Monday, September 22, 2014

Ambiance Congo: September 21, 2014

Welcome to another edition of Ambiance Congo.
Almost no time for preparation beforehand meant lots of vinyl again for most of the program today with most tunes picked and queued on the spot while the previous song was playing! You'll find some surprisingly unlikely yet surprisingly good segues (a song by Langa Langa Stars leading into one by Jean Sylvain Goma for example)  as a result. I also ended up spinning a lot of records I've spun before, so it was hard to find and post the usual four album covers unique to every show.
I do enjoy presenting these off-the-cuff and out-of-the-box presentations, though, and I hope you'll like this one.
Requests and comments are always welcome!


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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) Dindo Yogo
AMI YA BOMWANA
from the LP LA VIE EST JEUREUSE QUAND SE SENT AIMER
Productions Mayala

3) Grand Zaiko Bayaka
TONGO MOWEI *
from the LP BA PENSEES
Kuo Line Production

4) Gloria Tukhadio, Le Grand Bulukutu de Viva la Musica
MIDI
from the CD TENUE CORRECTE
Sonodsic

5) Le Grand Maestro Fafa de Molokai
NANOU
from the LP MANDAT D’ARRET
Philo-Nteke Production

6) Langa Langa Stars
WABI DOMINI
from the LP VERCKYS PRESENTE: LANGA LANGA STARS
Ets. VEVE International/Rythmes et Musique

7) Jean Sylvain Goma "Ya Pergaud" et Le Tout Choc Tchessa National Awala-Wala
MARIAGE
from the LP VOLUME 2: LES JEUNES ET LA PERFECTION
Safari Ambiance

8) Zaico
CAROLE
from the LP JUMELAGE 89
Scorpion Productions

PART B
9) Orchestre Kara de Kinshasa
YA KARE
from the LP ORCHESTRE KARA DE KINSHASA
Sonafric

10) Sax Matalanza
CHERIE M’FUTI SOUFFRANCE
from the LP SAX MATALANZA “LE MBULA MATARI”
Sans Frontiere                                               

11) Winan Mignon
MAME MAME
from the CD ZAIKOLOGIE
Cyrique Bassoka Productions

12) Lassa “L’Acolyte” Pembele
MOKOLO MOSANTU
from the CD INFLUENCE
Diego Music

13) Benz Petrole
CHANCE YA ROTTERDAM
from the CD STAR ACADEMY
Gillette D’Or Internationale

14) Felix Wazekwa & Cultur’ A Pays-vie
ADAMU NA EVA
from the CD ADAMU NA EVA
Fondation Wazekwa

*=by request

6 comments:

  1. Thanks for this wonderful episode of AC. Many thanks for playing my request. Several great songs in this program - enjoyed the Dindo Yogo and Gloria Tukhadio apart from the Grand Zaiko song. Apurva from Pune, India.

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  2. I'm glad that you liked it. I had a really good time on Sunday!

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  3. Unplanned and straight out-the-box it may have been but it was still a mighty fine show. Was that the first time you've played the MANDAT D’ARRET LP? Very nice track.

    By the way, did you ever go to the African Music Gallery in Washington when it still existed? The reason I ask is I've just got hold of a handful of pretty unusual Congolese LPs from the 1980s, all of which have stickers on them suggesting they originated from that store. All I can say is it must have been an interesting shop!
    Pick of the crop is an LP called Madjenine(?) by Emmanuel Nsakala Nguimbi & L'Orchestre Brazza Kin Ambiance. Have you ever heard it? It's fantastic.
    I've since found out that it's the first LP from the otherwise rather dodgy Dr Sakis, but it's still fantastic.

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  4. Dave, I practically spent every cent I had at the African Music Gallery over the course of about 15-20 years. It moved a few times and I had to go looking for it, but that was my place to buy records. I don't know how many I have with the production label info carefully cut away with an exacto knife and then covered with the Gallery's sticker!
    No, sir, I have not heard that album. Any way I can?

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  5. Dave:
    Thanks for the info on the record. I bought a copy from the other man. As he's close to here in USA, I should have mine in a couple of days.
    I published your comment, but then noticed there was some sensitive info in it so I deleted it.

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  6. Jorge de Barranquilla:
    No he publicado a tu commento porque has incuido a tu email en el comment. He buscado, pero no tengo el disco de Zaiko que deseas.
    Lo siento!

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