J8qBJGxon1CHUhI-x-AZvhuA5VYSagqtvPJi20p-7VqgOI8exqClK6iZkO834dh4YWR5P5rQSkLJEvNNiKOyyt-ME/s320/polyrthmo+production.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377969589174429362" border="0" /></a>The legendary Poly Rythmo is touring Europe this September (France, Holland, Belgium, UK). It's the first time they will be performing in Europe and going by these recent clips (of rehearsals in Cotonou and the first concert in Holland), I wish I was up north right now and could see them live.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owr8q9zhR7c&feature=related">Clip 1</a> & <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XLMduXSFSk&feature=related">Clip 2</a>: Orchestre Poly Rythmo 2009. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IG4wjPJP_1g&feature=related">Clip 3</a>: Venlo Concert, Sept. 2009<br /><br />If you're (still) wondering what they sound like, listen to this 45 by the prolific orchestra: a composition by Joachim Boya, performed by Eskill Lohento and Poly Rythmo (Editions Satel 129).<br /><br /><a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Orchestre%20Poly%20Rythmo%20-%20Bon%20Weekend.mp3">Bon Weekend - Poly Rythmo</a><br /><a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Orchestre%20Poly%20Rythmo%20-%20Production.mp3">Production - Poly Rythmo</a><br /><br />Want more? Miles Cleret (of Soundwayrecords) put up his favourite tracks of the orchestra (<a href="http://www.soundwayrecords.com/news/miles-cleret-poly-rythmo-mix.html">85 min</a>).<br /><br />Enjoy your weekend wherever you are & if you can, go support and dance with Poly Rythmo.Pieterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01002798843794420331noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891545108702638464.post-69687371449092765712009-08-27T20:47:00.009+03:002009-08-27T21:37:37.213+03:00Victoria?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5yXLMitrfHdfwktjtqyhrTEdjN2HLAuvMK__rNOwJdj7bufrgJPh1BToAmq0ZX14ofk4qls57wBdyq0AvhFxMXp899KPKCf0lG07OtxOwAVAtfxiuu898necea3ZNKtprivEYoqCOLU0/s1600-h/jean+bosco.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 206px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5yXLMitrfHdfwktjtqyhrTEdjN2HLAuvMK__rNOwJdj7bufrgJPh1BToAmq0ZX14ofk4qls57wBdyq0AvhFxMXp899KPKCf0lG07OtxOwAVAtfxiuu898necea3ZNKtprivEYoqCOLU0/s320/jean+bosco.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374712523698175490" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Hx7eUk6VT32UiadxFfHz8bjmcdBjw1MAmMq0dmMsn-hwsnSmoul60veRC2vzBNOALFV6ktgBRPnVnPJEJpQJid96zCRhqR2qBYMkAmpUSn3y4DBpYMYCzrD8YOgdSLf8F07zlp2tE84/s1600-h/backirimbia.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 207px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Hx7eUk6VT32UiadxFfHz8bjmcdBjw1MAmMq0dmMsn-hwsnSmoul60veRC2vzBNOALFV6ktgBRPnVnPJEJpQJid96zCRhqR2qBYMkAmpUSn3y4DBpYMYCzrD8YOgdSLf8F07zlp2tE84/s320/backirimbia.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374709853675902146" border="0" /></a>Can't figure out who this is. Let me know if you have more information.<br /><br />It's a Victoria 45 with two tracks:<div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Jean%20Bosco%20-%20Bosco%20Mpangi%20Ya%20Munu.mp3">Bosco Mpangi ya munu</a> ('Bosco My Friend' in Kikongo) on Side 1. Author/Composer Jean Bosco (but it doesn't sound much like Jean Bosco Mwenda from Likasi/Lubumbashi?).</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Backirimibia%20-%20Emile%20Molangi.mp3">Emile Molangi</a> on Side 2. Author/composer Backirimbia. Never heard of this composer and <span><span></span></span>can't fnd any information.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div> </div></div>Pieterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01002798843794420331noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891545108702638464.post-38408979936834084552009-08-24T22:28:00.007+03:002009-08-25T00:11:59.166+03:00Tabou National<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimSWNdYcSeI16d6_rwiDo7MFiiRL9Tg4mpfwfAoPkYEBEQn7EIeyjmalvsZqWNwKkqhVX4o9V1ogTUuQkWTxSjytfv_lW1O4yI3B4Y3GXoY8vBK431QUcraB70oFuFDGEebEwPuptBEAM/s1600-h/tabou-makale.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 232px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimSWNdYcSeI16d6_rwiDo7MFiiRL9Tg4mpfwfAoPkYEBEQn7EIeyjmalvsZqWNwKkqhVX4o9V1ogTUuQkWTxSjytfv_lW1O4yI3B4Y3GXoY8vBK431QUcraB70oFuFDGEebEwPuptBEAM/s320/tabou-makale.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373626262596571890" border="0" /></a>Tabou National started in Kin but this version of the band had a foot in Nairobi. The song has Lingala and Swahili lyrics. The band went through several configurations, as many of the Congolese bands that started in Kin and later drifted to East Africa. <a href="http://www.muzikifan.com/shika.html">Muzikifan</a> put up a great overview of the messy history of 1970s and 1980s bands in East African cities. The 45 states this was a 1976 composition by Fataki Lokassa and (?) Bokake.<br /><br />I just love the pace of this groove. Enjoy <a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Bokake%20Lokassa%20Tabou%20National%20-%20Makale%20Nawe%20%281%29.mp3">Part 1</a> and <a href="http://akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Bokake%20Lokassa%20Tabou%20National%20-%20Makale%20Nawe%20%282%29.mp3">Part 2</a> of <span style="font-style: italic;">Makale Nawe</span>.<br /><br />(Joe, thanks for uploading files! There's plenty more uploaded so there will be more posts soon: more old Congolese, some more Zambian tunes.)<br /><br />In the meantime, I am still thoroughly enjoying and dancing to tunes from Zim and Beto (incredible cumbias). Thanks!<br /><br />Eagerly waiting to hear new releases by <a href="http://analogafrica.blogspot.com/">AnalogAfrica</a> and <a href="http://www.soundwayrecords.com/">SoundwayRecords</a>. I tried to find a copy of the Vodoun Effect last December in Belgium but failed; now Legends of Benin is also out! 'Broadband' tariffs are getting a bit cheaper here, and our internet provider cut its rate 50% so I'll splurge and finally download some more of Frank's <a href="http://voodoofunk.blogspot.com/">Voodoofunk</a> 'latest' mixes.