Thursday, March 28, 2013

Ambiance Congo: March 24, 2013

WELCOME TO AMBIANCE CONGO!
Here is a show you will not want to miss! I have some really great tracks mixed in here, including classics from Verckys & Le VEVE and from Festival des Maquisards, a couple more examples of the guitar artistry of Master Mwana Congo, a rumba from Bill Clinton and, of course, MORE!
No requests this time? That's OK. You are invited to add one for next time!
Here's a link to get the program and track list:
http://www.yousendit.com/download/UVJqZGVhZy8wVWxqQTlVag
The link expires in two weeks, but a rebroadcast is available here:
http://www.radio4all.net/index.php?op=result&action=series&series=Ambiance%20Congo&nav=&
These are some albums you'll hear from:



 
Track list:
PART A
1)King Kester Emeneya & Victoria Eleison Dream Team Dream Band
sebene from DORIS ILOKO (this program’s theme song)
from the CD PAS DE CONTACT
Black Music
2)Reddy Amisi
ASSISTANT SOCIAL
from the CD CONCERT LIVE: MAMAN ANGEBI
Manu Luvaka ML Production
3) Didi Raphael Louvila & J. Mpouki Kimbolo Ya Djecko
JEFI
from the LP MWANA MA KIMBOLO / MALEKA
JMK / Meya
4)Mangungu Cley
AMOUR MARIA
from the LP VIVEZ..VIBREZ...DANSEZ AVEC MANGUNGU CLEY
Guy Didier Production
5)Bozi Boziana et l’Anti-Choc feat. Jolie Detta
DARSE LIKOTINO
from the CD KING KESTER EMENEYA & BENZ BOZI BOZIANA
Ngoyarto
6)Choc Stars
AU REVOIR PARIS
from the LP CHOC STARS A PARIS 2: SANDRA LA BLONDE
Rythmes et Musique
7)Papa Wemba & Viva la Musica
LAZARET
from the CD MOKILI NGENGE
Dario Production
8)Les Marquis de Maison Mere
MIAMI
from the CD MIRACLES
Simon Music.
PART B
9)Bill Clinton
SANGO YA MAWA
from the CD KULUMBIMBI
Claude Mussay / Big Events
10)King Kester Emeneya
WILLO MONDO
from the LP KESTER EMENEYA
Feel Sound
11)Verckys et l’Orchestre VEVE
DRIBLING YA SOMO
from the LP LASSISSI PRESENTE VERCKYS ET L'ORCHESTRE VEVE
Sacodis
12)Pepe Kalle & Nyboma
NINA
from the CD MOYIBI
Syllart Production
13)Bantous Monument
GARE AU BARATIN
from the LP LES BANTOUS “MONUMENT”
Sonodisc
14)Nouvelle Serie
BIJOUX RECLAMES
from the CD LE PROCUREUR
Denide Production
15)Zaiko Langa-Langa
ZIZITA
from the LP ZAIKO EYI NKISI
Prozal
16) Sam Mangwana l'Orchestre Festival des Maquisards
NKURA ELOMBE
from the CD BILINGA LINGA VOLUME 1
Ngoyarto
*= by request

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Ambiance Congo: March 10, 2013

Welcome to Ambiance Congo!
This program is presented every other Sunday on WRIR LP 97.3 FM in Richmond, Virginia, USA.
WRIR's mission as a nonprofit, publicly supported community radio station is to present unrepresented or under-represented news, opinions, issues and music.
With this program, the only such program in the USA that I am aware of, I hope to help to fulfill that mission by raising public awareness and appreciation of a wide variety of Congolese popular music.

A long look and listen at the Ambiance Congo Audio Archives at http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/series/Ambiance+Congo will show that I make it my policy to only repeat any given song if that song has been requested by a listener. Over the course of the past eight years, that adds up to a lot of music and, hopefully, illustrates how many artists there are, how many groups there have been and the incredible amount of music has been recorded and produced.
People who are or have been unfamiliar with the genre are usually amazed by the sheer volume and constant quality. When this happens, I feel that WRIR and Ambiance Congo have been successful.

Twice a year, WRIR asks for your support. Today's program was recorded during our Spring 2013 Fund Drive. The program includes a lot of talk about the fund drive and about how you can help to keep WRIR on the air and to keep this program coming. If you appreciate the effort to introduce and present Congolese music to a wide range of listeners -and the results of that effort- please donate whatever you can and be sure to tell WRIR that you enjoy and appreciate Ambiance Congo.
https://wrir.wufoo.com/forms/fund-drive-donation-wrirlp-973-fm/
Thank you, and thanks to all who have already responded to the call. The Fund Drive ends soon.

The show is an all-vinyl program that filled a number of your requests and I hope that you will enjoy hearing all of the songs as much as I enjoyed presenting them.
Here are a few album covers:

 
You may download the podcast with track list here:
The link will be good for two weeks.
Here's the track list.
PART A
1)King Kester Emeneya & Victoria Eleison Dream Team Dream Band
sebene from DORIS ILOKO (this program’s theme song)
from the CD PAS DE CONTACT
Black Music
2)African Fiesta
CAMALEE
from the LP AUTHENTICITIE VOLUME 2
African
3)Orchestre Les Noirs
MOSASA NDEMBO
from the LP HIT PARADE AFRICAIN VOL. 3
Pathe Marconi
4)Buesso M’Bemba *
PAPA JAQUES
from the LP FAFIKIDE
CILL World Wide
5) L'Amiral Cheri-Gau & Les Officiers of African Music
CONSPIRATION
from the LP NIANZI GAULARD *
Savas
 
6) Didi Raphael Louvila
GISELE *
from the LP DIDI RAPHAEL LOUVILA
Meya
7)Zaiko Langa-Langa
BETOSSIA
from the LP SOKITEMBE BOMEKA TATA NZAMBE SALISABETO
Gilette D’Or
PART B
8)L’Orchestre Kamale
AYINDJO
from the LP LES EDITIONS VEVE PRESENTENT L'ORCHESTRE KAMALE & SON CELEBRE CHANTEUR NYBOMA (DAVOS)
African
9)Choc Stars
OZI
from the LP KELEMANI
Espera
10)Le N’Ganshie Stervos Niarcos *
KINSHASA-BRAZZA
from the LP DERNIER COUP DE SIFFLET
Americano Productions
11)Dally Kimoko
SABINA
from the LP LASSISSI PRESENTE DALLY KIMOKO
Sacodis International
12)Faya Tess, Tabu Ley & L’Afrisa International
SKOL ELEKI NYONSO
from the LP MOTO AKOKUFA
Africa 7
*= by request