Ray Lema Quintet – Live
https://amf.didiermary.fr/ray-lema-quintet-live/
Ray Lema Quintet live on stage at Africolor Festival in october 2012.
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Baloji – Buy Africa
https://amf.didiermary.fr/baloji-orchestre-katuba-kuku-buy-africa/
“Buy Africa” is a cover of Fela Kuti’s song by Baloji & L’Orchestre de la Katuba, Feat. Kuku for Red Hot + Fela, the tribute album released in 2013.
To understand where Fela’s musical quest began, you have to start with his education at London’s Trinity College School of Music. […]
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BBNG X FLOCKEY OCSCOR (2017)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWYX0MIl1nE
Flockey puts words over the Canadian jazz group BADBADNOTGOOD's track "Cashmere".
Bitter Dream on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/flockey/flockey-ocscor-bitter-dream
BBNG IV on Bandcamp: https://badbadnotgoodofficial.bandcamp.com/album/iv
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We stand tall when we stand on the shoulders of the ancestors who came before us.
(source: unknown - circa 2020 - description in ALT)
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6 Belgian and French #Rap artists from Congo, unified in a song "Free Congo" (Gradur, Ninho, Damso, Josman, Youssoupha & Kalash Criminel)
Des millions d’morts, au Nord-Kivu, personne n’en parle
Il s’passe des dingueries au pays de mes rents-pa
On pense à vous, je sais qu’un jour on s’y rendra
J’ai rêvé d’un monde meilleur, sans Kagame, sans M23
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Free Congo - Official video
(Gradur, Ninho, Damso, Josman, Youssoupha & Kalash Criminel)
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Kiniata – Kin’Gongolo Kiniata
https://amf.didiermary.fr/liseki-te-kin-gongolo-kiniata/
Kiniata is the first studio album released by Kin’Gongolo Kiniata in April 2025.
Schooled in the effervescence of Kinshasa’s streets, Kin’Gongolo Kiniata is redefining the boundaries of Congolese music while honouring its deep cultural roots. […]
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Emmanuel Jal, Vanessa Mdee, Juliani & Syssi Mananga – Tusimame
https://amf.didiermary.fr/emmanuel-jal-vanessa-mdee-juliani-syssi-mananga-tusimame/
South Sudan’s Emmanuel Jal, the internationally acclaimed recording artist and inspiring humanitarian has joined forces with some of music’s biggest stars, including Tanzania’s Vanessa Mdee, Congo’s Syssi Mananga and Kenya’s Juliani in the making of Tusimame, a pan-African musical stand against the destruction of Africa’s elephants [...]
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Fredy Massamba – Ethnophony
https://amf.didiermary.fr/fredy-massamba-ethnophony/
Né à Pointe-Noire au Congo, Fredy Massamba rejoint les Tambours de Brazza, puis accompagne Zap Mama, Didier Awadi, Manou Gallo et pas mal d'autres.
Il décide finalement de sortir un album solo en 2011, Ethnophony, travaillé avec Ray Lema et mixé à New York par les ingénieurs du son d'Erykah Badu, Alicia Keys ou The Roots…
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Kanda Bongo Man – Malinga
https://amf.didiermary.fr/kanda-bongo-man-malinga/
Bongo Kanda (born 1 January 1955), aka Kanda Bongo Man, is a Congolese Soukous musician and singer. His career debuted in 1973 when he became the singer for the Belle Mambo band, developing a sound influenced by Tabu Ley. […]
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Mbote Na Beno Vol. 1-3
https://amf.didiermary.fr/mbote-na-beno-vol-1-3/
The 3 volumes of “Mbote Na Beno” (Hi there! when greeting a person in Kikongo language) are compilations of Congolese music by NoForm: Production, a Swiss label by “La Société des Ambianceurs” (see also La Sape, Société des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Elégantes), to relay their work and eclectic projects.
Each compilation contains a mix […]
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Pamelo Mounk’a – L’argent appelle l’argent (1981)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/pamelo-mounka-argent-appelle-1981/
Grand classique issu de la période solo (hors Bantous de la Capitale) et parisienne de l’artiste Pamelo Mounka (ou Pamelo Mounk’a).
Ce titre a été repris par de multiples autres artistes depuis sa création.
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Discover Fredy Massamba
https://amf.didiermary.fr/discover-fredy-massamba/
Discover Fredy Massamba: Born in Congo (Pointe Noire), part of Les Tambours de Brazza for a few years, now touring around the world with a blend of Soul, Funk, Hip Hop and traditional chants.