<br /><br />Check out Dr.Frank's Afroburo on <a href="http://www.radiocentraal.be/">Radio Centraal</a> in Antwerp, now streaming live. He hosted Verckys and there's a 3-hour interview online.<br /><br />And on <a href="http://www.africanhiphop.com/africanhiphopradio/naija-nigerian-80s-rap-on-vinyl/">africanhiphop</a>, old-school Nigerian Rap (courtesy of <a href="http://combandrazor.blogspot.com/">combandrazor</a>'s Uchenna and Thomas, aka Juma4).Pieterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01002798843794420331noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891545108702638464.post-84987338203734474142008-12-22T20:54:00.009+03:002008-12-29T11:34:57.203+03:00Gabon Funk<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilAsZLDWXeiGymkH9j1vFTUYZyj1saGbVRU44Q5Y8BUQpGOuX-w858jwZrGBDoaRNWr1y_YmUHClqNinDkZX-vIr5MRISkCAWUZEmBZydsNiFkAoVU6IhQgFXua3_J7B0pLYKAcakc_Bs/s1600-h/librev01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 371px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilAsZLDWXeiGymkH9j1vFTUYZyj1saGbVRU44Q5Y8BUQpGOuX-w858jwZrGBDoaRNWr1y_YmUHClqNinDkZX-vIr5MRISkCAWUZEmBZydsNiFkAoVU6IhQgFXua3_J7B0pLYKAcakc_Bs/s320/librev01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285125075287280786" border="0" /></a>Here's another 45 I found in Dakar. I haven't come across a lot of Gabonese music but Gabon must have had its share of good music. Libreville (French for Freetown) is a port town, that grew rapidly in the 1970s because of oil, which usually means plenty of travelling musicians coming through.<br /><br />Vyckoss Ekondo grew up in Libreville and started his musical career at the Lycee Leon M'ba (M'ba was Gabon's first president; the second and current president is Omar Bongo, the world's longest serving ruler, excluding monarchies).<br /><br />After further studies in Canada, Vyckoss returned to Gabon and became a well-known television presenter, hosting the popular 'Sunday Idol' show, a launching pad for many young bands. He also composed soundtracks and in the 1980s started a musical troupe, combining traditional dance and initiation rhythms. Check out his <a href="http://tandima.free.fr/">Tandima</a> group (in French).<br /><br />Funny how I found this in Dakar. The reason for going to Dakar was a conference which should have been held in Libreville (in 2007), but was re-scheduled and moved to Dakar. Maybe I'll get another chance to go to Gabon: several people have told me Libreville is a happening place.<br /><br />For now, enjoy these 45 sides:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Xg_n1l42QKiMx8rN66QX7BWv4EPaN7-ZptGoGmefFYWGCDy1dCrrtNU7ahE82YWHmSmY6oH1gx7MAqItNdk_SiffA9S5nENzE_k5tGabQaICGaCYOcaigPuFceiGv-jhYQo31lrXOow/s1600-h/Vyckoss.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Xg_n1l42QKiMx8rN66QX7BWv4EPaN7-ZptGoGmefFYWGCDy1dCrrtNU7ahE82YWHmSmY6oH1gx7MAqItNdk_SiffA9S5nENzE_k5tGabQaICGaCYOcaigPuFceiGv-jhYQo31lrXOow/s320/Vyckoss.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285114114169967378" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Vyckoss%20-%20Dibenga%20%28L%27Incredule%29.mp3">Vyckoss - Dibenga (L'Incredule)</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Vyckoss%20-%20Mbea%20%28L%27Aigle%29.mp3">Vyckoss - Mbea (L'Aigle)</a>Pieterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01002798843794420331noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891545108702638464.post-34033482166415761472008-12-22T18:39:00.000+03:002008-12-22T21:07:37.433+03:00I Got The Feelin<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxjbLVm1aC01Dye1qDMTiTNW9epNYuQ6_Vg6aTcOeQGqpzk40yjxTlxsUAFchwmrAxkC6WXICbJqwfdUjnu6fM9vJTBpqmOnM4WdxRMSHPDxcFHJoKSwi4HwElRgYCiIPE_-1If9SlXA/s1600-h/bovick.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 380px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxjbLVm1aC01Dye1qDMTiTNW9epNYuQ6_Vg6aTcOeQGqpzk40yjxTlxsUAFchwmrAxkC6WXICbJqwfdUjnu6fM9vJTBpqmOnM4WdxRMSHPDxcFHJoKSwi4HwElRgYCiIPE_-1If9SlXA/s320/bovick.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282517155168934770" border="0" /></a>Victor 'Bovick' Bondo Gala turned 60 this year. In Gary Stewart's Rumba On The River, there's not much information about him, except a few lines mentioning his membership in Dr. Nico's Orchestre African Fiesta, Tabu Ley's Afrisa, and Verckys' Orchestre VeVe. I've always been fascinated by this 'Bovick' since hearing tunes like Sookie and Save Me (see <a href="http://radiodiffusion.wordpress.com/2008/11/30/docteur-nico-lorchestre-african-fiesta/">Radiodiffusion Internationasionaal Annexe</a> or <a href="http://voodoofunk.blogspot.com/2007/11/three-45s.html">Voodoo Funk</a>).<a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Orchestre%20Les%20Noirs%20-%20Tshiku%20Part%201.mp3"><br /></a><br />Bovick grew up in Lubumbashi (then Elisabethville). Being close to southern Africa, Bovick was exposed to more Anglophone influences and music. He also got to know some English. When he joined Dr. Nico's African Fiesta in the late 1960s, he helped popularize the Orchestra's fame in Kinshasa, no doubt because of his knowledge of American Soul (and some say his resemblance to Jermaine Jackson of the Jackson Five helped his strong appeal among the young girls of Kinshasa). An accomplished musician (guitar, bass), he stayed with Dr. Nico for two years. Then he joined Verckys' new Orchestre Veve, where he probably could explore his musical interests into soul and r&b further, with the likes of Mario, Djeskain, and Max Sinatra, of later Trio Madjesi fame. I wonder how many compositions should actually be credited to Bovick; it is clear he played a bigger role than has been acknowledged.<br /><br />Later, he also played and became 'Chef d'Orchestre' with Tabu Ley. During one concert tour in Europe, a couple of musicians, including Bovick, decided to stay in France. Bovick eventually settled in Switzerland, where he continues his musical career, playing, teaching, setting up studios, and selling musical equipment.<br /><br />During a short work visit to Dakar, I managed to find some vinyl, including this 45 (SUKISA 86). On the B-side, there's another great Bovick tune, "I got the feelin." It's so much fun to discover this piece of Africa's vast musical history. I've never heard this before, nor seen it elsewhere. I will post more of these soon; I know it's been very calm on this blog the last months but there's more to come.