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Extra Musica is a Congolese rumba band formed in Ouenzé, Brazzaville, in August 1993.The band was established by Roga-Roga, Espé Bass, Kila Mbongo, Durell Loemba, Guy-Guy Fall, Ramatoulaye Ngolali, and Quentin Moyascko, who initially met at the Sainte Thérèse church in Ouenzé, being neighbors and classmates.
In November 2017, Tshimpaka made a guest appearance on Innoss'B's music video for the track "Top Model," from his five-track maxi single Plus. [4] [19] The feature propelled her into the limelight and seized the attention of Ferré Gola, who subsequently featured her in his Congolese rumba-infused music video for the single "Ma Meilleur Chemise."
During the early 1960s, a surge of young Congolese musicians sought to speed up the slow tempo of Congolese rumba, which precipitated the emergence of soukous. Artists began incorporating faster rhythms, and prominent guitar improvisation, often characterized by high-pitched, fast-paced lines imbued with more heightened African motif .
In 1953, the Congolese music scene began to differentiate itself with the formation of African Jazz (led by Joseph "Le Grand Kallé" Kabasele), the first full-time orchestra to record and perform, and the debut of fifteen-year-old guitarist François Luambo Makiadi (aka Franco). Both would go on to be some of the earliest Congolese music stars.
At the end of the year, Wenge Musica consisted of Mpiana, Werrason, Bula, Makaba, Masela, Maradona, and Nsiona, as well as new members Adolphe Dominguez (vocals), Ricoco Bulambemba (vocals), Alain Mpela (vocals), Djolina (guitar), and Blaise Kombo (guitar). They also added their first atalaku, Full King. Aimé Buanga and Alain Mwanga moved to ...
The group Bisso Na Bisso pioneered the infusion of Congolese guitar patterns and rhythms into French rap in late 1990's. [183] French rapper Naza pioneered the infusion of ndombolo rhythms into French rap. In September 2017, he released his Platinum-certified album Incroyable, predominantly blending ndombolo rhythms. Adorned with lead guitar ...
Andy Cowan of Mojo rated Congo Funk! 4/5 stars, writing that "global groovers will find this seamless mix of the known and the obscure frequently revelatory." [11] Writing in the Observer, Neil Spencer described the album as "precisely played and delightfully sung examples of Congolese rumba", and rated it 4/5 stars. [4]
Lokua Kanza was born Pascal Lokua Kanza on 21 April 1958, in Bukavu in South Kivu, in the eastern region of then-Belgian Congo (later the Republic of the Congo, then Zaire, and now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). [30] [31] [32] He is the eldest of eight children, with a Mongo father and a Tutsi mother from Rwanda.