Ambiance Congo: September 4, 2016

WELCOME TO AMBIANCE CONGO!
Friends and followers, listeners and new visitors:
You won't find any autotune or electronic beats here today. What you'll hear are real voices, real guitars, real horns and real percussion.Today we have a selection of songs from one of the best eras in Congolese music, beautifully composed, beautifully orchestrated and beautifully sung. This is strong music, strong music with a unique and electrifying fire. Music that has captured the hearts and minds of millions of people all across Sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America, Western Europe, India and Japan. Music that has been lovingly collected, shared, emulated and even copied wherever it has been heard.
This is Rumba Odemba, the Old Style of Congolese rumba from well known masters like Franco of TP OK Jazz, Celestin Kouka of  Les Bantous de la Capitale, and Dr. Nico of African Fiesta - to musicians like Sax Matalanza and Papa Noel who played in those bands, came up through the ranks and continued the good work - to others who strove to make excellent music in the format and genre of the giants.
By no means all-inclusive, but lovingly compiled for you to enjoy.

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The songs:

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) Orchestre Kouloukoko

KUMISA NZAMBE 1&2

from the LP ORCHESTRE KOULOUKOKO DU ZAIRE

Sonafric

3) Mando Negro Kwala-Kwa

AKAM’ AMIFIRME

from the CD SOUVENIR D’UNE EPOPEE VOL.1

Glenn Music

4) Le Negro Band

BONGO YA FAMI

from the LP MAZ MASSENGO ET LE NEGRO BAND

Pathe/EMI

5) African Fiesta

MWASI ABANDAKA

from the LP MERVEILLES DU PASSE: AFRICAN FIESTA 1962 1963

African

6) L’Orchestre Tele-Music

DANNY

from the LP L’ORCHESTRE TELE-MUSIC DE BRAZZAVILLE

K’Dance

 

7) Celestin Kouka & L’Orchestre Le Peuple

SALA M’BONGO

from the LP KOUKA C. CELIO ET L’ORCHESTRE LE PEUPLE

Promo Music

8) Nguashi N’Timbo & L’Orchestre Sentima

OKOTOLO

from the LP CITOYEN

ASL/Polygram

PART B

 

9) Sax Matalanza

OKOKOKA NAGAI TE

from the LP LE MBULA MATARI

Ets. Sans Frontieres

10) Le Bombardier Yam’pouels du Pool et Son Canon en Furie

MIREILLE, SEUL MOI QUI PEUT TE SUPPORTER

from the LP TOI POUR MOI, MOI POUR TOI

K’Dance

 

12) Le Grand Maitre Franco et SON T.P.O.K. Jazz

LA REPONSE DE MARIO

from the LP LA REPONSE DE MARIO

CHOC/African Sun Music

13) Papa Noel

SANTE PEPELE

from the LP NONO

Vilnair Productions

14) Orchestre Kara de Kinshasa

NDEKESE

from the LP ORCHESTRE KARA DE KINSHASA

Sonafric

15) Manuel D’Oliveira

MAMA ABOTI BISO

from the CD BANKOLO MIZIKI ANTHOLOGIE VOLUME 2

Ngoyarto