<br /><br />Enjoy,<br /><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Orchestre%20African%20Fiesta%20-%20I%20Got%20The%20Feelin.mp3">I Got The Feelin</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtEUn_vhGaMTYj2k58XVgr-I7oWhjXqBbdXbjfHpzdJDZIMwU8byntjYFtUVvGZGs2WqG6x-xRLZUZvYRO_ygELBdNaE1CiAPaz0K3nz9VapmBlmsis9e9ShvxL24mvqwCwWUZczo4OPU/s1600-h/Sukisa86b.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 263px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtEUn_vhGaMTYj2k58XVgr-I7oWhjXqBbdXbjfHpzdJDZIMwU8byntjYFtUVvGZGs2WqG6x-xRLZUZvYRO_ygELBdNaE1CiAPaz0K3nz9VapmBlmsis9e9ShvxL24mvqwCwWUZczo4OPU/s320/Sukisa86b.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282621182054787858" border="0" /></a>Pieterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01002798843794420331noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891545108702638464.post-76261086576353517952008-05-30T17:20:00.005+03:002008-06-01T19:49:07.684+03:00Zambian Rock Revisited MixA while ago, (anonymous) G begged for more of The Peace. Well, you can find 8 tracks from the Black Power LP on <a href="http://prognotfrog.blogspot.com/2007/03/peace-black-power-zambia-197x-afro.html">Prog Not Frog</a>. Peaceful Man is one of my favorite tracks but the whole album continues to wow me. Have a listen to "I have got no money" and "Ubalwa na chamba." Originally posted in 2005 on (now defunct) <a href="http://akwaabasound.blogspot.com/">akwaabasound</a>, a blog started with dj friends in Chicago, I don't remember when/how the other rips got to Prog Not Frog. They're there now (link in comments), so enjoy the other tracks. The Black Power LP is one I'd like to see reissued (AnalogAfrica venturing south to Zambia anytime soon?).<br /><br />I'm posting a few more Zambian tunes in the same vein of gritty rock and funk, copperbelt style. There's not much information about these bands around; Cool Knights and 5 Revolutions were bands tied to Edward Khuzwayo's Zambian Music Parlour in Ndola. Blackfoot is a Goodson Nguni production; The Sentries' LP is a Teal Record Company release.<br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com//snd/music/The%20Sentries%20-%20Sentry%27s%20Connection.mp3"><br />The Sentries - Sentry Connection</a><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Blackfoot%20-%20Groovy%20Bone.mp3">Blackfoot - Groovy Bone</a><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Blackfoot%20-%20Sundie%27s%20Popcorn.mp3">Blackfoot - Sundie's Popcorn</a><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com//snd/music/5%20Revolutions%20-%20Adaka%20Mwapulumuka%20Kunjala.mp3">5 Revolutions - Adaka Mwapulumuka Kunjala</a><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/5%20Revolutions%20-You%20Don%27t%20Know%20Me.mp3">5 Revolutions - You Don't Know Me</a><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/5%20Revolutions%20-%20Respect%20Yourself.mp3">5 Revolutions - Respect Yourself</a><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/5%20Revolutions%20-%20Kulemela%20Kwa%20Bambo%20Wanga.mp3">5 Revolutions - Kulemela Kwa Bambo Wanga</a><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Cool%20Knights%20-%20Soul%20Bana%20Mulenga.mp3">Cool Knights - Soul Bana Mulenga</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqAhxxVxGdI71wYXMa7jxZsaTA8FvW4Rp9x2pqjXwzm9EIjfQBj_BEssz_iuz7ToJ0HUHWY-2K8Y-rss_0u4OwDgAieqzXfrW7gCV5CKHhMPGfOt5LayKF3PIeBdCbq7dVlX4cd8eYXWg/s1600-h/5revolutions_edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0i0RsVoXkLTSk38DRCr8s7-0wnO7t5y07eBcyUxWEDwZ3XxIunPBUdbHG_VTxNFkrM4spIk17TSA4Q77eYZI8WWkf_rC75qDKgDiRIkIIlNDe74_MFaoBPedkDRlYRsj6TZv4-5Res4c/s320/coolknights_edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206889154810260994" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXPxRhS6dVzWQR2ZWbU__f34wfG3ydVVC24VV6Zyv1aACGbft4eb5YLvO_9UumLEE7CjH-TIo-R741vKLGz_2aUbV0fhBCaUGp9PKyrDogIxtgf-KHBg1cmsqZktVA4tWTzbGh0fKtw18/s1600-h/sentries.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 261px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXPxRhS6dVzWQR2ZWbU__f34wfG3ydVVC24VV6Zyv1aACGbft4eb5YLvO_9UumLEE7CjH-TIo-R741vKLGz_2aUbV0fhBCaUGp9PKyrDogIxtgf-KHBg1cmsqZktVA4tWTzbGh0fKtw18/s320/sentries.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206889163400195602" border="0" /></a>Pieterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01002798843794420331noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891545108702638464.post-31927958233763091322008-03-30T23:35:00.005+03:002008-04-01T17:30:28.125+03:00Revolution Rocks<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPvuu2CjtqpnvLgNghEZS-wunDMZKl45ClHy08un813soFvDSBGyI3xDHK8EV5pASuXayILmrMYs0wTlwCx7uiIEfugVAZfi32C0NV3E7MA6T9C4d4gfQGFgqFyIs-XlNhqNAbK5OJDqE/s1600-h/nationalducongo.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 223px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPvuu2CjtqpnvLgNghEZS-wunDMZKl45ClHy08un813soFvDSBGyI3xDHK8EV5pASuXayILmrMYs0wTlwCx7uiIEfugVAZfi32C0NV3E7MA6T9C4d4gfQGFgqFyIs-XlNhqNAbK5OJDqE/s320/nationalducongo.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183639485688487890" border="0" /></a>I haven't found much information on this album. It was released in 1976 by <span style="font-style: italic;">D.G.A.C. (Direction Generale des Affaires Culturelles du Congo</span> - General Administration of Congolese Cultural Affairs, Congo-Brazzaville). It's a celebration of the national musical talent, enlisted to uplift Congo' scientific socialism of the time. For French-speakers, there's <span style="font-style: italic;">Vision</span>, a lament about slavery's chains, imperialist orders, and popular revolutions.<br /><br />Congolese coups, assasinations, and revolutions aside (Congo-Brazza saw its share of those), this album showcases the talents of master musicians like Essous, Pandi, Malapet, Ricky Malonga, and Passy Mermans. At that time, 1976, they already had a long history behind them in bands like Bantous de la Capitale and Rock-A-Mambo (as well given serious infusions to Franco's OK Jazz), and here the musicians sound like they're having fun with musical experiments, a revolutionary version of <span style="font-style: italic;">Tokumisa Congo </span>(We congratulate Congo) in <span style="font-style: italic;">Ah Congo!