Ambiance Congo for May 23, 2010

Today's program features mostly newer music, but as usual I have some wonderful older tracks for you as well.
In the lineup are top-notch new songs by Reddy Amisi, Christian Lema and also by the Belgium-based group Staff des Leaders.
Among the older tracks are songs by Alphonse Taloulou, Monza 1er with Choc Stars and a master work from Theo Blaise Kounkou.

I'd like to thank our friends who requested songs and also to thank those special friends who made songs available for today's program.

Here are a few album covers:



For the next two weeks, you may download a copy of the program here:
http://rcpt.yousendit.com/878417075/74469fc2c19008bf7b6ff72a368b29b9
or find it in the Ambiance Congo Audio Archives.
Good news! This is a high quality recording of what I think was a GREAT program.
Play it loud!

Here's the tracklist.
1)King Kester Emeneya & Victoria Eleison DTDB
sebene from DORIS ILOKO (this program's theme song)
from the CD PAS DE CONTACT
Black Music

2)Tentation
MICHELINA
from the CD TRAHISON
Debs Music

3)Wabalonzo & Nouvelle Strategie
WIZABELA
from the CD MFUMU NGENGI
Production Wabalonzo / Doublevet Prod.

3)Les Chics Men
PEDRO
from the CD GROSSES AFFAIRES!
Fiit Productions

4)Ferre Gola
BUE
from the CD QUI EST DERRIRE TOI?
DRTV Productions

5)Reddy Amisi
MATSHUDA
from the CD LIKELEMBA *
Production Clarisse Babo

6)Cele Le Roi
PAPARAZI *
from the CD AMEN
Sonima Music

7)Benz Petrole
HOMME D'AFFAIRE *
from the CD STAR ACADEMY
Gillette D'Or Internationale

8)Defao *
WEYA
from the CD LA GUERRE DE 100 ANS
SIPE/Simon Productions

9)Theo Blaise Kounkou
MWANA DJAMBALA
from the CD LES PLUS GRANDS SUCCES DE THEO BLAISE VOL.2
Ets TBK Likembe/Sonodisc

10)Monza 1er
EVE
from the LP THE TOP...
ASWE Records

11)Orchestre Les Noirs
MOSASA NDEMBO
from the LP HIT PARADE AFRICAIN VOL.3
Pathe Marconi/EMI

12)Alphonse Taloulou
N'GAI NA NONO, AMOUR FOU
from the LP ALPHONSO DES BANTOUS DE LA CAPITALE
Ets. Tchi-Tchi

13)Dindo Yogo & Klay Mawungu
EYANO YA KINOIS
from the LP DINDO YOGO ET KLAY
Ets. Mayala

14)Christian Lema
PLACE GAMBETTA
from the CD BUCKINGHAM PALACE
Diego Music

15)Staff Des Leaders
100% PIRATE
from the CD J'AI MON COPAIN
S.D.L. Production

*=by request

ETUMBU

In the mid-1980s there were a number of good African record shops in the Washington DC area. When this album came out, it was played frequently, and at high volume, in all of the stores. I bought a copy the moment I first heard the looping guitar riffs of Popolipo and Petit Poisson and funky basslines of Oncle Bapius and Felly Eloko.

Featuring an all-star Zaiko lineup, the songs on this record were strikingly original and hold their appeal to this day. L'AMOUR C'EST DIVIN remains a longtime favorite of mine that I can play again and again.

I have only one other album by Klay, one he recorded with Dindo Yogo. Otherwise, I know very little about him. If you know anything about Klay, please share what you know!

http://rcpt.yousendit.com/869682825/5776d1fa03cd5e2cbb402e4e7e528828

Thanks in advance.

Ambiance Congo for May 9, 2010

Here is another edition of Ambiance Congo, another grab bag of music from the past four decades.
I love this new ablum by Reddy Amisi and you'll hear more from it on coming programs.
There were a couple of requests that I was happy to be able to play.
Enjoy!
As usual, here are a few album covers.

For the next two weeks, you can download a copy of the program from this link:

http://rcpt.yousendit.com/869382065/ecd6e9be6b53b5bafe9440b88aeb2142

After that, please find it in the Ambiance Congo Audio Archives at Radio4All.net.

Here are the tracks played this time around:

1)King Kester Emeneya & Victoria Eleison DTDB

sebene from DORIS ILOKO (This program's theme song)

from the CD PAS DE CONTACT

Black Music

2)JB M'Piana & Wenge B.C.B.G.

LAUREAT'S 2000

from the CD TH TOUJOURS HUMBLE

Simon Music-SIPE

3)Reddy Amisi

LISESE YA MAMAN

from the CD LIKELEMBA

Production Clarisse Babo

4)Le Prince Gyve Djonolo

TATA MONDIMI

from the CD MASANGA YA KOKO

Antabel Productions

5)Bozi Boziana & L'Anti-Choc

POPO

from the CD AVENIR

Rigo Makengo Production

6)M'Bilia Bel

BAMELI SOY *

from the CD BAMELI SOY

Shanachie Records

7)L'International Sam Mangwana

CHERIE MAGY

from the LP LES CHIENS ABOIE ET LA CARAVANE PASSE

Rogers All Stars

8)Franco & T.P. O.K. Jazz

MAMIE ZOU

from the LP LE GRAND MAITRE FRANCO AVEC NTESA DALIENST

Edipop

9)Mando Negro Kwala-Kwa

EVADE

from the CD SOUVENIR D'UNE EPOPEE VOL.4

Glenn Music

10)Yoka Lokole

MALOBA BANKONKO

from the CD BA FANIA ALL STARS

Gillette D'Or Internationale

11)Empire Bakuba

MAMA YA ZANDO

from the LP EMPIRE BAKUBA

Rythmes Et Musique

12)Asi Kapela et Zoe Matondo

MARIANE

from the LP SAMA SAMA

Ets. Disc-Orient

13)Maray Maray

MFUMU MAYALA

from the LP BUKU YA LOPANGO

Musica Nova

14)Patrouille Des Stars

ATTENTION A VOUS

from the CD OBUS KANGA BISSAKA *

Ets. Denide

15)Les Pipiyu

HERVE

from the CD POSITIV' ENERGY

B2M Productions

16)KaRmapa

SOMIDA *

from the CD LE TEMPS DE L'AMOUR

Solfege Universel Productions

*=by request