Ambiance Congo: March 9, 2014

WELCOME!
Thanks for visiting if this is your first time. Thanks for coming back again and again if you are a regular listener.
For today's program, I had a whole list of songs to share with you. Well, that list will have to wait. I started spinning some of my LPs and just kept right on with that instead. I love my old Congolese albums: the music, the sound, the cover art, the feel of the record in my hands. So I became carried away and just enjoyed myself. I hope that the joy spreads to you as well.
I have some stellar songs here. Some are available on CD or digitally. A few are, to my knowledge, not available any more. One of those is the Orchestre Carte Blanche album played in the second half of the program. "Orchestre Carte Blanche" never actually existed! This is nzonzing by members of le Geant Orchestre Malebo or G.O. Malebo. The band made an album without the permission of the band leader and put a different name to it so as to not lose their positions. I'd like to thank guitarist Safro Mazangi for this information. I heard his name called out in the sebene and, as I've seen only one album by Carte Blanche, I asked him about the band.
We also get to hear one of my very favorite songs, Jolie Detta with OK Jazz singing Massu from the only album she recorded with that illustrious ensemble.
Enjoy! Requests and comments are always welcome!

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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)Choc Stars

TERMINUS

from the CD LES VAINQUEURS DE L'ORCHESTRE CHOC STARS

Ngoyarto

3) King Kester Emeneya & Victoria Eleison

MOKOSA

from the LP MOKOSA

Ets. VeVe International

4)Stino Mube & Viva la Musica

ODIA BILALA

from the CD ROMEO ET JULIETTE

Ets. Kaluila

5)Wenge Musica 4X4 B.C.B.G

C’EST TROP TARD DJENGA

from the CD KALA YI BOEING

Ngoyarto

6)Alpatchino

VANITE

from the CD OFFENSIVE GENERALISEE *

Images et Musiques

7)KaRmapa

HYPOCRITE

from the CD LE MILLIONAIRE

M.M. 4X4 Mpova Music

8)Grand Pere Bozi Boziana

FIKO FIKOFIO

from the CD FIKO FIKOFIO

Diego Music

9)Deesse Mukangi

MAMAN CHERIE

from the LP I LOVE YOU BOLINGO

J.I.P.

PART B

10)Diany Bakela

MBALA LIBOSO

from the LP PAMELO MOUNK’A PROPULSE DIANY BAKELA

Africa New Sound

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

MASSU

from the LP LE GRAND MAITRE FRANCO ET SON TOUT PUISSANT O.K. JAZZ ET JOLIE DETTA

Disques Esperance

12)Dino Vangu

KANSEBU

from the LP DINO VANGU

LL Music

13)Orchestre Carte Blanche du Zaire

MUANA KINDOU

from the LP SAKADE UMBA

Ets. Flambeau

14)Minzoto Wela-Wela

KULIELE

from the LP SPECIAL WELA-WELA

MusiClub

15)Tshala Muana

MALANDA NGOMBE

from the LP BIDUAYA

Celluloid

16)Abby Surya Djai

MALAIKA

from the CD DELICE YA BOLINGO

Rowa Records

*=by request