</span> and straight classic grooves like <span style="font-style: italic;">Pembe Kanisa</span>.<br /><br />It's a great album. I never heard or saw a Volume 2...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Orchestre%20National%20du%20Congo%20-%20Ntima%20Ngongo.mp3">Orchestre National du Congo - Ntima Ngongo</a><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Orchestre%20National%20du%20Congo%20-%20Pembe%20Kanisa.mp3"> Orchestre National du Congo - Pembe Kanisa</a><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Orchestre%20National%20du%20Congo%20-%20Kintuari.mp3">Orchestre National du Congo - Kintuari</a><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Orchestre%20National%20du%20Congo%20-%20Ah%21%20Congo.mp3">Orchestre National du Congo - Ah Congo!</a><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Orchestre%20National%20du%20Congo%20-%20Vision.mp3">Orchestre National du Congo - Vision</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTaqKnZVvBNQGV-_VJSojJScRZsbcOYJ65ZuD26mdAdoXtb9NRGnBysDPgH1KMsdH8bh4H_TLyenLXkmOWa6ddekpbqK2XD6NLbw06RhjiinnvFZTM4zGi1R2ZCJMfNCG5PmQlwgf9uOE/s1600-h/nationalducongo-back.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTaqKnZVvBNQGV-_VJSojJScRZsbcOYJ65ZuD26mdAdoXtb9NRGnBysDPgH1KMsdH8bh4H_TLyenLXkmOWa6ddekpbqK2XD6NLbw06RhjiinnvFZTM4zGi1R2ZCJMfNCG5PmQlwgf9uOE/s320/nationalducongo-back.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184283954121187298" border="0" /></a>Pieterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01002798843794420331noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891545108702638464.post-3089065001892285152008-02-25T23:18:00.007+03:002008-02-26T00:50:50.551+03:00Ready for Veve Star?I met up with Jontwa, a good friend, here in Mwanza. Jontwa loves my music collection; he's especially blown away by the second <a href="http://www.congotronics.com/">Congotronics</a> release (which you should get, if you haven't already).<br /><br />A while ago, Jontwa had called and said he'd found an <span style="font-style: italic;">mzee</span> (Swahili for old man) with a big box of records. After several missed meetings, we finally managed to visit the old man, Janepaa (Jean-Pierre), quite a character: born in Mbandaka, Equator Province in Congo, sometime after WWI, adventured to Tanganyika after WWII, worked as a airplane/helicopter mechanic, and was also connected with Orchestre Makassy in some shape or form. I'll have to visit Janepaa again soon to hear all his stories (and he's got more music).<br /><br />The big box of records had about 300 45s, some in plastic sleeves (as well as a bible in braille!). Lots of Congolese stuff and Kenyan-Congolese bands like Les Mangelepa. Most are in need of a very thorough cleaning but not all: I couldn't resist putting one 45 up even though there's some crackle here and there. Orchestre Veve Star's <span style="font-style: italic;">Nitarudia</span> (<span style="font-style: italic;">I'll Come Back</span>). You may have heard Veve Star's Bassala Hot before (on <a href="http://voodoofunk.blogspot.com/2007/11/super-absent-mp3.html">Frank's Voodoofunk</a>) but I hadn't yet heard this track. Veve Star is probably an off-shoot of Verckys' Orchestre Veve. 'Verckys' Kiamuangana Mateta plays the saxophone. Verckys has been one of the most infuential music producers in Congo and scored many hits on his label, Editions Veve. Verckys continues to be involved in the music scene, as president of the Congolese Musician Union. A great retrospective reissue is this <a href="http://www.retroafric.com/html/catalogue/015cd-1.html">Vintage Verckys</a> compilation, but this gem wasn't on it...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Orchestre%20Veve%20Star%20-%20Nitarudia%20Pt.1.mp3">Orchestre Veve Star - Nitarudia Pt.1</a> & <a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Orchestre%20Veve%20Star%20-%20Nitarudia%20Pt.2.mp3">Pt.2</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ3qdz9YXUqcz7SdwvKf5yfyw5nS4UIk13YcRiPbbNhJSErgBkqh0ZlfiOW2ROKc3hfjcIXDLGAWZLZ44orRjhc6HsIfdH_wXk6JHvF0esS4hDrDIF4PphFyUQzjm72T4VYxz47Im3JZE/s1600-h/orchestre+veve+star.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 235px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ3qdz9YXUqcz7SdwvKf5yfyw5nS4UIk13YcRiPbbNhJSErgBkqh0ZlfiOW2ROKc3hfjcIXDLGAWZLZ44orRjhc6HsIfdH_wXk6JHvF0esS4hDrDIF4PphFyUQzjm72T4VYxz47Im3JZE/s320/orchestre+veve+star.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171016116628205026" border="0" /></a>Pieterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01002798843794420331noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891545108702638464.post-77939256213464903752008-02-06T00:01:00.001+03:002008-02-10T11:25:03.645+03:00Keba, Mama, Keba!*<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqNjmgoSgPgCyOC2byQDcn2mu8zu0rDEUO-NmpdmaLbFViwglT0gLfO-h_T-uj4Be6GWnTS44MUo3iibHWh_f-deoO4YwyZERbVt6Jo8Bs8l2YZkSnQLKRZV0PvFOROrXLwjtoWK-T5M8/s1600-h/leoville+cowboy-depara.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqNjmgoSgPgCyOC2byQDcn2mu8zu0rDEUO-NmpdmaLbFViwglT0gLfO-h_T-uj4Be6GWnTS44MUo3iibHWh_f-deoO4YwyZERbVt6Jo8Bs8l2YZkSnQLKRZV0PvFOROrXLwjtoWK-T5M8/s320/leoville+cowboy-depara.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164925493977455506" border="0" /></a>(*<span style="font-style: italic;">Watch out, mama, watch out!</span>)<br /><br />In the 1950s, Lipopo (aka Leopoldville, now Kinshasa) saw its population swell to 400,000. More than half were under 18. There were already few economic opportunities for them and, with rebellion and war in the interior, even more youth ventured to the capital.<br /><br />At the end of the 1950s, several movie theatres opened up in the popular neighborhoods and youth flocked to them. Westerns, especially those with the adventures of Buffalo Bill and Pecos Bill, were wildly successful. So much so that youth gangs popped up, taking on American names like Bills or Yankees of Ngiri-Ngiri and riding bicycle-horses through the streets and chanting Bill-Oyee! Young delinquents found their culture hero in the buffalo hunter Bill. This phenomenon of the Bills who spoke Hindoubill had a wide impact: the late Mzee Kabila was also known as Sheriff and favored Stetson hats (and, in the past weeks, you may have seen Raila Odinga with a cowboy hat in Kenya).