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Non Stop Dancing is the debut studio album by the Congolese rumba band Zaïko Langa Langa. Produced by Mfumu Muntu Bambi, it was released on the Zaire Music label in late 1974. [1] [2] It consists of songs recorded and released between 1973 and 1974, during multiple recording sessions of the band in Kinshasa.
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."
It is probably derived from the Congolese Makuta drums or Sikulu drums commonly played in Mbanza Ngungu, Congo. Originally a person who plays tumbadoras is called a "tumbador" but ever since they began using the name "conga", a man who plays conga is called a "conguero" and a woman who plays conga is called "conguera". Other common terms are ...
In Awendo, a variety of Congolese and local musicians, including Super Mazembe, Eden Musica, T.P. Bilenge, Bikassy Mandeko Bijos, and Banalola, graced the music scene. [45] The Daily Nation reported that local youth in Kisumu were rapidly adopting the style, with groups like Orchestra Mass System, whose members embraced Congolese personas such ...
Nicolas Kasanda wa Mikalay (7 July 1939 – 22 September 1985), popularly known as Docteur Nico, was a guitarist, composer and one of the pioneers of Congolese music. He was born in Mikalayi in the Belgian Congo. He graduated in 1957 as a technical teacher, but inspired by his musical family, he took up the guitar and in time became a virtuoso ...
It was reissued in 1994 on the English label Natari, with two additional tracks. [9] Bouger Bouger Makinzu includes the band's first hit, "Mulolo", composed by JB Mpiana. [10] In 1989, Wenge Musica appeared in the "Zaire" episode of the BBC documentary series Under African Skies, about African music. [11] [12]
One of their new songs was "African Jazz Mokili Mobimba" (meaning "African Jazz all over the world"), written by guitarist Mwamba "Déchaud" Mongala [2] in the Congolese rumba style. [3] It was released later that year. [4] It was a pastiche of two Latin American songs. [5] The lyrics caution against excessive travel abroad. [6]
In 1986, the neighborhoods of Kinshasa were contested by leading Congolese rumba artists and groups such as Zaïko Langa Langa, Papa Wemba and Viva La Musica, King Kester Emeneya and many others. A mechanic from Kinshasa, Jeanora, then created a dance he called Kwassa kwassa, imitating the use of a gearshift. He made numerous performances on ...