From 1969, 1970 is this album by le Seigneur Rochereau. Ndombe Pepe wrote tracks 4 and 6, Rochereau the other 6 tracks. In fact, that's the only thing I know sure. I thought I knew Rochereau as a singer, but is he performing in some kind of way on this LP ? It is an[...]

Former member of Les Bantous de la Capitale, from the Brazzaside of the river, established a fan bas in Abidjan, on this LP together with Afrisa, Rochereau and Mbilia Bel. tracks; 1 Cynthia 2 On ne meurt qu'une fois 3 Le travail toujours le travail 4 Adjoussou d'Abidjan

It has been a long time since I posted work of Mbilia Bel. To make up, this is the first album Mbilia made with Tabu Ley's Orchestre l'Afrisa International. Their working together made them very popular and Mbilia Bel's stage performance was enormously strong. In no time this was the most wanted gig in Zaïre.[...]

This is volume 4 in the Belle Epoque series on the african label. I already posted volume III on september 6th. Two historic voices on one album. It was released in 1985 but the recordings must be from the sixties I guess. And it has a touch of Latin. tracks; 1 Lukina 2 Malobi ya[...]

This Volume 3 of yet another series of albums on the african label, was released in 1985 but the recordings on it are much older. It is a mixture of numbers, some solo and some sung together. Both Rochereau and Sam Manguana sound very young and fresh. Beautiful music. tracks; 1 Kasoule 2 Marie Jea[...]

An outstanding album by one of the greatest Congolese singers of all time is this one. This LP contains some historical tracks, Rochereau's sweet voice was, and still is, a winner. Listen. tracks; 1 Mokitani ya wendo 2 Christine 3 Mua metela wa tshikuluka 4 Nakoli kotika yo te ! Papa 5 Marie Clara 6[...]

le Seigneur Rochereau already brought us a few great albums at the GG, today he is back with one of the sweetest ever. I don't need a lot of words to tell you, do not miss this one ! tracks; 1 Ana Kokoy 2 Maria Maria 3 Djibebeke 4 Savon Omo 5 Laisse-toi aimer 6[...]

Now this, dear visitors, is a special album. When Docteur Nico came back to Tabu Ley's Afrisa in 1980, they made this LP. Track nr. 2, 'Resurrection'is of the hand of Docteur Nico. He is considered to be one of the best guitarists ever by many. I must agree this is a very good record,[...]

After having recorded already some 400 titles, Rochereau started African Fiesta mid sixties with guitarist Dr. Nico. I am not sure if Dr. Nico is still playing on this album because they split up after two years. The album's cover doesn't give much information. If someone knows, please let us know. It's an LP released[...]

Another Rochereau, this one is from 1973 and that shows. It seems Tabu Ley is the inventor of the Afro-hairdo, no serieus he was kind of hip those days, that shirt too. He even recorded his version of 'Let it be' ( Beatles ), not for me that is. Although it's quite different from the[...]

Rochereau in his young years, what a nice photo is this. And what a fresh young voice on this LP, can any one tell us of what year it is ? It's got 10 songs and takes only 30 minutes, not a vey common thing. By the way, I made a mistake when I ripped[...]

Today's post is a Classic, le Seigneur Tabu Ley Rochereau is a living legend, miss M'Bilia Bel joins in nicely on this fine record. tracks; 1 Gagner gagner 2 Ibenga 3 Loyenghe, ft. M'Bilia Bel 4 En amour ya pas de calcul 5 Esw yo wapi, ft. M'Bilia Bel 6 King Sa

Like to dance in a trance ? Congolese Soukous is the stuff to do it on. Often thought to be rivals but these two giants worked together excelently. A Congolese Classic from the early 80's. Tracks; 1 Ngungi 2 Omona wapi 3 Lisanga ya ba nganga 4 Kabassele in memoriam

Two days ago, I received this email; Afrisong Records Fri, Mar 17, 4:25 PM (2 days ago) to moos Moos, this is to inform you: my dear friend Lokassa Ya Mbongo of the Soukous Stars has passed away after a long illness. his friends worldwide will like to know. please do a nice celebration of life[...]