We've had l'Afrique Danse no 1 and no 2 and now finally here's no 3. It has had a complete life before it found me, the cover is worn out and the vinyl is very crackly. Along the way it get's a little better, especially at the second side of the album. Anyway, untill a[...]

What a lot of great bands early seventies in Congo. I am posting the music but am learning just as much as you folks. This collector on african brings us more obscure artists from those days and although I planned to make a move to a different African direction, you convinced me to do another[...]

Groovers around the world, another special find I recently did, is this one. It seems the entire web was wondering what to find on african 360.094. I could not find a single word about it. Well, here it is, and it's a beauty. Orchestre Shama-Shama led by Mopero Wa Maloba. I found out Mopero also[...]

My dear groovers, I am thrilled to present to you, one of the missing links at Bolingo's african discography, a find that makes me very happy. This is one of Congo's greatest bands, african 360.121, Orchestre Zaiko Langa Langa with two tracks of the hand of Teddy Sukami, one by Bimi Ombale and one by[...]

Today is my best friend's birthday, Sjakie made eleven years and that makes me happy. Only two years ago he had a hugh abscess on his shoulder and got operated. He recovered wonderwell and is still doing great today, happy birthday buddy, you're the best. With such a happy day comes happy music. Le Seigneur[...]

Nicolas Kasanda, one of the founders and Orchestral leader of African Fiesta, was given many different names, such as, Nico Mobali, Professeur Nico, Dieu de la Guitare or le Guitariste Hawaïen. His career started in 1953 with African Jazz, with whom he made several recordings in Studio Opika and Esengo. This one on african is[...]

What can I tell you about this LP ? It's another collector in the l'Afrique Danse series on the african label. It's from 1976 and from the groups playing I only know Empire Bakuba, I'm not sure if Pépé Kallé is already singing here, and Orchestre Lipua-Lipua, the group in which Nyboma started. The other[...]

Tuesday evening, home late from work, lots of turbulence during the opening of this week. Then finally relaxed, ripping an LP, throw it up the digital highway and chill out. Feels good. Especially with this one, what have we got ? From 1969, a jewel of an album. The great Docteur Nico brings it Perfectly[...]

In the l'Afrique Danse Series on the 'african' label, tonight this one from 1978. It opens with a spoken part, I guess it's in Lingala. No idea what it's all about, can someone explain us ? Then Zaiko Langa Langa takes over sweet. Orchestre Viva la Musica's Papa Wemba invited his young friend Koffi Olomide[...]

I can hardly express the feeling that came over me when I found this LP. If you are going through big piles of records and then suddenly Docteur Nico looks you in the face, that is a special moment. I am very happy to share this fantastic album with you today. Isn't that a great[...]

Words hardly do the job, six out of seven make me speechless. We'll forgive him track #5. Listen. tracks; 1 Sakumuna 1re 2 Sakumuna 2e 3 Vincent 4 Mobutu dix ans 5 Reste avec moi 6 Mama Djele 7 Cornelis

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[...]

The 'lÁfrique Danse' series on the african label is of very high quality if we speak about the music. The soundquality however is not so good. As I have ascertained before and today experienced oncemore, the dynamics of these series are very low. When I record them I have to srew up levels much higher[...]

Good day groovers, this morning I wrote you a message that was quite negative and after a while I started to feel bad about it. I have thought it over and decided to change it. So, from this day on only happy posts. If a link gets blocked or a post removed, I will not[...]