Tag: Congo

• A classy comp’ of Congolese music in Belgium, ‘Les Belgicains: Na Tango Ya Covadia 1964​-​70’ is a curation of student orchestras in Belgium

  

  This is a fascinating insight into a period of post-colonial musical history and the experiences of trailblazing young Congolese artists in Belgium. The compilation Les Belgicains – Na Tango Ya Covadia 1964-1970 tells the stories of the first Congolese student orchestras – referred to during that time as ‘Les Belgicains’ – and has been supervised…

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  June 7, 2024

  Belgium, Congo

  Belgium, Brussels, Congo, Congolese student orchestras, Covadia, Léon Bukasa, Les Belgicains, Na Tango Ya Covadia, Ngoma, Nikiforos Cavvadias, Roger Verbestel, Studio Madeleine, Wendo Kolosoy

• Orchestre Les Mangelepa’s ‘Nyako Konya’ reissued by Secousse – essential revival of peerless Congolese rumba cut in Nairobi in ’78

  Orchestra Les Mangelepa formed in Nairobi in 1976 and their essential 1978 Congolese rumba classic is one of the best of the genre, beautifully reissued by Secousse – the label, radio show and soundsystem based in France. With reissues, it is not often that such legendary musicians of the past are still around, but Les…

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  March 28, 2020

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  Congo, Ismaïl & Sixu Touré, Jules-Henry Malaki, Kenya, London, Max Rambhojan, N’draman Blintch, Nairobi, Neba Solo, Nyako Konya, Orchestre Les Mangelepa, Papa Kourand, Rumba, Sammy Massamba, Secousse