<br /><br />At about the same time, Jef De Laet, a Belgian Scheutist, arrived in Lipopo. After teaching in Matete, he became the parish priest of Ngiri-Ngiri where the Bills roamed and started working with the youth. Father Jef quickly became known as 'Pere Buffalo' through his work of channeling youth energies into a positive and more organized movement, following the example of the Flemish 'Catholic Worker Youth'. In the latter half of the 1960s, he helped start Minzoto Ya Zaire (and its successors), The Stars of Zaire, as well as a cultural centre, Cabaret Liyoto, which featured a recording studio.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgGSpYtSi0UCzneHRmnCck9WhWCeiH6Fevj1ieyXVuojQTLlEVWouS-Yq5tmZU4AXq64rZPDbzopZtyvr-dWjAjjuT_dFEKj-mN8QW4-cEpo3nDZeXN4TALI9_WzDk-H3QCbdJtg-At4g/s1600-h/depara-bills.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgGSpYtSi0UCzneHRmnCck9WhWCeiH6Fevj1ieyXVuojQTLlEVWouS-Yq5tmZU4AXq64rZPDbzopZtyvr-dWjAjjuT_dFEKj-mN8QW4-cEpo3nDZeXN4TALI9_WzDk-H3QCbdJtg-At4g/s320/depara-bills.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164924476070206322" border="0" /></a>Out of the Bills, with Minzoto as one example, arose a new generation of musicians and bands, like Zaiko and Bozi Boziana, livening up the Kinshasa scene. Pere Buffalo continued to work in Zaire/Congo into the 1980s, had to leave a while because of troubles with Mobutu, and returned in the 1990s to the Equatorial forest. Health problems caused his return to Belgium where he lives today, as a parish priest, and once again he started up a multicultural centre, Nganda (The Bills used to hang out in houses, first called 'ranches' or 'temples', then 'nganda', a hang-out near a bar or restaurant).<br /><br />The Minzoto sound is much different from the Congolese 'rumba' most people know. There's much inspiration and borrowing from folklore, traditional music, and reworkings of religious hymns like Kyrie Eleison.<br /><br />Below are 4 tracks from two albums, the self-titled Minzoto Ya Zaire and Zaire Folk Pop.<br /><br />Pictures are by Depara, Angolan-born photographer, who set up his 'Jean Whisky Depara Studio in Kinshasa in the 1950s. The official photographer of Franco (who also showed some Bill-traits in early shots with checkered shirts), Depara became the chronicler of Kin's nightlife. He passed away in 1997. Check <a href="http://www.gallery51.com/">Gallery51</a> or <a href="http://www.caacart.com/index.html">Contemporary African Art Collection</a> for more information.<br /><br />To read more on the Bills:<br />Filip De Boeck & Marie-Francoise Plissart's <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts/kinshasha_3780.jsp">Kinshasa: Tales of the Invisible City</a>. </span>Read/download the last chapter <a href="http://www.vai.be/download/Venetie224-einde.pdf">here</a>.<br />Ch. Didier Gondola, 1997. <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.harmattan.fr/index.asp?navig=catalogue&obj=numero&no_revue=&no=1157">Villes Miroirs: migrations et identites urbaines a Brazzaville et Kinshasa, 1930-1970</a>.</span><br /><p> </p><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Minzoto%20ya%20Zaire%20-%20Ilunga.mp3">Minzoto ya Zaire - Ilunga</a><br />"The girl is called Ilunga. We know each other since the days we sat on the school benches. Be careful now that you are grown up. The love we had for each other from childhood days on cannot get lost, but let it grow and blossom into a happy marriage. (Soul rhythm)"<br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Minzoto%20ya%20Zaire%20-%20Kayamba.mp3">Minzoto ya Zaire - Kayamba</a><br />"Be good to strangers. Look at them as people without skin and bones. (from Kasai region)"<br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Minzoto%20ya%20Zaire%20-%20Koni%20Vuka.mp3">Minzoto ya Zaire - Koni Vuka</a><br />"A song from a legend. Ivuka has been murdered of jealousy. His wife chants the glory of her murdered husband. (from the Bandundu region)"<br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Minzoto%20ya%20Zaire%20-%20Malemale.mp3">Minzoto ya Zaire - Male Male</a><br />"Twins bring happiness to the village, if all prescriptions are followed. It is a great honour for parents to have twins. Let us celebrate them. (Folklore from Bandundu: Transition to modern jazz)"<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyfkjwOgklBdBpDXsVpkOh1HYyIVekxyyY4ksE4I-tG9Bmi3sL1aUu4ddE7yiF15QTNyJ_RtbTUMFrpu-irlid2xEVGRNZaaQHps_ztZYUZInepqCD64hGCyD8ZcZen5FvOPDykpO9Mmw/s1600-h/zaire+folk+pop.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyfkjwOgklBdBpDXsVpkOh1HYyIVekxyyY4ksE4I-tG9Bmi3sL1aUu4ddE7yiF15QTNyJ_RtbTUMFrpu-irlid2xEVGRNZaaQHps_ztZYUZInepqCD64hGCyD8ZcZen5FvOPDykpO9Mmw/s320/zaire+folk+pop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164954510776507314" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8nnRLdvfKsDCfWvMFg8nNA-R_VSqX1eW6BJlosZ_oMmP_DnqyCX_1yeew73Bh6fiQRsVTVdvRHQeWGDPjsfpbRWeWuovcZEFdhw1XyCJ9cQWfMQWK402PNEQHZTS0QwSVq5dfOc16wLM/s1600-h/minzotoyazaire.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 264px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8nnRLdvfKsDCfWvMFg8nNA-R_VSqX1eW6BJlosZ_oMmP_DnqyCX_1yeew73Bh6fiQRsVTVdvRHQeWGDPjsfpbRWeWuovcZEFdhw1XyCJ9cQWfMQWK402PNEQHZTS0QwSVq5dfOc16wLM/s320/minzotoyazaire.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164954506481540002" border="0" /></a>Pieterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01002798843794420331noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891545108702638464.post-58561334258990998252007-12-01T12:18:00.000+03:002007-12-09T19:41:27.661+03:00Congo Fiesta<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-c-S7rALEkKEsH_ZpwvlL-G9pLR3lsWl3Z2hLXIM89H5fgs_mMKEdQV1RpAo4KeUVZrg5RWGNWIWInCZS1sHUlcne3nakErJ57E2IUepcibCQNr_Si1dpwuEeixZqBS2s8ahJ2Y-RFOg/s1600-r/primus.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 141px; height: 162px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrrwxWnEh8p56QKg0AUtfSVjAmjOgJXjn59Xo5ey2YAvTg4q9RjGg-guMcSyX6wDIzxVYmOOA9mv6d8QV0-VvRCkScjdQytWv-iQTwPL5TsDvd4ZIrO1dZgazYo8WnKebn_hjv6dflNrQ/s320/primus.