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BANA - KENYA (Right)click for download JONNIE BOKELO ISENGE & ORCH. GRAND PIZA streaming
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LIZZY Pt. 1 (Right)click for download LIZZY Pt. 1 streaming
LIZZY Pt. 2 (Right)click for download LIZZY Pt. 2 streaming .
From Zambia: The legacy of the late Emmanuel Mulemena, "THE MULEMENA BOYS" with
"LIZZY Pt.1 & 2 "
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KPA NGBOOM (Right)click for download KPA NGBOOM streaming .
DODJI download DODJI streaming
This week's single is made in Benin, by Les Editions CAMOU. Both tracks, "KPA NGBOOM" and "DODJI" have "Paroles et Musique de THON KOMIAN". .
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ZAMBIA ZAIRE Pt. 1 & 2 download ZAMBIA ZAIRE Pt. 1 & 2 streaming .
The vinyl single "ZAMBIA ZAIRE" by the "SUPERIOR GUYS" and composed by "VEVE KANIMBU" was released by the "Zambian Music Parlour" in Lusaka with producer E.G. Khuzwayo and director Kapembwa (Cat.No. ZMPS 153). The language is Lingala, so most likely the musicians are from Congo, then Zaire.
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MWALE Pt. 1 ( Right) click for download MWALE Pt. 1 streaming .
MWALE Pt. 2 (Oct 23) download MWALE Pt. 2 streaming
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SINA NDUGU ( Right) click for download SINA NDUGU streaming .
TWIKALE PAKA NAWE download TWIKALE PAKA NAWE streaming .
I have an old carton box with old African singles and I don't even know myself what is inside, so I decided to do myself and hopefully also you a favour by picking one out every week to listen to.
And believe me, I was equally surprised to find this gem in the box.
I would say it's from the '70's and although it's pressed in Zambia it sounds like Swahili to me, so probably it's from Kenya or Tanzania.
It's played by ORCH. SAFARIS - NKOY; the A-side, a nice slow Soul song, "TWIKALE PAKA NAWE" and the B-side, the lively Dancing tune "SINA NDUGU" have this fine organ sounds like you could hear in the music of the Animals & Them in England in the '60's.
I don't know if this music is re-issued on LP or CD, Maybe you do?
rumba@zeelandnet.nl
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FOLOLO YA GANSIA, TABU LEY
downloadFOLOLO YA GANSIA, TABU LEY streaming .
From TABU LEY with ORCHESTRE AFRISA, 1980, "FOLOLO ATA GANSIA", composed by Kièsse Diambu. (Sélection Maracuja).
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INDEPENDANCE CHA CHA
( Right) click for downloadINDEPENDANCE CHA CHA streaming
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From the beautiful TV documentary "INDEPENDANCE CHA CHA" by the Belgians Isabelle Christiaens and Jean-François Bastin comes this remarkable version of Grand Kalle's most famous song "INDEPENDANCE CHA CHA", performed by a Kinshasa brass band, who are playing this song first in an open air Matonge disco and at the end while driving around in the back of an open truck in the hectic traffic of the Congolese capital.
In the film this song has been used as the guideline for the story about Congo getting independent in 1960, at the hand of a lot of interviews with young people, "Anciens Combattants" (Old Soldiers, who were fighting with the Belgian army in W.W.II), historians and former fellow musicians of Grand Master Kabasele.
SELECT - A - RECORD :
| LES YA TOUPA' S download | LES YA TOUPA' S streaming |
| LES YA TOUPA'S
with MAYAULA MAYONI & MPONGO LOVE in "NDAYA
Part 1"
From vinyl single: ASL 7 - 3355 S |
| MAMBO HAWAI (Right-click for ) download | MAMBO HAWAIENNE streaming |
| TWIST WITH THE DOCTOR download | TWIST WITH THE DOCTOR streaming |
| SOME OTHER DANCES:
Some dances not really invented by Congolese musicians, but imported to Congo. "MAMBO HAWAIENNE", played by DR. NICO , "EKEDI" and a remarkable "TWIST WITH THE DOCTOR" (but not with Dr. Nico this time) by RYCO JAZZ, recorded in 1962. |
| TRIO MADJESI (Right-click for ) download | TRIO MADJESI streaming |
| I have always liked the TRIO
MADJESI & ORCHESTRE SOSOLISO for their sense of humour and their
different approach to music, so that's why you find this clip here of CARTE
BLANCHE Pt. 2 and MOSEKA. The whistling
part in the first one always reminds me of French movies and the second
part is a song about the "Leopards" Football Team.
