It’s only wednesday evening but the danceparty is already going on.
If you play Pépé Kallé, there’s no escaping it. This is the real thing,
get out of that chair and let go, volume up !

tracks;

1 Pon moun paka bougé
2 Djarabi – Adjatou
3 Marché commun
4 Bilala – lala

Johnny Bokelo made a lot of records during the 70’s and 80’s, this is
an album from 1981. It’s quite hard to find some decent information
about Johnny, if you can tell us something interesting about him,
please do so. In the meantime enjoy this nice album, sorry for the
snaps, crackles and pops. It’s been played over and over.

tracks;

1 Nalangi yo mingi
2 Ozokisi ngai motema
3 Morors ekoti poto
4 Obebisi ngai motema

Usually I would only remove names from covers and futher leave things
as they are, on this one fixing was too disturbing so I left it. Another
very sweet Zaiko Langa Langa LP from 1988 with the great voices of
Bimi and Malage. Nothing can go wrong here, simply beautiful.

tracks;

1 Sentiment Bimi
– Mwana wabi
– Joliba
– Zena
– Lisapo
– Moniamina
– La blonde
– Nibe ya bonwana
2 Moloki
3 Mwan’ aziza
4 Desespoir

Okay okay, anonymous visitors cry out for more 4 Stars. So here’s another
one for you. Again we have no year on this album, if you know ?
The pictures on this LP’s cover are made in the Paris Rex Club.
I visited the Rex Club once around 1981, it was in the Rue des Bonnes
Nouvelles I remember. Hey Paris people, does that club still exist
at all ? I would love to go back to that specific night, just my 3
friends and me in an all African crowd. They had Mr. and Mrs. elections,
lots of African dancemusic, we had a great time.

tracks;

1 Kabyby
2 Mayanga
3 Ba relations
4 Kelele
5 4 Stars

Accompanied by Deyesse on Sax, Domingo Salsero on Drums, the great voices
of Asi Kapela and Théo Blaise Kounkou, Syran Mbenza on Guitar,
this is Bopol Mansiamina with the sweet Maillot Jaune. It was recorded
in Paris, do you think the ‘Tour de France’ was going on same time ?
Or did they bike their way to the studio ?

tracks;

1 Maillot jaune
2 Because no money
3 Bety Bety
4 Zola Zola

I found this album by the great Pépé Kallé in mint condition.
It’s a party album with some real nice soukous. If you don’t know
Pépé, take a look at this_page.

tracks;

01 – Nzoto ya chance
02 – Zangano
03 – 8.000 km
04 – Lolo

This LP was waiting to get out aswell. Another branch of
the Zaiko Langa Langa tree, rocking real nice in 1990.

tracks;

1 Songa fiele
2 Mama Mabanzo
3 Selema
4 Chérie Fissi
5 Muana-Kayumba

Good evening Groovers, I am happy to announce the GG is back online.
And to celebrate our homecoming, a special treat to to y’all. The
l’Afrique Danse series always gets a lot of response. I found another
one in my dusty vaults. It has exactly the same title as a previous
posted album so I added the serialnumber this time. Take a zip of
this nostalgic refreshment and feel at home, cheers folks.

tracks;

1 Orchestre Cavacha – Okomi Kolangua 1&2
2 Orchestre Afrisa l’International – Kaful mayay 1&2
3 Orchestre Macchi – Lola muana 1&2
4 Orchestre Cavacha – Shama-shama 1&2
5 Orchetre Sec-Sec – Sec-Sec 1&2
6 Orchestre Conga de Bokelo – Toli ya libala 1&2

Zaiko Langa Langa, who started in 1969, never was a solid group. Musicians
came and went and the band did not really have one leader. When, late
seventies, the group started to fall apart, a whole range of new groups
appeared. One of these is Trio N’Yo.Bi.We of which we have an album here.
Formed around N’Yoka Longo, Bimi Ombalé and Papa Wemba,
this band created a poppy Congolese sound.

tracks;

1 Lomami
2 Ami mondzo
3 Loli-Andi
4 Anoda cherie A.

Dear visitor,
Due to a major disagreement with my provider, I am forced to change
company’s. This means I do not have an internet connection right now.
I can make some posts from my work but there will be less than normal.
Hopefully my new connection will work soon, meanwhile a little patience
in between posts please, thanks for understanding. M.

When my friends and I started to listen to African music early
eighties, this 12″single made an enormous impression on us.
And after 26 years I still like it. If we had a party, it was always
played and we danced like crazy. Earthworks/Roughtrade co-productions
released a bunch of African dance hits on these 12″ singles, look out
for them if you are recordhunting, they all have this nice cover.

tracks;

1 The best ambiance
2 Elisa Kouadio