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5138931973200468738" border="0" /></a>It's been a couple of months since the last post. The sea isn't dry. I've just been busy with work and our local internet provider also increased its charges 150%. I have saved up a couple of posts. I'm in Europe now for 2 weeks with normal connections so I'll upload a few mixes.<br /><br />Thanks for all you out there who keep checking in (an average of 60 people a day, from all over the globe!).<br /><br />In Musoma, last week, in between work, I managed to find some vinyl but usually the records aren't in the greatest shape. No sleeves, just stacks of 45s in plastic bags, often caked with dirt. I did get two decent Cuban Marimba Band 45s (Tanzanian).<br /><br />For now, here's a set of Latin-influenced Congolese tunes: chachacha, merengue, pachanga, a classic Feruzi composition performed by Franco (it might be Feruzi playing the accordeon on that piece but I'm not sure), and my favorite Dr. Nico tune of the moment: Mwamba wa Mama, where he's mixing in traditional <span style="font-style: italic;">mutuashi</span> rhythms from the Kasai region.<br /><br />Someone up in Ireland asked where she could find these records. Finding the actual records (in good condition) is very difficult nowadays. These were produced in the 1960s. Still, it should not be too difficult to find good compilations of Congolese music on CD. Vincent Kenis of <a href="http://www.crammed.be/list/catalogue.html">Crammed discs</a> has reissued old OK Jazz (Roots of Rhumba Rock and Roots of OK Jazz); Wolfgang Bender of Popular African Music released a compilation from the <a href="http://ntama.uni-mainz.de/content/view/32/31/">Ngoma</a> label.<br /><br />Up north now, it's 5 pm, dark, wet, and cold. Here are some tropical tunes to keep you warm. More to come in the next week or so...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Orchestre%20African%20Fiesta%20-%20Domingo%20O%20Sabado.mp3">Orchestre African Fiesta - Domingo o Sabado</a><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Orchestre%20T.P.%20OK-Jazz%20-%20Cha%20Cha%20Cha%20Erique.mp3">T.P. OK-Jazz - Cha Cha Cha Erique</a><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Orchestre%20Conga%20-%20Santa%20Christina.mp3">Orchestre Conga - Santa Christina</a><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Alphonse%20et%20l%27Orchestre%20Negro%20Succes%20-%20Esta%20Cum%20Pachanga.mp3">Alphonse et l'Orchestre Negro Success - Esta Cum Pachanga</a><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Orchestre%20T.P.%20OK-Jazz%20-%20Koyina.mp3">T.P. OK-Jazz - Koyina</a><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Orchestre%20African%20Fiesta%20-%20Runeme%20Mama.mp3">Orchestre African Fiesta - Runeme Mama</a><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Orchestre%20Bantou%20-%20Endiable%20Merengue.mp3">Orchestre Bantou - Endiable Merengue</a><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Orchestre%20Bantou%20de%20la%20Capitale%20-%20Tu%20Silencio.mp3">Orchestre Bantou de la Capitale - Tu Silencio</a><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Bholen%20et%20l%27Orchestre%20Negro%20Succes%20-%20Pacha-Pachanga.mp3">Bholen et l'Orchestre Negro Success - Pacha Pachanga</a><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Docteur%20Nico%20et%20l%27Orchestre%20African%20Fiesta%20-%20Mwamba%20Wa%20Mamu.mp3">Dr. Nico & African Fiesta - Mwamba wa Mamu</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmGFVwFMFkSCjN7G_XzXy3KdBX72Q-CkGVkSQSl7MxLf_Ug3fHenug42viTs1aFEx9GtZON39TQmlx7g55dciHnOvoOY7W2vfuoSRKaXA3g_h74fRJQLf5o3EGNc4yNX79pmXw9VTYhIM/s1600-h/fiesta1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 401px; height: 401px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmGFVwFMFkSCjN7G_XzXy3KdBX72Q-CkGVkSQSl7MxLf_Ug3fHenug42viTs1aFEx9GtZON39TQmlx7g55dciHnOvoOY7W2vfuoSRKaXA3g_h74fRJQLf5o3EGNc4yNX79pmXw9VTYhIM/s320/fiesta1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142013481297332626" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSb7JK9Gc9w0vsg3hr8A3rxyoHR9j-Ca0z96Xs1UwKbTTcAZSW7VogLY9eO6_fcbSa-bOOVGMqW6mfozW9CuJFFGE4fuu2Q8wNUmyVOamPLlkhbGbu4oIggmWCLbDqXQQmnbPzE-j5VTc/s1600-h/fiesta2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSb7JK9Gc9w0vsg3hr8A3rxyoHR9j-Ca0z96Xs1UwKbTTcAZSW7VogLY9eO6_fcbSa-bOOVGMqW6mfozW9CuJFFGE4fuu2Q8wNUmyVOamPLlkhbGbu4oIggmWCLbDqXQQmnbPzE-j5VTc/s320/fiesta2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142012875706943874" border="0" /></a></div>Pieterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01002798843794420331noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891545108702638464.post-89787983965108797762007-08-29T21:53:00.000+03:002007-08-30T22:41:34.463+03:00Continental DriftIt's about time I put up a mix. It's called Continental Drift: that was (and still is) the name of a radio show that friends and I did in Chicago, throughout the 1990s , on <a href="http://www.wnur.org/">WNUR FM</a>. In between jazz in the morning (listen to Joe early on Tuesday: 5 AM in Chicago is noonish here) and rock in the afternoon, we played just about anything. As many others, I don't like the label world music. I guess only Sun Ra can make the claim his music is from out of this world.<br /><br />So we played anything and everything. I usually featured a heavy dose of African music, picking new and old pieces from a collection that grew over the years, sprinkled with non-US hiphop, dub, Gainsbourg, Fairouz, Brel, Romanian pop, rembetika, tropicalia, gnawa, etc. Maybe I'll put up one of those mixes one of these days. I don't always listen to old African vinyl!