Who remembers les Mangelepa ? It is one of those Congolese
groups that moved to Kenya and made lots of records there. This lp
is from 1989 and was released by Gramma and produced by Bothwell
Nyamhondera & Henry Peters. Label and first producer
I only knew from Zimbabwan artist Thomas Mapfumo, now
with Mangelepa. They call this music Kwasa-Kwasa
dance, a type of soukous also made by for
instance Pépé Kallé, listen
and dance away..

tracks;

1 Cherie tracy
2 Tosambela nzambe
3 Kamulabi
4 Mokili

Hello, are you there ?
Yes we’re still alive and kicking, take this..
..with a right to the head and a left to the cheek,
we shall keep the pressure on..( Lee Perry ),
too damned busy to post a lot but this cool slice
of soukousloaded vinyl will keep you happy for
some time..play it in your car, turn up the volume
and go wild..careful though..explosive stuff..
Check that bass by Miguel Yamba,
till soon..

tracks;

1 Tyka ‘ngai
2 J’aime que tu sois
3 La voix de l’Afrique
4 Momie

Hello good evening, it is time for lovers of Congolese music
tonight. It has been a while but this lp will surely make up
for the hiatus. Pablo Lubadika wrote some swell tracks in
his time and the tunes we play today add up to the justly
expectations as such. With the participation of Dizzy
Mandjeku and the vocals of Asi Kapela,
sweet hornsection, an album I
couldn’t resist, can you ? You
know the drill, do not wait,
Get it & Spread it !

tracks;

1 Y’a plus confiance
2 Igalios
3 Yie ya mobali
4 Loba vérité

Let me tell you straight, this is a masterpiece. I think this
must be Bopol’s best lp ever, damn..I love it. With Nyboma’s
wonderful vocals, Dally on guitar and Bopol on bass, bloody
brilliant. I need to tell you something else. It’s not the first time
that while listening to the music it becomes clear they mixed up
the titles. track one is ‘Cardiaque ya l’amour’ and track two
is obvious ‘Décèption motema’. Both sleeve and label state
the other way around. I changed the tracklist and put it in
the order it is on the actual vinyl, seemed logic, enjoy.

tracks;

1 Cardiaque ya l’amour
2 Décèption motema
3 Issa touré
4 Papy ozonga

Good evening groovers, happy new year. Last night I watched
a fantastic show at BBC 2 television. I had enough wild party’s
in my life and the annual hootenanny with Jools Holland is a
program I always watch when I’m at home newyears eve. He
always has the most wonderful guests, young and older talent
are brought together. It’s a joy to see so many super happy
people enjoying all that marvelous music played alive. The
Dutch new years evening shows can’t compare with this
Brittish masterpiece of TV-making. It is my deepest
wish to, you never know, some day be able to join
that crowd at Jools’ annual show. I can’t imagine
a better party than that one. Do you have
that inside connection ?

Meantime, what have
we got cooking for y’all today ?
Koffi Olomide’s first lp at this page.
Listen and tell me..

tracks;

1 Ngobila
2 Ouragan
3 Apostolu ya bolingo
4 Djema top-model

Very powerful album by one of the offsprings of the
famous Zaïko Langa-Langa. The Choc Stars deliver
a slow kind of soukous, cool and mellow yet passionate.
Don’t you just love Carlito’s fragile vocals ? Sweet.

tracks;

1 Ponini eza mpasi
2 Abengi ngai depasse
3 Mauvais souvenir, buana
4 Zikondo

Some highly infectious soukous by one of the masters in the
field. Diblo and le Groupe Loketo are here with some of his
special invités. If you have a dance event coming and need
strong material, give ‘Super K’ a chance, knock out sound,
..better save it for last ’cause where to go next..?
Oh and eh,..don’t forget to watch the video,..dope..

tracks;

1 Amour et souvenir
2 Etoula
3 Bolingo
4 Super K
5 Kelele

An absolut magnificent find is this rare collector. It contains
a fine example of a Pierre Moutouari song from the seventies.
Track no.6 was from his hand. The album is filled with songs
that make my heart beat faster, make up your own mind.
It also appeared as Pathé Marconi / EMI 2 ( C054-15106 )

tracks;

1 Franco et l’Orchestre OK Jazz – Nazangi muana
2 Orchestre Mando-Negro – Voiture ya occasion
3 Orchestre Sinza – Julienne na ponton
4 Orchestre Hi-Fives – Mwana wa mraka
5 Orchestre Les Bantous – Pitié
6 Orchestre Sinza – Ma loukoula
7 Orchestre Hi-Fives – l’Amour est aveugle
8 Orchestre Sinza – Teti bolingo
9 Orchestre Hi-Fives – Nichukuwe twende kwako
10 Orchestre Hi-Fives – Ba kibushi batano na kenya

Get ready for some powerful soukous. Bopol is back
with this album of heavy dance material. Volumes up !

tracks;

1 Dienaba
2 Misere
3 Aida (instr.)
4 Aida
5 Yembele yembele
6 Djeneba

Tonight, my fellow groovers, I am asking for your help on
a matter. While recording this LP I discovered a mistake.
Track 4 is obviously ‘Aziza’ instead of track 3. I am assuming
the titles on side-b have been switched around but I’m not 100 %
sure. Track 1 is titled correctly to my opinion, I think to hear the
name in the music. Maybe track 2 and track 3 are still wrong.
Can you give us your view on the case ? Good,
than we can sit and enjoy these four
jiving songs, check…

tracks;

1 Lukoli
2 Awela-awela
3 Decca
4 Aziza