The program this afternoon started off with a couple of tracks featuring the voice of Madilu System then moved on to some firey sebenes from Defao, Ruffin Nkoy Loola (featuring vocals by Aimelia Lias) and Felix Wazekwa.
We heard a couple of requests for songs from Le Quatro de Langa Langa and Tshala Muana with Meje 30, some classics by Les Bantous de la Capitale and by Youlou Mabiala then finished up with new music from Christian Lema and Montana Kamenga.
Here are some album covers from recordings featured today.
For the next two weeks, you are invited to download the prgram here:
http://rcpt.yousendit.com/894836955/fc70293438f42d3d75393319bae7f4b8
This program and over five years of other editions is also available from the Ambiance Congo Audio Archives.
This was 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)Lutumba Simaro
TSHITSHI
from the LP SHAKO
Alamoule Production
3)Madilu & Debeba
LICENCIE SANS FONCTION
from the CD LICENCIE SANS FONCTION
Musicanova
4)Defao
MOSOLO NA NGAI
from the CD BIG STARS DE GENERAL DEFAO
Babi Production
5)Le Quatro De Langa Langa
PITIE
from the CD LE QUATRO + 1 *
JPS Production
6)Ruffin Nkoy Loola
BOPOL LOFINGO
from the CD URSULA
Sonodisc
7)Felix Wazekwa & Culture A Pays-Vie
STRATEGIE
from the CD SIGNATURE
JPS Production
8)Tshala Muana
2 SAISONS
from the CD SIKILA feat Meje 30 *
Wedoo Music
9)Le Prince Youlou Mabiala
MAKA
from the LP JUDOKA
I.A.D.
10)Orchestre Bantous De La Capitale
MACHETTE
from the LP SPECIAL 20e ANNIVERSAIRE
Production Musi-CLUB
11)Kino-Mabella
MALADIE D'AMOUR
from the CD INVITATION
Production UTMM'KM / Atoll Music
12)Gyve Djonolo
MABELE ETELEMA
from the CD MASANGA MA KOKO
Antabel Productions
13)Christian Lema
ZONDOROS
from the CD BUCKINGHAM PALACE
Diego Music
14)Montana Kamenga
PROBLEME
from the CD CONCLUSHO-RENVERSO
Bana Music
* = by request
Thanks for this lovely post which includes a juicy song from General Defao. Can we please have a post dedicated to General Defao and The Big Stars as we seem not to have enough of him. Regards, Spencer Kahwai, Zimbabwe, spe.kah@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteWhat a good idea from Spencer Kahwai!
ReplyDeleteI will work on that for you. His career has been prolific though he seemed to have faded from popularity for a time.
In the mean time, I might suggest a search for Defao in the Ambiance Congo Audio Archives at Radio4all.
I have played a lot of his music over the years.
David, many thanks for this edition of the program. Mosolo Na Ngai was one of the first Soukous that I heard more than 20 years back. Even to this day, the sebene in that song is one of the best I have ever heard. More General Defao please. Apurva from Pune, India.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Apurva.
ReplyDeleteThat CD was one in my collection that mysteriously vanished some years back. I was fortunate to have found another recently and I was looking forward to playing Mosolo Na Ngai on the program.
I am trying to obtain a copy of Defao's new CD, but it seems to be out of stock everywhere.