Description:

The meeting of imported music from the Caribbean and African rhythms gave birth to a sound that had never been heard anywhere else! This work includes "Marie-Louise," a pioneering work in the simple style of two guitars plus singing by the great singer Wende Kolosoy, who pioneered the modern Congo-style rumba and created the country's first hit song, and the virtuoso Camille Ferge's fluid accordion playing and primitive From the later works that expanded the possibilities of rumba with the introduction of electric instruments and wind instruments and the beauty of chorus work, "Nanga Nkisi" by Trio Bow, "Amondembe Chachacha Chacha" by Adu Elanga, and "Amondembe Chachacha Chacha" by Adu Elanga, the latter is a masterpiece that combines the primitive African rhythm style with the fluid accordion playing of master Camille Fergi. Amondembe Chachacha" by Adu Elanga, and other songs by a total of 14 artists. This is a dense and concentrated collection of the most brilliant decade in the history of Congolese music. Booklet enclosed.

Tracklisting:

IISAYA MWINAMO & TOM MITI
1. MPENZI TINA
2. KILA MWAKA
JHIMMY/CHANT : PAUL MWANGA
3. AMIS BEATAR
NELSON SIMON & SES SAN SALVADOR/GUITAR : PEDRO MARTIN
4. WENDA SAMUNA
5. O YETO MBUTA ZETO
E BONGUE BOLLANGA
6. DJOMBI DIKWAMBA
7. MANIAKA MA NGOMBA NYAMA
GUSTAVE DALLE
8. A MUNA LYO YE BABE
9. MULEMBE E MBA O NDADO
TRIO BOW : BUKASA/OLIVEIRA/WENDO
10. AKEYI NA ZANDU
11. NGANGA NIKISI
WENDO + 3 GUITARS. CONTRABASS. PIANO & JAZZ
12. BAKOSI LIWA YA WENDO
13. BOKILO
WENDO + 2 GUITARS
14. RUMBA WENDO
PHILOS YANNO PENKI & I'ORCHESTRE NOVELTY/SAX : DADET
15.BANA DELICE
CAMILLE FERUZI NA BANA BA YE ACCORDION
16. BOKANO YA BABUT
CAMILLE MOKOKO NA BANINGA BE YA
17. CHERIE BABOLINGO
BUKASA LEON NA BANINGA BA YE
18. OWE
V.MOKOKO & F. BOSELE NA BANINGA 3 GUITAR
19. BILENGENDE
20. ATA BALOBI
FRANC LASSAN & SA RUMBANELLA BANDE
21. FALANGA WA NJEMBO
22. RUMBANELLA BANDE
ADOU ELANGA
23. AMONDEMBE CHA CHA CHA