Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Ambiance Congo: September 15, 2019

WELCOME!
Wow...28 songs today! This program of Congolese music usually features between about 12 and about 16 songs. But today's program is, primarily, music from the 1950s.
Of course, this is nowhere near a truly comprehensive presentation of the era. I just listen to a lot of this music and these are a few songs that I happened to like recently.
I wish I had added something from the Dieu de La Guitare album ( the Planet Ilunga set) of Docteur Nico and had added another Grand Kalle song. My bad.
So check out the first song for example. It's from a set called "Cubanismo from the Congo", but although there is a strong affinity with Cuban rumba, it has more local and coastal African influences. By the middle of the 50s, though, Congolese Rumba was an individual force to be reckoned with all over Africa that was also influencing music in the Western Hemisphere.
In the second hour, we have some later music by some incredibly gifted grandfathers and some other related music, then back to the 50s.

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or here:
http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/series/Ambiance+Congo

The songs:
PART A
1)King Kester Emeneya & Victoria Eleison Dream Team Dream Band
   sebene from DORIS ILOKO (program theme song)
   PAS DE CONTACT
   Black Music

2)Adikwa Depala
   MATETE PARIS
   THE WORLD IS SHAKING – CUBANISMO FROM THE CONGO, 1954-1955
   Honest Jon’s Records

3)Beguen Band
   SALA MBONGO KUDIA MBONGO
   EARLY CONGO MUSIC 1946-1962, Vol. 2
   El Sur Records

4)Jhimmy
   AMIS BENETAR                                             
   KONGO YA NOSTALGIC:
   RUMBAS LINGALA, SWAHILI, KIKONGO & DOUALA 1950-1960
   Buda Musique

5)San Salvador
   CHERIE BONDOWE

   NGOMA, THE EARLY YEARS, 1948-1960
   Popular African Music

6)Bokalanga
   MAZOLE VANGA SANGA
   ROOTS OF RUMBA ROCK: CONGO CLASSICS 1953-1954
   Crammed Discs 


7)Bowane
   LIWA
   ROOTS OF RUMBA ROCK: CONGO CLASSICS 1954-1955
   Crammed Discs 

8)De Wayon
   MABELE YO OKANISAKA
   ROOTS OF OK JAZZ (CONGO CLASSICS 1955-1956)
   Crammed Discs

9)Franco et Le T.P. O.K. Jazz
    MOSALA EKOMI MPASI-EMBONGA
    ORIGINALITE: THE ORIGINAL 1956 RECORDINGS OF O.K. JAZZ
    RetroAfric
 
10)Jean Mipa na Bana
     TEMBELE TEMBELE
     KASONGO! MODERN MUSIC OF THE BELGIAN CONGO
     Capitol

11)Lucie Eyanga
     KAMSODA
     BANKOLO MIZIKI – ANTHOLOGIE VOL. 2
     Ngoyarto

12)Tino Baroza
     JAMAIS KALONGA
     AFRICAN PEARLS, CONGO: RUMBA ON THE RIVER
     Syllart Productions

13)Joseph Kabasele & L’African Jazz
     TEMBE NYE
     LE GRAND KALLE: HIS LIFE, HIS MUSIC
     Sterns

14)Franco & L’OK Jazz
     OYE, OYE, OYE
     FRANCO ET L’O.K. JAZZ: 1957-1958-1959
     MERVEILLES DU PASSE VOL. 1
     African/Sonodisc

15)Marcelle Fylla
     PUSANA MOKE
     LES MERVEILLES DU PASSE – STARS DES ANNEES 50
     African
    
16)Rock A Mambo
     JALOUSIE
     AFRICAN RETRO VOL. 5: ROCK A MAMBO
     Pathe Marconi/EMI

17)Maz Massengo et Le Negro Band
     LOUISA TO BOKOLO BANA
     MAX MASSENGO ET LE NEGRO BAND
     Pathe Marconi/EMI