<br /><br />The mix flies from Togo to Cameroon, over Congo and Kenya, back to Guinea-Conakry, Benin and Nigeria. Bella Bellow needs a serious reissue of her work (Samy?). The aeroplane soundbite comes from PoussePousse, a Cameroonian movie: I'll have more of the soundtrack with lots of Andre Marie Tala. No need to tell much about Manu Dibango (Matt, did you see him at Couleur Cafe?). Demaye's track is the flip side of Soul Soukouss and just as funky. Trio Madjesi follow with their raw style in Matshatsha. Loi-Toki-Tok are Kenyan: they sing "they have nothing to say" but the groove speaks for itself. More Guinean sounds from Keletigui; the unmatched Poly-Rythmo; Nigerian Funkees; Abeti's personal take on Congolese rhythms; Babatunde taking a cue from Manu Dibango; more Akoffa Akoussah (she also connected with Manu Dibango, and sadly passed away in April of this year) ; Tabu Ley's Folksoum rhythm of Muwoso; Cloud7 from Nigeria again (Why Cloud 7 and not 9?); and finally The Wings (read more on them at <a href="http://combandrazor.blogspot.com/2007_05_01_archive.html">WithComb&Razor</a>). Anyone know how people like The Wings and Geraldo Pino ended up on Kenyan label, Suzumi, which released a handful of 45s?<br /><br />I've tried several times to upload this as a mix but with the slow/developing IT connection it keeps failing after 30-40 minutes. Uploading smaller files works better... so here's a DIY mix with 16 tracks. This is the order I mixed it but feel free to make your own!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/BellaBellow-DasiKo.mp3">Bella Bellow - Dasi Ko</a> (arrangement Manu Dibango)<br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/ManuDibango-Lily.mp3">Manu Dibango - Lily</a><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/MountCameroon.mp3">Flyby Mt Cameroon</a><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Auguila%20Gaston%20Demaye%20-%20Lelo%20Ngai%20Ma%20Bini.mp3">Auguila Gaston Demaye - Lelo Ngai Ma Bini</a><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Matshatsha.mp3">Trio Madjesi/Orchestre Sosoliso - Matshatsha</a><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Santa%20Loi-Toki-Tok%20-%20Lakusema%20Mimi%20Sina.mp3">Santa Loi-Toki-Tok - Lakusema Mimi Sina</a><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Keletigui%20-%20BakaryDian.mp3">Keletigui et Ses Tambourinis - Bakary Dian</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Gbe%20Mi%20Na%20Gbe.mp3">Orchestre Poly-Rythmo - Gbe Mi Na Gbe</a><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Funkees%20-%20Ole.mp3">Funkees - Ole'</a><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Abeti%20-%20Miwela.mp3">Abeti - Miwela</a><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/BabatundeOlatunji-Takuta.mp3">BabatundeOlatunji - Takuta</a><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/AkofaAkoussa-LaLem.mp3">Akofa Akoussah - La Lem</a><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Orchestre%20Afrisa%20%28L%27International%29%20-%20Muwoso%20Muwoso%20%28Rythme%20Folksoum%29.mp3">Orchestre Afrisa (L'International) - Muwoso-Muw</a><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Orchestre%20Afrisa%20%28L%27International%29%20-%20Muwoso%20Muwoso%20%28Rythme%20Folksoum%29.mp3">oso</a><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/SonnyOkosuns-Adessua.mp3">Sonny Okosuns - Adessua</a><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Cloud7-CanYouDoIt.mp3">Cloud 7 - Can You Do It</a><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/GoneWithTheSun-TheWings.mp3">The Wings - Gone With The Sun</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzwmU5s8GWzG2ZpyqTbjdMzoQlIiUnSzkYK6HxjDuU8pHckJrJ_hC4mnMnKYLXwfQVR8M80EJ4Gib49uhwhCZJv2GulzIvCEwL281qG0PYfnV3t92CgzZpCU7iTDisyCa2stW0QtgPVss/s1600-h/cdrift1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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Working on a longer mix of funkier tracks but, in the meantime, at this early hour, here are some slower musical moods.<br /><br />Ghana: Ramblers International with <a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/RamblersInternational-High-LifeMedley.mp3">High-Life Medley</a><br />Congo-Brazzaville: Orchestre Sinza with <a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Orchestre%20Sinza%20-%20Il%20Est%20Ne.mp3">Il est né</a><br />Togo: Akofa Akoussa with <a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Akofa%20Akoussa%20-%20I%20Tcho%20Tchass.mp3">I Tcho Tchass</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjug9aLjMSyxDwRRo8xGgE8s4rsKRzJjry469dRFkA5Z3smlYTtkaKpQYMUqAJQW0COEsAkyZhWT4wfUkFqQJGjBszWX65a4Hin0XG0muH2C064q2rGmyqFnBxqpxDBl2PNRssD7H7-oYE/s1600-h/P8220020_edited.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 171px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjug9aLjMSyxDwRRo8xGgE8s4rsKRzJjry469dRFkA5Z3smlYTtkaKpQYMUqAJQW0COEsAkyZhWT4wfUkFqQJGjBszWX65a4Hin0XG0muH2C064q2rGmyqFnBxqpxDBl2PNRssD7H7-oYE/s320/P8220020_edited.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101650505441526322" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSA6rHMiAVjYIHse7tbpNwT_O_ejMQl4wW9nboepe_ErdZtsbbc945K6HVekpBXl4_8lWhzA_bG9M_p6iTDi0QOH-jKvzttoJ0cp6BaoK7rlDPqEHt5olIXkmKFdp5IdB5MnD2gOJW8Y/s1600-h/P8220031_edited.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSA6rHMiAVjYIHse7tbpNwT_O_ejMQl4wW9nboepe_ErdZtsbbc945K6HVekpBXl4_8lWhzA_bG9M_p6iTDi0QOH-jKvzttoJ0cp6BaoK7rlDPqEHt5olIXkmKFdp5IdB5MnD2gOJW8Y/s320/P8220031_edited.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101650505441526338" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD-Vk3pT_k8KpiZb7Xl0nLuvOv-XrlXnhNsy9N-g3BToeMgwMSfiBC5QSMRB9oJjKFxxNLqrimrjrQE-XRcKYRlPPJfZ9ljTl9QgUuXzjrENkPOc0-9Tc7AXqmAazjp-v1ozQPwsIZ48M/s1600-h/akofa.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 173px; height: 178px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD-Vk3pT_k8KpiZb7Xl0nLuvOv-XrlXnhNsy9N-g3BToeMgwMSfiBC5QSMRB9oJjKFxxNLqrimrjrQE-XRcKYRlPPJfZ9ljTl9QgUuXzjrENkPOc0-9Tc7AXqmAazjp-v1ozQPwsIZ48M/s320/akofa.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101652378047267426" border="0" /></a>Pieterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01002798843794420331noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891545108702638464.post-28350886165993430142007-08-07T07:58:00.001+03:002007-08-07T17:52:12.225+03:001960s Drum&Bass<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyCNljSoyiD813_xdISEELv-4BJWpJC5klzLfqSwi5x67zQ0gV1kypf0hR1FphGDIMU59sOLVD3cqEzkkTo4C3jXY5UnIxusdACBi34AkKgxJW8ZdM4-dOL52kujPypaYhJE6IT8I_FiU/s1600-h/tembo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyCNljSoyiD813_xdISEELv-4BJWpJC5klzLfqSwi5x67zQ0gV1kypf0hR1FphGDIMU59sOLVD3cqEzkkTo4C3jXY5UnIxusdACBi34AkKgxJW8ZdM4-dOL52kujPypaYhJE6IT8I_FiU/s320/tembo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5095970562463243234" border="0" /></a>Moving across the Congo river, to the 1960s, when Brazzaville musicians had to leave Kinshasa. Prime Minister Tshombe ordered the expulsion of "aliens" in 1964. Many of the famous Kinois orchestras, like OK Jazz, lost their best musicians (at least for a while).