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Kanda Bongo Man (born Bongo Kanda; [1] 1 January 1955) is a Congolese soukous musician born in Inongo, Democratic Republic of the Congo. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He became the singer for Orchestra Belle Mambo in 1973, [ 3 ] developing a sound influenced by Tabu Ley . [ 4 ]
[8] The Boston Globe concluded that "Bongo Man's sweet tenor voice is in fine form—but the dull, compressed sound is like a film over the music, adding distance to the experience." [ 15 ] AllMusic wrote that the album "dances on non-stop with the idiom's patented driving prettiness, beguiling as all-get-out but without peaks and valleys, in a ...
Zing Zong is an album by the Congolese musician Kanda Bongo Man, released in 1991. [1] [2] The album is dedicated to the memory of Soki Vangu and his brother Soki Dianzenza (also known as Emile and Maxime Soki), who were in the earlier Zairean soukous band Orchestre Bella Bella.
Kanda Bongo Man, another Paris-based artist, pioneered fast, short tracks conducive for play on dance floors worldwide, popularly known as kwassa kwassa, after the dance moves popularized in his and other artists' music videos. This music appealed to Africans and to new audiences as well.
The dance was popularized by soukous music videos, as well as the videos of Kanda Bongo Man, Pepe Kalle, Viva La Musica, and other Congolese musicians. For the first time in Congo, all the groups adopted these dance steps. This had not happened before because bands preferred to have their own specific dance.
Kwassa Kwassa is a soukous album by Kanda Bongo Man, released 1989. Critical reception. Martin Aston, ...
This also reflects in the kwassa kwassa, a dance style that was popularized by Empire Bakuba and later adopted by several other Congolese acts, most notably Kanda Bongo Man and Koffi Olomide. Empire Bakuba's live performances were highly scenographic, with frontman Pepe Kalle, who was six feet tall and weighing 300 pounds, [ 8 ] accompanied by ...
Maxime made several attempts at revitalizing the band, but several longtime members left between the late 1970s and the early 1980s. New entries (including, most notably, Kanda Bongo Man and Diblo Dibala) did not save the band from its decline. [3] Maxime himself finally gave up Bella Bella and relocated in Germany. [2]