PART B
18)Les Bantous de la Capitale
     PARA FIFI
     GRAND KALLE:
     LE MEILLEUR DE GRAND KALLE PAR LES BANTOUS DE LA CAPITALE
     Cyriaque Bassoka Productions

19)Wendo Kolosoy & Rumbanella Band
     MARIE LOUISE
     EL CONGO BRAZZA KIN
     Marabi

20)Edo Nganga
     OUISSANA
     POT POURRI SUR LE PASSE, PONT SUR LE CONGO
     Ikanga

21)Bumba Massa
     GARE A TOI MON AMI
     V70
     Cantos Music

22)Antoine Mundanda & Likembe Geant
     RETRAITE
     THE VERY BEST OF CONGOLESE RUMBA:
     THE KINSHASA-ABIDJAN SESSIONS
     Marabi

23)Orchestre Cercul Jazz
     BIBI
     CONGO? BOLINGO!
     EMI/Columbia

24)Roitlet et Roger
     BANGA MANA
     LES MERVEILLES DU PASSE 1957-1975
     African/Sonodisc

25)Ry-Co Jazz
     BINA CHARANGA
     DANSONS…AVEC LE RY-CO JAZZ
     Radio Martiko

26)Leon Bukasa
     KALALA BADI MWENE
     BANKOLO MIZIKI – ANTHOLOGIE VOL. 1
     Ngoyarto

27)Georges Edward na M. Oliveira
     EARLY CONGO MUSIC 1946-1962, Vol. 1
     El Sur Records

28)Isaac Musekiwa
     CHERIE AKIMI NGAI
     NGOMA, SOUVENIR YA L’INDEPENDENCE
     Popular African Music

Friday, September 6, 2019

Ambiance Congo: September 1, 2019

WELCOME!

Listen here:
https://spaces.hightail.com/receive/2QB8wcnxF1
or here:
http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/series/Ambiance+Congo

The songs:

PART A
1)King Kester Emeneya & Victoria Eleison Dream Team Dream Band
   sebene from DORIS ILOKO (program theme song)
   PAS DE CONTACT
   Black Music

2)Wenge Musica B.C.B.G.
   MON AMI COBOSS *
   KALA-YI-BOEING
   Ngoyarto

3)CNN
   AMOUR TOLASE
   KA-LIBRE 12
   Obouo Music

4)Amelia Lias
   KALKATOS (MFUMU LEOB)                       
   RACE DES VAINQUEURS
   Solfege Universel Productions

5)Manda Chante

   BOUCLAGE
   Ets. N’Diaye

   ALLO NJILI
   MIMI LEY & L’ORCHESTRE AFRO INTERNATIONAL
   Ets. Veve International 


   LIKINGO LIMBOKA
   SERINGWE
   Tamasha

8)Docteur Nico & l’Orchestre African Fiesta Sukisa
   SADI MOTEMA ( NABOYI MASUMA)
   DR. NICO & JOSKY KIAMBUKUTA
   P.A.V. Diffusion

PART B
9)L’Orchestre Afri-Jazz et Les Grosses Tetes
    MOBALI BOLOLE
    FRAPPE AERIENNE
    Sonodisc
 
10)Wuta Mayi
     PRESENCE NA NGAI
     LA FACE CACHEE
     Wuta Mayi

11)Franco et le T.P. O.K. Jazz
     OKUNDJI
     CHEZ SAFARI CLUB DE BRUXELLES
     Edipop Production

12)Verckys et l’Immortel Veve
     MAMBIKI
     EMPOULE
     Tamasha

13)Bebe Manzenza
     JAFFER ILALE
     JOEL
     Ac/air/john

14)Barbara Kanam
     JARDIN D’AMOUR
     KARIBU
     Kanam Music

15)Bouddah Enyuka Mayino
     NOSTALGIE
     GUET A PENS
     Sonima Music
    
16)Petit Jazz
     untitled
     REVUE NOIRE A KIN: ZAIRE 96
     Revue Noire

*=by request