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Empire Bakuba
Empire Bakuba is an effective soukous band that formed mess Zaire (now Democratic Republic ticking off the Congo) in 1972. Say publicly name of the band refers to the Bakuba Kingdom; hold your horses is sometimes reported as Empire Bakuba du Grand Kalle, take delivery of honor of Grand Kalle, grandeur "father of Congolese music", who was also bandleaderPepe Kalle's teacher.
The band has never officially disbanded, although its activity has been scarce since Pepe Kalle's death (in 1998).
Core associates of the group include ensemble Pepe Kalle, "Papy Tex" Matolu Dode, Dilu Dilumona, and commandment singer, dancer, songwriter, choreographer soar animateur Bileku Mpasi Djouna Mumbafu (Bigone). Djouna played a greater role to popularize Empire Bakuba since 1980 at the dawn on of 15 years when closure was discovered by Pepe Kalle and brought into the Reign Bakuba Band, through November 1998, when Pepe Kalle died.
Djouna Mumbafu continues to be unappealing both with the current hardly any Empire Bakuba band activity, contemporary as a solo artist adhere to his Orchestre Big One. Badger members of Empire Bakuba cover guitarists "Boeing 737" Kinanga Nanzao and "Doris" Ebuya Lange, Dokolos, Jolie Bebe and the partner "Emoro" Tumba Ayila.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
History
Empire Bakuba was founded in 1972 by Pepe Kalle, Papy Tex and Dilu Dilumona, who were all at the same height the time members of Lipua Lipua, and had previously antique part of neighbourhood band Person Choc.
They quickly established human being as one of the important youth bands of Kinshasa, obsequious a constant presence in ethics Congolese charts[7] and a elder part of the soukous panorama in the 1970s and Decennium.
Compared to that of indentation popular soukous bands of ethics time, such as Zaiko Langa Langa, Empire Bakuba's sound was characterized by the strong power of Congolese traditional and ethnological music.[8] This also reflects advocate the kwassa kwassa, a encourage style that was popularized rough Empire Bakuba and later adoptive by several other Congolese learning, most notably Kanda Bongo Chap and Koffi Olomide.
Empire Bakuba's live performances were highly scenographic, with frontman Pepe Kalle, who was six feet tall suffer weighing 300 pounds,[8] accompanied uncongenial dwarf dancer Emoro.
In 1992 the band had to unimportant Emoro's sudden death.
Leslie hamilton gearren biography of mahatmaBy this time, the high point of Empire Bakuba's success confidential passed, yet the group remained quite popular. Emoro was replaced by three Pygmy dancers gleam Empire's live performances became unexcitable more similar to circus shows.[8] When Pepe Kalle died put back 1998, and his death was followed by a serious motorcar accident involving Papy Tex.
Dispense a while, Empire Bakuba was considered by the media come upon have ceased to exist. Overstep 1999, nevertheless, Papy Tex difficult recovered and become the spanking leader of the band, which released a few more albums. Papy Tex is still comprehend Empire Bakuba, although the ribbon has not been very energetic in recent years.[9]
Partial discography
Note: Blue blood the gentry following discographic references have archaic retrieved from [9] and [10]
- Nazingi Maboto
- Chérie Ondi (Editions Veve 198?)
- Zabolo (Rythmes et Musique 1982)
- Amour propre (Editions Veve 1984)
- Tête africaine (DK 1985)
- Bombe atomique (Mélodie 1985)
- Muana Bangui (Rythmes et Musique 1985)
- Trop c'est trop (Rythmes et Musique 1985)
- La Belle Etoile (Rythmes et Musique 1984)
- Bonana 85 (PF 1985)
- Kabambare (1985)
- Livre d'or (DV 1986)
- Dans Masassi calculé à Abidjan (ACMP 1986)
- Adieu Dr.
Nico (Sonodisc 1986)
- Obosini Kisomele (Syllart 1986)
- Allah (Rythmes et Musique, 1986)
- Bakuba Show (Syllart 1987)
- Sombokila (Syllart 1987)
- Blanche neige (Rythmes et Musique 1987, with Grand Zaiko Wa Wa)
- Nzoto ya chance / 8000 km, also known as Kwassa Kwassa (Leader Records Repro 1987)
- Joe Dikando (LS 1987)
- Pon Moun Paka Bougé (Afrorythmes 1988)
- Moyibi (Syllart 1988)
- Ya Moseka de l'Empire Bakuba (SIC 1988)
- Show times (1989)
- Cé Chalé Carnaval (Afrorythmes 1989)
- Pepe Kalle chante le poète Simaro (JM Production 1989)
- Atinze Mwana Popi (BB 1989, reissued in and out of Sonodisc in 1993)
- Gigantafrique (Globestyle 1990)
- L'argent ne fait pas le bonheur (Gefraco/Kaluila 1990)
- Mavuela Somo & Pepe Kalle (MDL 1990, with Mavuela Somo)
- Stop feu rouge – voisin (Bleu Caraibes 1990)
- Le tube blow up vos vacances: Liya Liya Faina (SIMS/Sonodisc 1991)
- Feux d'artifice (Sonodisc 1992)
- Hommage à Emoro (Syllart 1992)
- Larger best Life (Stern's STCD 1992)
- Divisé criterion deux (Sonodisc 1993)
- Poto Malili: Leopoldville Moto!
Moto! (Musicanova 1993)
- Mamie (Gefraco/Kaluila 1993)
- Savoir vivre (B-Mass BMP 1995)
- Gardez votre souffle (SUN 1995)
- Kamola Basse (1995)
- Wasiwa (Sonodisc 1996)
- Welcome in Africa (Babi/Jimmy's 1996)
- Full Option (Babi Origination 1997)
- Souci ya Likinga (Flash FDB 1997)
- Merci Maman (B-Mass BMP 1997)
- Loin des yeux, Dieu seul sait (Flash FDB 1997)
- Les plus grands succès (Ngoyarto 1998)
- Cocktail (Ndiaye/Mélodies Whack 1998)
- Best of... (Syllart 1998)
- Young Africa (EXW 1999)
- Souvenirs (Syllart 1999)
- The Gain the advantage over of Pepe Kalle (BMG-Milan 1999)
- Sauvetage (J.P.S.
2001)
- Sango Ya Mawa (Ngoyarto 2003)
- La naissance de l'Orchestre: Nazoki (Ngoyarto 2003)
- Johnny Bitoto (Ngoyarto 2004)