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Today's show:
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) King Kester Emeneya & Victoria Eleison Dream Team
Dream Band
MIF
from the CD SUCCES FOU
MBC International
3)Gloria Tukhadio
ACACIA
from the CD HISTORY NO CHANGE
Sonima Music
4)Felix Wazekwa
PROMESES ELASTIQUES
from the CD YHWF TETRAGRAMME
Sun Records
5) Francis Shera En Nkolo
ADIEU TSHIMANG
from the CD PANTHIERE NOIRE
JPS Productions
6)Black Bazar
BEAU GOSSE
from the CD BLACK BAZAR – ROUND 2
Lusafrica
7)Rumbanella Band
MASANGA DJIYA
from the CD EL CONGO RUMBA CONGOLAISE
Marabi Productions
8) Kongo Retro Band 83
BASAMBALA OMOY
from the LP ESCALE A BRAZZA
Universal Music Records
9)Kiland & Orchestre Matabalai
MAYANOU
from the LP ZAIRE PROMOTION 2000 VOL. 10
Zaire Promotion 2000
PART B
11)Sam Mangwana & L’African All Stars International
EST CE QUE CA TOURNE?
from the LP SAM MANGWANA ET L’AFRICAN ALL STARS
INTERNATIONAL VOL.1
Albarika Stores
11)M’Bilia Bel
NAPIKA
from the CD BEYANGA
Genidia/Sonodisc
12)Franco & Le T.P. O.K. Jazz
KATEBE
from the LP LE QUART DE SIECLE DE FRANCO DE MI AMOR ET LE
T.P. O.K. JAZZ VOL. 3
13)Zaiko Langa-Langa
MAKANZI
from the LP GITTA PRODUCTION PRESENTE TOUT-CHOC ZAIKO
LANGA-LANGA
Gitta Production
14)Choc Stars
AMOUR INFINI BAKUTU
from the LP RETROVAILLES A PARIS VOL. 3
Rythmes et Musique
Thanks DJ Daudi,
ReplyDeleteAlways look forward to enjoy your audio, ud for me is like a master of this kind of music, I facinaria have a link in your prestigious blog (http://www.elbaulafricano.blogspot.com), you're very kind.
wilson orozco
Saludos, Wilson. Your link is now included! I enjoy looking at your site.
ReplyDeleteA great show - although I have not got past the first two songs (Mif and Acacia) with their amazingly well formed sebenes. Instant happiness!
ReplyDeleteMany thanks David. Apurva from Pune, India.
I'm glad that you are enjoying it, Apurva! Thanks for your comment! I knew you'd like Acacia!
ReplyDeleteDavid, big thanks for continuing to bring AC to the wide world - another veritable treat of a show, as ever.
ReplyDeleteLove the Kongo Retro Band LP and, for some strange reason, I'm still utterly fascinated by the cover of that one. Sort of reminds me of those enigmatic mid-70's Hipgnosis-designed LP covers that graced the likes of Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here. But without the pretentiousness, obviously!
Sorry, Dave. I don't know anything about Pink Floyd past Umma Gumma. I loved that album back when it was new and I was (I think)15. Played it every day and drove my parents berserk.
ReplyDeleteHahaha. Were you trying to get someone to buy you some headphones? Set The Controls For The Heart of The Sun, indeed. Perfect example of a Hipgnosis sleeve, though.
ReplyDeleteActually, I just realized that the Kongo Retro LP you played this time wasn't the one I thought it was (the trenchcoat-wearing time-traveller standing outside a carwash). I thought they only had that one LP so it's good to know there's more out there.
I had to look up Hipgnosis. Didn't know what it was. The cover of Umma Gumma was cool, but I actually preferred the picture of Pink Floyd's instruments laid out in the lane. One of my favorite album covers of all time was the Orchestre Sinza album with the green pit viper crawling under a black electric guitar on a concrete floor. You can see that here:
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Dave, I added a shot of the Kongo Retro Band cover, courtesy of Moos at Global Groovers.
ReplyDeleteDeeJay...I liked the Show.
ReplyDeleteThe Black Bazar 2 does not sound like it compares to the first instalment.
Maybe it is just this song.
Is it the same personel on this one as the first installment?
Merci beacoup!
Tutulu
Hi Tutulu. Nice to hear from you!
ReplyDeleteNo, Round 2 does not have all the same people as the original. The songs are much shorter and focus on more contemporary influences upon Congolese music than the first one did. On this round, we hear influences of Bill Clinton, Koffi Olomide, francophone Caribbean music among other things. There are three or four very nice songs, though.