Een beetje twist, Congolese rumba, guapacha en cha cha, de jongens van Les Bantous waren er allemaal in thuis. Met de grote Jean Essous, Nino malapet en Papa Noël. Heerlijk stukje 1975 gerealiseerd door Gilles Sala, genieten dus.. Some twist, some Congolese rumba, guapacha and cha cha, the boys from Les Bantous knew what they[...]

One of the most famous Congolese rumba bands in the early sixties was Les Bantous de la Capitale. Founded by former musicians of Orchestre T.P.O.K. Jazz and Orchestre Rock a Mambo. Members were Alphonse Ntaloulou, Celestin N'Kouka, De La Lune, Dicky Baroza, Domingo Louya, Ganga Edo, Jean Serge Essous, José Missamou, Kabako Lambert, Kosmos Moutouari,[...]

Herrinner je je die andere elpee van Samba Mascott, wat een juweeltje was dat. Vond jij dat ook ? Luister dan zeker ook naar deze. Helaas heeft hij wel wat achtergrond geluiden maar dit is een zeldzaam plaatje dat je niet snel in betere kwaliteit zult vinden. Met M'Passy Jo, Tino Muinka, Kabako L. en[...]

Goodmorning groovers, it's been some time since we've seen them here. Les Bantous de la Capitale had quite some albums passing by over the years. The one we have today is a Congolese pressing on Socodi ( societé Congolaise du Disque ) which we hadn't seen so far. It contains some good songs and some,[...]

It's becoming quite a series, our global samplers now cover 50 compilations of global recommendations. If you hear something you like, use our search-bar to realise a fast recovery of the concerning post.. tracks; 01 - Les Mangelepa - Safari ya magelepa 02 - Aniceto Molina - El niño ingles 03 - Kyerematen Stars -[...]

Ryco-Jazz was founded by Henri Bowane in 1958. The name was composed from Rythme Congolais, Ry-Co in short. From 1960 to 1964 they toured west Africa and later moved to Martinique where they were very popular. Their styles varied from tumbele, biguine, bolero and rumba. Back in Paris in 1971 the group splits up and[...]

Hello Groovers around the Globe, at the 6th of May we celebrate our 5th anniversary already. Time sure flies. Unfortunately we are not yet in the opportunity to launch the new and independent GG, other work ( the one that keeps things running ) keeps coming in between. Ready or not, that can't spoil the[...]

Despite all tragic happenings in the past weeks I am also happy that we can still go on doing what we did. I wonder if our buddies Owl and Nauma are okay. Didn't hear a word of them anymore. Leave us a message guys. Meantime, a little reward for all our determination and patience. This[...]

On Vega Records comes this incredible collection of Congolese songs. Recordings from 1966, 1967 and 1968. Anything I could say to promote it would come short.. I'll just shut up, so you can go and listen. tracks; 1 Kalle et l'African Team de Paris - Merengue fontaine 2 Rochereau et l'Orchestre African Fiesta - L'age[...]

Gilles Sala was the man who compiled this LP for the Afrique Riviera label. Tasteful and rich in variety as the title already suggests. I am particularly fascinated by the likembe songs like tracks 2,7 and 16, heavenly atmosheric sounds from the Congo with Jean Essous on saxophone, but also the music of the Mingole[...]

Number 360.089 in the 'african' series is a collector with 15 songs recorded in 1966, 1967 and 1968. African Party volume 2 was posted in january 2010 already and now here's the first volume. A bunch of classics of which a few songs appeared on other albums but still, you wouldn't want to miss this[...]

I never heard anything by Andre Pamomiel untill this record. I got interested reading the names of Mpassi Jo, Ringo Star and Jean-Serge Essous. After hearing it there was no way back. It would find it's way to you sooner or later. Great material for a little thursdaynight dance, get this happy stuff while you[...]

From 1976 we have this collection of Congolese songs called African Retro vol.1 'Pont sur le Zaïre'. On side one, 6 songs by the great Orchestre OK Jazz. Track #4 was written by Coimy, track #5 by Dele, the other 4 tracks by Franco. On the second side #1&2 by Essous, Orchestre Bantous, #5&6 also[...]

Last week, when I posted Essous and Nino and read they feel their version of El Manicero is the best African one, I got this idea. I made a collector with 15 versions of the song. I am sure you can come up with loads of versions I did not use, there are so many[...]