Monday, May 18, 2015

Ambiance Congo: May 17, 2015

WELCOME!
Welcome to Ambiance Congo, your English-language radio program of all Congolese music.
Today I have for you nothing but older music, the favorite genre for most listeners. My favorite as well!
I've got Franco & T.P. O.K. Jazz, Johnny Bokelo, Papa Wemba, Choc Stars, Le Peuple and a whole lot more. Most of the program was pulled from original vinyl, though there are a couple of gems, like the killer track of Orchestre Makinaloka, that came from CD compilations.
I hope that you will enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed pulling records out of the crate and queueing them up and spinning them for you.
You may download the program with track list here:
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Requests and comments are ALWAYS welcome! I'd love to hear from YOU!

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) Franco et le T.P. O.K. Jazz
OU EST LE SERIEUX?
from the LP FIFTEEN YEARS AGO VOL. 3
ASL


3) Orchestre Makinaloka
MPONGO
from the CD  NDOMBE OPETUM: 20e SIECLE IKE IKE
Ngoyarto


4) Orchestre Lipua Lipua
NALELI LIBALA
from the LP LES GRANDS SUCCES DESEDITIONS VEVE VOL. 7 DIRECTION VERCKYS
Sonafric

5)Africa Mode Matata
MELELI MELELI
from the 45 RPM single
Ngoma

6) Andre Kinzonzi "Du Soleil Krunganga"
NUL N’EST PARFAIT
from the LP QU’EST CE QUE L’AMOUR?
Oliveira NKounkou production

7) M’Pompon Kuleta
MAMA
from the LP CONSEIL PEMBELE
Tsavo Records

8)Orchestre Le Peuple
BANQUE YA BA SOUCIS
from the LP LE PEUPLE
Production Le Vaudou

PART B
9)Johnny Bokelo
NA SAMBUE
from the LP OUF!...
Shakara Music

                                                        Photo courtesy of oro

10)Kabongo Wetu
CONSOLATION ANNIE
from the LP CONSOLATION ANNIE
Ets. Papa Disco


11)Kichar Kilesa
DIALO feat. Madilu System & Empire Bakuba
from the LP COMPILATION PASSI-JO & KICHAR
Ets. Afro-Records

12)Teddy Sukami
FAFA
from the LP TEDDY SUKAMI DE ZAIKO-LANGA-LANGA
Tonton Mayala & Gary Kiaba production

13) Papa Wemba
CHERIE KATHONA
from the CD LES MEILLEURS SUCCES DE PAPA WEMBA VOL. 2
Ets. Mayala

14) Choc Stars
PONINI EZA MPASI
from the LP AKUFA LOBI AKOMI MOTO
Ryrthmes et Musique

Monday, May 4, 2015

Ambiance Congo: may 3, 2015

WELCOME!
I have been getting some newer music lately. I had been disappointed with a lot of new Congolese music because the guitar sebene (dance segment at the end of the song) had been replaced by extended vocal parts and virtually eliminated except in a few cases where it was allowed to creep in for a few seconds at the very end. The songs have also become disjointed mash-ups of varying rhythms that seldom seem flow comfortably from one to the next within a particular song.
To my happy surprise, some of the newest CDs I've heard have begun to have longer, more cohesive sebenes. Although many of these now have less inspired vocal parts, I am encouraged that new era of music may be on its way, hopefully leading to a renaissance of music that draws more from the odemba masters than from the trend-setters of the last few years.
Today's program features a few of these new discs and some very nice older music as well, but most tunes come from around 1998-2002.
I hope that you'll enjoy the program and let me know what you would like to hear next time!

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PART A
1) G.O. Malebo
FIANCEE LAYLA
from the 45 RPM single
Ets. Phenix

2) Pepe Kalle & Empire Bakuba
DADOU 2e VERSION
from the LP SOUCIS YA LIKINGA
Bade Stars Music

3) Le Bombadier Ya M'Pouela du Pool et son Canon en Furie!
MIREILLE, SEUL MOI QUI PEUT TE SUPPORTER
from the LP TOI POR MOI, MOI POUR TOI
K’Dance

4) Franco et le T.P. O.K  Jazz
KABONGO
from the LP A 0 HEURE CHEZ 1-2-3
Edipop Production

5) Benz Petrole
PROPHESIE feat. Elba Top A
from the CD BYE BYE
Benz Petrole Production

6) Modogo Gian Franco Ferre et l'Orchestre Viva la Musica
BA PLAYS
from the CD STATUE DE LA LIBERTE
Bienvenue Dola Production

7) King Kester Emeneya & Victoria Eleison Dream Team Dream Band
MAOUSSO
from the CD LONGUE HISTOIRE 1
Calbass Productions

PART B
8) JB M'Piana & Wenge B.C.B.G
WALAY-DANICO
from the CD TH: TOUJOURS HUMBLE
Simon Music-SIPE

9) Solbaka Le Professeur
ALERTE JEUNESSE I
from the CD COME BACK
Solbaka production

11) Roga Roga & Extra Musica
NINA OK
from the CD CONTINTIEUX
Ibrok’s  Production

11) Ben Nyamabo & Choc Stars
TABLIER
from the CD EPAKA MASASI CODE 007
Eprodis production

12) Zaiko Langa-Langa
MUKAJI
from the CD AVIS DE RECHERCHE
Sterns Africa

13)Malage de Lugendo & Choc Langa-Langa
ELANGA EKOHI PENE
from the CD APOCALYPSE
Jacko Productions

14) Youlou Mabiala, Josky Kiambukuta & Santa Soleil
MAMILE
from the CD DONA BEIJA
Sonia Production

*=by request