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Siassia & Tokobina – Mama Africa
https://amf.didiermary.fr/siassia-tokobina-mama-africa/
Originally from Pointe Noire in Congo, Albert Siassia came to Paris in the early 80s as part of the Ballet National du Congo and joined forces with a young French reggae group called Dread Lion – a band he re-christened “Tokobina” (Lingala for “let’s dance”). Keen to broaden their audience the group played a mixture […]
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Finally took the time (my internet connection was down...) to watch Johan Grimonprez' documentary "Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat".
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14452174/
If you're interested in #Africa #History #UN #Jazz it's really worth your time.
If you want to better understand what happened when #Congo "tried" #Independence from #Belgium in 1960, how USA conspired to kill #PatriceLumumba and why there was a war in #Katanga, then there's a lot in this documentary, while listening to good music.
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Orchestre Macchi – Lola Muana
https://amf.didiermary.fr/orchestre-macchi-lola-muana/
Lorsqu’un groupe de jeunes dirigé par Dindo Yogo (Théodore Djangi Dindo Yogo) et Nseka dit “Huit Kilos” forment l’Orchestre Macchi autour 1973-74, ils proposent un nouveau son à travers la guitare de Huit Kilos et l’ensemble des musiciens.
Dindo Yogo (1955-2000) a été le chanteur de Zaïko Langa Langa entre 1984 et 1991.
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Congotronics International – Where’s The One?
https://amf.didiermary.fr/congotronics-international-wheres-the-one/
Congotronics International est un “supergroupe” comprenant Deerhoof, Konono Nº1, Juana Molina, Kasai Allstars, Wildbirds & Peacedrums et Skeletons.
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Nyboma & les Kamale Dynamiques
https://amf.didiermary.fr/double-double-nyboma-kamale-dynamiques-zaire/
Orchestre Kamale (aka “Kamale Dynamiques”) was formed in 1975 by singer Nyboma Mwan’dido with members of Orchestre Lipua-Lipua, where he was a singer from 1973 to 1975 and where he had his first hit “Kamale”.
Orchestre Kamale didn’t last very long and split up in 1978.
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Baloji Feat. Konono N°1 – Karibu Ya Bintou
https://amf.didiermary.fr/baloji-konono-n1-karibu-ya-bintou/
“Karibu Ya Bintou” comes from Baloji‘s album “Kinshasa Succursale“
Video shot in the streets of Kinshasa.
Electric thumb piano (aka likembé) played by Konono N°1, the legendary Congolese band whose junkyard sonics and trademark “Congotronics” sound has had a major influence on the electronic and indie rock scenes.
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Petite Noir — La Vie Est Belle / Life Is Beautiful
https://amf.didiermary.fr/petite-noir-vie-belle-life-beautiful-baloji/
Two collaborations between Petite Noir (Yannick Diekeno Ilunga, a South African raised, Belgian born, Congolese singer & songwriter) and Baloji: “La Vie Est Belle / Life Is Beautiful” + “Capture” where both feature on each other songs. […]
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Baloji – Zombies (short film)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/kaniama-show-baloji-zombies-short-film/
Kaniama Show is Baloji‘s first short film, a fictional satire about the collusion of State and media powers in an unidentified African country.
It’s part of multiple projects and releases by the artist in 2018, with a long-play single track: ‘Kaniama: The Yellow Version’. […]
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Swede Lokole – Bana Swede
https://amf.didiermary.fr/swede-lokole-bana-swede/
Festive, mainly acoustic, music from Congolese artists who lived in Côte d’Ivoire, as there was a civil war in their country. The cassettes, and later records, released by Swede Lokole were in fact a way for the band to show what they could offer on stage as a live band.
They trained themselves where they […]
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If you already watched "Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat", or want to, this is a #MustRead interview with Johan Gimonprez
Making films against amnesia
"The director of the Oscar-nominated film 'Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat' reflects on imperial violence, corporate warfare, and how cinema can disrupt the official record—and help us remember differently."
https://africasacountry.com/2025/04/making-films-against-amnesia
Tambours de Brazza – Sur la Route des Caravanes
https://amf.didiermary.fr/tambours-brazza-route-caravanes/
From album “Sur la Route des Caravanes” by Les Tambours de Brazza in 2013. The Congolese band created by Emile Biayenda in 1983 is back with a new album – a journey through modern African urban music, carried by the emblematic ngoma drums and bringing into play Congolese guitars and vocals rubbing shoulders with the […]
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Love Lokombe – Dindon
https://amf.didiermary.fr/love-lokombe-dindon/
Membre fondateur de KOKOKO!, le groupe de musiciens bricoleurs de Kinshasa, Love Lokombe est auteur-compositeur et multi-instrumentiste. […]
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