From LP: TRIO MADJESI , AFRICAN 360 055 I did not find these tracks on CD, but other tracks by TRIO MADJESI are on this CD: SONODISC CD 36537 Various Zaïrean Artists: Compilation Orchestres Congolo-Zaïroise (1967 / 1968 / 1970 / 1974) |
| AFRIKA MOKILI MOBIMBA download | AFRIKA MOKILI MOBIMBA streaming |
| As a tribute to DECHAUD,
the elder brother of Dr. Nico, here is "Afrika Mokili Mobimba" which in
fact should be named "AFRICAN JAZZ MOKILI MOBIMBA"
as I'm reading in the excellent magazine "THE BEAT".
Dechaud passed away as a poor man in September 1999, despite being the
composer of this song, that became very popular all over Africa, the copyrights
being snatched away by others, as so often happens in the hard world of
African music.
On this LP "AFRICA DANCES" the performers are given as: KALE-ROGER and ROCHEREAU with the OK JAZZ ORCHESTRA, but that seems very unlikely to me. I think it should be the AFRICAN JAZZ Orchestre, as OK Jazz being the rival orchestre of these singers. From LP: AFRICA DANCES , AUTHENTIC 601 |
| KIRI-KIRI ( MABINA YA SIKA ) download | KIRI-KIRI ( MABINA YA SIKA ) streaming |
| For the only real "KIRI
- KIRI", here is the inventor, DR. NICO KASANDA,
my favourite Congolese Guitarist/Singer, here performing one of his most
beautiful songs: "KIRI KIRI MABINA YA SIKA".
The KIRI-KIRI is one of the hundreds of new dances invented by Congolese artists over the years. This song can be found on: ORIGINAL MUSIC OMCD 010 Dr Nico with Orchestre African Fiesta. |
| FIDÈLE ZIZI (Right)-click for download | FIDÈLE ZIZI Streaming RealAudio |
| A sweet song by FIDELE
ZIZI, Souvenir d'une épopée
"MASSAMBA M.J."
This song can be now be found on CD: GLENN GM 324005 Mando Negro
Kwala-Kwa:
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| KIRI-KIRI (TALAKA NA MISO) download | KIRI-KIRI (TALAKA NA MISO) streaming |
| Again DR. NICO KASANDA,
with another "Kiri-Kiri" song: "TALAKA NA MISO".
This song can be found on: CD SonoDisc 36516 Nico et l'African Fiesta Sukisa: Merveilles du passé ; Eternel Docteur Nico (1966/1967/1968) |
| MASSI Pt. 2 T.P. - OK JAZZ
(Right) click for download |
MASSI Pt. 2 T.P. - OK JAZZ
Streaming RealAudio |
| To celebrate the launching of this new site "AMBIANCE KIRI - KIRI", which will be solely devoted to the sweet old music of the CONGO, or ZAÏRE, here is a clip of the song "MASSI" by ORCH. T.P. - OK JAZZ, composed by YOULOU in 1974 |
| LUKANI , ORCHESTRE VEVE
(1975)
(Right) click for download) |
LUKANI , ORCHESTRE
VEVE (1975)
Streaming RealAudio |
| It will also be possible to request for songs
that you want to hear (again). Maracuja is willing to dive into his vast
and well documented archive and so am I (into mine, which is not so vast
or well documented), so we will see what we can do for you.
Here is the song that some people can't wait to hear: "LUKANI" by ORCHESTRE VEVE from 1975, composed by TUSEVO NEJOS. |
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