Good day to you all. There is something coming up that you should know
about. Rapidshare is changing it’s policy in 3 days, I received this
message; “Your files are currently using more than 25 GB of space.
Please note that on October 20th, 2009 a new method of storage management
will come into effect. If an account is using more than 25 GB, all inactive
files associated with that account will be deleted.
Active files (i.e. files that have been downloaded at least once during the
last 90 days) will of course not be deleted, regardless of the storage used.”
Probably lots of my files will turn inactive, PLEASE report to me if you
find any dead files, I shall try to re-upload all of them, thanks.

Now about this album, Souzy Kasseys is one hell of a guitarplayer and he
made us this great LP. With the great voice of Lea Lignanzi this is an album
you don’t want to miss, it’s simply fantastic, check it out yourself.

P.S.
Please tell your friends and relatives to come and download some older
posts, it will keep them alive for at least 90 more days and
I shall need less time to re-upload them again and again and again…
Thank you very much.

tracks;

1 Le téléphone sonne
2 Princesse Goyo
3 Uta ndima Tony
4 Mayina leki

Time is always the issue here, and it is even this very moment.
I’ve got to run again but didn’t want to leave home without
posting this sweet album by Nyboma, enjoy it..

tracks;

1 Coeur à coeur
2 Les générations
3 Aïcha motema
4 C’est ci ou c’est cela

Today, 20 years ago, we lost ‘le grand maitre Franco Luambo Makiadi’.
I was going to post one of the ‘Le Quart de Siècle’ series but I saw
that one of my fellowbloggers posted all four of them. ( Worldservice )
Two years before his tragic death, Franco played here in the Netherlands.
Unfortunately I was not sharp then and missed it. Good thing we have this
live registration which I am posting instead. It contains a live version of
Lutumba Simaro’s ‘Testament ya bowule’ which I like so much.
Not Franco’s best live album but very appropriate for this day.
Clicking on the above text enlarges it.

tracks;

1 Mono Muntu
– Miguel
– Mandola
– Testament ya bowule
2 Cherie Obebisi Musi
– Papa Yeye
– Boya ngai

If you find an album on Eddy’Son’s label, big chance you’ll find
Master Mwana-Congo on it too. He participated in lots of Eddy’Son
projects. To honour this great guitarist they made him an album on
his own name. Master Mwana’s guitar style deserves very much to
have it, check out Master’s New Style !

tracks;

1 Mal eleve
2 Yoka
3 Mpassi-Zou Dio
4 Gouter laisser

It’s only just wednesday evening but if you put on this record, volume
up, you’ll be dancing around the room in no time. Pepe Kalle’s soukous
rocks like no other and sitting is just no option with this album.
Just down it, put it on, and get up from that chair..
By the way, the trackorder on the backsleeve is different from
the label. I believe the last one.

tracks;

1 Liya liya faina
2 Ekofo
3 Djamaica
4 Mandja

Sam Mangwana started out in the early 1960’s with Vox Africa and
Festival des Marquisards before joining Tabu Ley’s Afrisa. In 1972
he switched to OK Jazz for three productive years before returning
to Afrisa. Eventually he set up a splinter group in West Africa called
African All Stars, with whom he developed a pan-African sound with pop
and Caribbean rhythmic undertones, which has been the basic for a
successful globe-trotting solo career.
( Rough Guide to Worldmusic )

tracks;

1 N’simba eli
2 Reporter
3 Bolingo colle colle
4 Astrida N’de

Remember Mama Cathy ? This the second LP by David ‘Féfé’ Diambouana
on Eddy’Son and on this page. What do you think ? Is that nice high
voice we hear, Théo Blaise Kounkou ? I am only sure for 90%.
The backsleeve tells us nothing about vocals. The albums made on the
Eddy’Son label always sound so natural, like it’s just a bunch of
friends playing with their instruments on a sunday afternoon.
Great relaxed atmosphere, get it while you can.

tracks;

1 Ngombele
2 Ozwi-ole
3 Me-ndjele
4 Nga-we

1 Atinze mwana popi
2 Nadi consoler ngai
3 Andoya
4 Jeudi noir

It was when I read the article at Worldservice I realised.
By the way, Welcome back Wrldsrvc.
October 12 it’s been 20 years that the great François Luambo Makiadi
died of AIDS. A huge loss for all lovers of African music.

In 1980, Franco was named a Grand Master of Zairean music by the government,
an honor that linked him with the ruling elite that was responsible for
much of the economic problems beggaring the country. The subject of his
songs shifted dramatically in this period to patriotic songs and praise
songs to wealthy fans. He also began a drastic weight gain, eventually
reaching about 300 pounds (136 kg). However, he retained the ability to
move and excite people with his music. In 1985, Franco released his
biggest hit ever, Mario, an account of a gigolo who lives off of his
older lover. In 1987 rumors began to circulate that Franco was very ill.
The only solo composition he released that year was “Attention Na SIDA”
(“Beware of AIDS”), a warning to avoid catching the disease, leading to
unconfirmed speculation that he had contracted HIV. He began to withdraw
his energies from OK Jazz, causing the band to begin to disintegrate under
internal tensions, and reconverted from Islam to Roman Catholicism. On
12 October 1989 Franco died while in a Belgian clinic. His body was flown
back to Zaire where his coffin was transported on a flag-drapped hearse
with police escort through streets packed with thousands of grieving fans.
The government declared four days of national mourning during which state
radio played nothing but Franco’s songs. On 17 October he was buried.

( Wikipedia )

tracks;

1 Attention na SIDA
2 Mpo na nini kaka ngai ?
3 Na poni kaka yo mayi zo

Docteur Nico, Kasanda wa Mikalay made this LP with Orchestre
Les Redoutables d’Abeti. It’s a 1984 release and the doctor
shows us some of his old guitar skills.

tracks;

1 Mikalay
2 Obandi lisusu
3 La vie est un combat
4 Mamu wa mpoyi