<o:p></o:p> <p class="MsoPlainText">Ange Linaud, who later led Super Boboto, started Orchestre Tembo. You may have heard "Yebo Edi Pachanga" on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Racubah-Collection-Modern-Afro-Rythms/dp/B0007YELWC">Racubah</a> (now out of stock at Dustygroove but you should still be able to find it elsewhere).<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p></o:p>These tracks distill the groove into (IMHO) two delicious<span style="font-style: italic;"> sebene</span>...<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p></o:p><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/LinaudOrchestreTembo-Mpuanani.mp3">Ange Linaud & Orchestre Tembo - Mpuanani</a><o:p></o:p><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/LinaudOrchestreTembo-MuzinaAveMaria.mp3">Ange Linaud & Orchestre Tembo - Muzina "Ave Maria"</a></p>Pieterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01002798843794420331noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891545108702638464.post-70736642503683366752007-08-04T10:05:00.000+03:002007-08-07T17:42:36.198+03:00Congo Jazz<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyFZyqgOcPdfyQKXYhM3dCGb9bTnaSwUyezgowyS9qDEquHGqiHG6nPRT8i8xoqfwwnsubFqiESSktetOjmwWS_VhL5wC5B4HGf57PjWzguHVuok51KVkvmdOGqYWC4S5IOT9KKYBfXrM/s1600-h/SuperCerculFront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyFZyqgOcPdfyQKXYhM3dCGb9bTnaSwUyezgowyS9qDEquHGqiHG6nPRT8i8xoqfwwnsubFqiESSktetOjmwWS_VhL5wC5B4HGf57PjWzguHVuok51KVkvmdOGqYWC4S5IOT9KKYBfXrM/s320/SuperCerculFront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5095968853066259410" border="0" /></a>I don't know exactly where Super Cercul fits in the infinite versioning of Congolese bands, in this case Orchestre Cercul and Cercul Jazz. In any case, this is early Congolese music when musicians from both sides of the <st1:place>Congo river</st1:place>, from <st1:city><st1:place>Kinshasa</st1:place></st1:city> (then <st1:place>Leopoldville</st1:place>) and <st1:city><st1:place>Brazzaville</st1:place></st1:city> mixed and mingled to come up with these sounds. Cercul's name comes from a youth organization, Centre Culturel de Bacongo. This is where people like Franklin Boukaka started out, hanging out at Kabasele's African Jazz in the late 1950s, before striking out on their own.<br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Super%20Cercul%20-%20Adelina.mp3">Super Cercul - Adelina</a><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Super%20Cercul%20-%20Na%20Ye%20Na%20Lisano.mp3">Super Cercul - Na Ye Na Lisano</a><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Super%20Cercul%20-%20Vero%20Na%20Tika%20Lise%20Mi%20Kuawa.mp3">Super Cercul - Vero Na Tika Lise Mi Kuawa</a><br /><a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Super%20Cercul%20-%20Succes%20Cercul.mp3">Super Cercul - Succes Cercul</a><o:p></o:p></p>Pieterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01002798843794420331noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891545108702638464.post-2487582149314729382007-07-31T22:16:00.000+03:002007-08-05T19:43:10.153+03:00Congo Swing<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifr-jE5ojEuQJ9OPmhGCS3iAjr_CUyF2UlM6CFv2rowJBote5pHqsErVqrtyv9xf2Rys-t_VW3e4_BcdeYl_IqvU3CKBeQ9b55Qmlhcz4Rug0fkDiFngOQl1_J0S3uSi9ygS161gZowkM/s1600-h/CongoLatino(front).jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 174px; height: 175px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifr-jE5ojEuQJ9OPmhGCS3iAjr_CUyF2UlM6CFv2rowJBote5pHqsErVqrtyv9xf2Rys-t_VW3e4_BcdeYl_IqvU3CKBeQ9b55Qmlhcz4Rug0fkDiFngOQl1_J0S3uSi9ygS161gZowkM/s320/CongoLatino(front).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093442437338635074" border="0" /></a>Back online and back in Mwanza. Sorry-o for the long wait. Been to Europe for work and vacation. When we returned, the landline phone worked but we mysteriously got a different telephone number (and the ADSL account, tied to our real number, of course did't work). After multiple visits, we finally got our old number back and figured out the ADSL connection again. Then blogger acted up: when I signed in, I got access to other people's blogs (mostly blogs with a link to Tanzania: someone climbing Kilimanjaro, a blog on TZ media, and the family photos of a Tanzanian Indian).<br /><br />Today, all seems to be working well (almost: wanted to download Bobongo Stars from <a href="http://combandrazor.blogspot.com/">CombandRazor</a> but failed after repeated attempts). I did manage to easily upload this 45 I found in Antwerp, with one my favorite Congolese bands, Rock-A-Mambo. A long while back, I did a guest <a href="http://bennloxo.com/archives/2004/12/10/rocamambu-rhythms">post</a> for Matt's <a href="http://bennloxo.com/">Bennloxo.com</a> featuring some other Rock-A-Mambo tracks.<br /><br />I love these tracks, dating back to the 1950s. <a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Rock-A-Mambo_Bakoule_%28Bidama%29.mp3">Bakoule</a> with Kabasele and Rossignol on vocals swings. It also has me searching: this was covered in the late 1980s or 1990s by, I think, Pepe Kalle. I have that song, on cassette in one of several boxes filled with tapes, but haven't found it yet. I can hear the song in my head. If anyone hears Bakoule and knows the newer version, let me know.<br /><br />I'll leave you with all tracks: <a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Rock-A-Mambo_Brigitte_%28Rumba%29.mp3">Brigitte</a>, another Rock-A-Mambo track, <a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Negro_Band_Kumaye_%28cha-cha-cha%29.mp3">Kumaye</a> and <a href="http://www.akwaabasound.com/snd/music/Negro_Band_Senhorita_%28cha-cha-cha%29.mp3">Senhorita</a>, two Negro Band cha-cha-cha tunes.Pieterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01002798843794420331noreply@blogger.com9