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Soukous was chosen by Island Records producer Ben Mandelson and Togolese entrepreneur Richard Dick as the title of a 1982 compilation, Sound D'Afrique II: Soukous. The compilation included music from Mali and Cameroon alongside "Madeleina," a track from Pablo 'Porthos' Lubadika's 1981 album Ma Coco, which gained significant attention in Europe. [8]
[24] [25] [26] His third studio album Kafou Kafou, debuted in July 2000, later won him the Judges' Special Awards at the 2001 Kora Awards for his contribution to African music. [7] [12] In 2009, William clinched the accolade of Best Soukous Entertainer at the IRAWMA Awards. [27] In September 2003, he issued his fourth studio album, Mondongo. [28]
He found success with the release of albums such as Muzina, Exil Ley, Africa worldwide, Babeti soukous, and Man from Kinshasa. The Mobutu regime banned his 1990 album "Trop, C'est Trop" as subversive. [4] In 1996, Tabu Ley participated in the album Gombo Salsa by the salsa music project Africando. The song "Paquita" from that album is a remake ...
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His 1990 album, Roger Milla – a tribute to the exploits of the great Camerounian Football player, is a classic example of this arrangement. Pépé Kallé later introduced some dancers with growth disabilities like Jolie Bebe, Dominic Mabwa and Ayilla Emoro in to his band.
Diblo Dibala (born 9 August 1954), often known simply as Diblo, is a Congolese soukous musician, [1] known as "Machine Gun" for his speed and skill on the guitar. He was born in 1954 in Kisangani . He moved to Kinshasa as a child, and aged 15 won a talent competition which led to him playing guitar in Franco 's TPOK band.
Rochereau used the album as an opportunity to re-record highlights from the previous 20 years of his career. While the album is a soukous recording, described in its liner notes as "Zairean pop," it also features elements from other genres, such as Latin music, jazz, rock and R&B, as well as Congoloese dance rhythms such as madiaba and kwassa ...
The album was produced by Ned Sublette and Sean Barlow. [6] It was recorded in Central Park, in New York City, in June 1992. [7] Kanda played for around 6,000 people. [5] The concert was broadcast as part of NPR's "AfroPop Worldwide" program. [8] Kanda sang in Lingala. [5] The majority of the band was made up of African and French musicians. [9]