At the back of this album, Rochereau calls tracks 2,4,5,7 not
‘rumba’ but ‘jobs’ or ‘rumba-jobs’. Can anyone tell us what it
stands for ? I never heard the term before. To me, it’s all
rumba, but I’m a layman of course. Hope to learn something
here. But first, absorb the voice of lightness, very nice..

tracks;

1 Mokrano
2 Gipsy
3 Kashama nkoy
4 Caroline mama
5 Toyota
6 Kasala
7 Mon mari est capable
8 Bel Abidjan

Michel Boyibanda was a member of OK Jazz in the
seventies. This is one with Les Rumbaya International.
Wonderful voice, great band. A couple of familiar faces
on the front sleeve, Tabu Ley and … do you recognize
any ? Meantime listen to
this terrific album.

tracks;

1 Ba bijoux ya tchicaya
2 Ma fille vient voir
3 Bikisa ngai yabi
4 Ngai na didi

We all know some tight soukous, that’s for sure, but this
LP which was organised by Diblo Dibala is truly smashing.
With the great Lokassa ya Mbongo on rhythm guitars and
Diblo himself doing the solo-parts. Fantastic guitars and
Pépé’s fantastic voice to round it all up, I love it.
Hope U do too..

tracks;

1 L’argent ne fait pas le bonheur
2 Bolimbisa
3 Ami ya bomuana
4 Vengi
5 Famo
6 Famo (instrumental)

Yesterday, I had a try-out with my new toy.
I made a mobile deejay-set in a wastebin, the type
on wheels we put outside once a week to be emptyed.
Big rechargable battery on the bottom, car-stereo as an
amplifier and notebook with USB-harddisc to play from.
Built in car speakers, little isolation and we’re ready to roll.
I went to the Amsterdam Vondelpark and played for 5 hours.
Great experience to be a deejay-pirate, you never know if
local authority allows you to. The public liked it a lot and I
am sure to be back there on sunny sunday afternoons.
I’ll announce future happenings on this page.
On ‘african’ we have the number 360.063, a magic number I’d
say, remains equal when turning around. It does concern
a magic album, Orchestre Lipua-Lipua whith the great
Nyboma. Sound quality is not fantastic, as is the
sharpness of the frontsleeve’s picture.
At first I thought it was me but the picture IS vague.
Not on the web for the first time but it could not
remain absent here, enjoy once more.

tracks;

1 Mombasa
2 Fuga fuga
3 Niki blue
4 Lossa

The last LP we had by Trio Madjesi was from 1974,
this here album is made 10 years later, in 1984.
The three members worked solo for eight years and
were re-united for this album. With Syran-solo, Bopol-
Rhythm and Pablo-bass, it became a solid LP. The
sound is different but good, undeniably Madjesi.

tracks;

1 Deuxième mi-temps
2 Mondjo
3 Village blokosso
4 Matinda lumière

Good morning, after recording Youlou Mabiala last week,
I went on listening to him. Some wonderful songs here,
‘carte postale’ is my fav.

tracks;

1 Carte postale
2 Mamou
3 Emoa-n’kana
4 Gare a toi

We had an album by them in november last year. Today they
are back at the GG with another fine LP. This one is made in
non-stop modus, the numbers flow over in each other without
pause. Les Belles Mélodies des Rêves is a collection of songs
melted together in a splendid way by this group of youngsters.
You visitors provided us with some useful information
on the subject, take a look here .

tracks;

1 Lokoko
– Zemiya zuwa
– Paty
– Ba patrons na bambongo
– Seko silibanda
2 Diyoyo
– Denise
– Mbotama Marie-Hélène
– Maseliya
– Est-ce que olingi ngai

Soukous is nice, however, I tend to like the older stuff
better. Maybe it is because I’m getting older myself. Anyway,
what we have here today is an album by an orchestra I can’t
tell you a whole lot about. It is from 1977 on Pathé Marconi
and selected by Blaise Fayette Mikano like most of the 70’s
LP’s on this label. The songs were written by Pierre Loukoua-
moussou, Pascal Bonanga, Diop Terzieff and Tomba Dian
Mahungu. No familiar names to me, wonderful sleeve-pic.

tracks;

1 Mikala
2 Bisanga
3 Kimpa kia Maano 2
4 Ngindo
5 Simplicité
6 Ata ngai 5e

Bopol Mansiamina, Syran Mbenza, Sam Mangwana,
Theo Blaise, 4 names you can’t ignore when read on
the cover of one LP. This one is from 1987 and that’s
exactly how it sounds, typical eighties soukous with
some of the world’s greatest. Enjoy.

tracks;

1 Sambela
2 Africa diaspora
3 Reviens Moussa
4 Marie Jeanne
5 Mokili

Le Grand Maître’s son in law appears on this IAD album
from 1985 with his ‘Grande Force Kamikaze Loningisa’.
Celebrating the 5th birthday of..?.. the band maybe, do
you have any idea ? Whatever it is, these guys would
have been very welcome to celebrate any birthday
on my account.

tracks;

1 Loufoulakari
2 Agna
3 Je suis encore jeune
4 Beranga ondongo