Artist.......: VA
Album........: El Congo : Brazza Kin
Label........: Marabi
Genre........: Other
Catnr........: n/a
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: 24-01-2006
str.date.....: 00-03-2003
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: www.marabi.net
track title time
01. Rumbanella Band - El Congo 03:53
02. Rumbanella Band - Kellya 05:41
03. Rumbanella Band - Sey-sey 04:32
04. Rumbanella Band - Ngalula 04:43
05. Wendo Kolosoy & Victoria Bakolo Miziki - 05:32
BotiakitembΘ
06. Rumbanella Band - Africa Mokili Mobimba 05:54
07. Wendo Kolosoy & Rumbanella Band - Marie 05:10
Louise
08. Rumbanella Band - Masanga Djiya 04:20
09. Antoine Moundanda - Bounsana 03:37
10. Rumbanella Band - Naluki Motunguisi 05:30
11. Rumbanella Band - Clara Badimuene 04:52
12. Wendo Kolosoy & Antoine Moundanda - Wendo 05:54
likembΘ
13. Victoria Bakolo Miziki - Passi 04:28
14. Rumbanella Band - L'Γge et l'amour 02:55
Runtime 67:01 min
Size 93,7 MB
Release Notes:
NOTES :
- Of course this album is ripped from a CD but the
tag CD is for Congo Democratic Republic...
- when a "new" genre called rumba can be used ?!
ABOUT THIS CD (from .cd :o) )
From the web site :
"Recorded in Kinshasa, this album pays tribute to
one of the most beautiful music born on the African
continent on the dawn of Independences. Rumba╒s two
great historical figures (Wendo Kolosoy, Kinshasa╒s
son and Antoine Mondanda from Brazzaville on the
other side of the river), the Victoria Bakolo
Miziki and the Rumbanella Band (composed of young
musicians) revisit the Central African cultural
heritage in a passionate and moving way. Smooth
voices, elegant guitars, sensuel mÄlodies and
discreet swing, Rumba is to Africa what Son is to
Cuba: a miracle of equilibrium.
In March, 2002, surviving pioneers of AfricaÆs most
beloved dance music, Congolese rumba, came together
in a Kinshasa recording studio to recapture the
glorious, sensuous music of their collective past.
The setting was humble, and there were no
international filmmakers or foreign pop stars on
hand. But in its way, this session was as historic,
and as sweet and swinging, as the famous Buena
Vista Social Club gathering in Havana, Cuba, a few
years earlier.
In the 1950s, when Congolese rumba came of age,
Cuban music was an important model, but the
tangling, cyclic guitar lines and mellifluous vocal
harmonies sung mostly in Lingala quickly came to
define a sound that will be forever identified with
this city on the banks of the Congo River. So call
it the Kinshasa Social Club, or just call it a long
overdue rumba reunion.
The music on this CD offers a rare glimpse into one
of the most potent and influential chapters in
modern African music.
Rumbanella Band
Rumbanella Band formed in 1986 under the leadership
of Madou Lebon Mulowayi, a guitarist and singer who
got his start as the accompanist for the late Jean
Bosco Mwenda, one of the founding fathers of
Congolese music. Madou was raised on music recorded
for KinshasaÆs first record label, Ngoma, music by
singers like Losta Bello, Bukasa Leon, and Wendo
Kolosoy.
After a decade working with Jean Bosco Mwenda,
Madou wanted to create his own band dedicated to
keeping the classic rumba sound alive. Three other
members of Rumbanella Band participated in this
recording project: vocalist Lola Bivuatu, bassman
Bolita Mzela Zimbika, and guitarist Kankonde
Joseph, a.k.a. Serpent.
Serpent actually won his nickname for his football
moves as a boy in the 1950s. But when he picked up
a guitar and began playing alongside Congolese
guitar legend Docteur Nico, the epithet applied
just as well to his nimble finger work. Like Nico
and many other Congo music pioneers, both Madou and
Serpent grew up and learned their musical skills in
the mineral-rich Kasai region, in the southeast of
this vast Central African country. They came to the
capital, Kinshasa, when it was in its prime, the
cosmopolitan cultural hub of the entire region. By
then, they were well primed to soak up the
fantastic new music that was bursting from every
bar and record stall in the city. Soon, they were
integral parts of the scene.
After parting ways with Nico over moneyôa familiar
story!ö Serpent played in a serie of important
bands before teaming up with Madou to create
Rumbanella Band. RumbanellaÆs recreation of classic
hits, especially by the legendary African Jazz and
African Fiesta, make up the core repertoire on this
CD. ThereÆs also a version of Jean Bosco MwendaÆs
signature composition, Masanga Djiya, and an
original composition by Serpent, Na Luki Motungisi.
Wendo Kolosoy and his pioneering band, Victoria
Bakolo Miziki, were also on hand, recording their
sensational comeback album, Amba (Marabi 46801-2).
Wendo KolosoyÆs backing singers Willy and Mass fill
out the Rumbanella vocal section. This collection
also includes a Wendo composition, Botiakitembe,
performed by Victoria Bakolo Miziki, and a fresh
version of WendoÆs classic 1948 song, Marie Louise,
which he sings here backed by the Rumbanella Band.
Last but not least, comes the king of the likembe
(thumb piano), Antoine Moundanda of Brazzaville.
Moundanda contributes a solo composition, and a
spontaneous improvisation with his old friend and
colleague, Wendo, the perfect finishing touch for
this rumba pioneers summit.
Banning Eyre."