
I can't tell you anything about the artists except their names (and even about that I am not 100% sure - see below..). And I have only the music. But this is more than enough.
Side A has two tracks by a certain Kabongo Mbokodi, and I suppose Lulua Jazz is the group accompanying him. The musical style is one you may recognise from singers like Tshala Muana, so music which certainly in the days when this record was released (and my guess would be that the recordings are either from the early 1960s or the late 1950s) would be labelled "folklore". But does the use of a bottle as a percussion instrument justify this label? And what about an accordion? Is the accordion part of Lulua folklore? If it is I may have to do some digging into this folklore!
Side A is lovely, but side B is no less than spectacular. The accordion has been replaced by flutes, and the initial impression could be that this is certainly folklore. But hark, what is this? A double bass? A sax?
Again the rhythm is very much Lulua, a fascinating and compelling rhythm with a very strong and certainly distinct character. So why are they called "flutistes Bayeke"? Aren't the Bayeke from neigbouring Katanga? And - while I am at it - are the artists called Tshibitshabo and Tumba, or is Tshibitshabo playing tumba?
You see, there is still a lot to investigate and to discover. And fortunately for us all, there is still so much wonderful and fascinating music to listen to.
Ngoma No. 2001
EDIT March 19, 2013: Jan Duinkerken has sent me this scan of the frontside of the sleeve:

And I have uploaded scans of photocopies of a catalogue of the Ngoma Super 45t series on the wrldsrv-website.
* I read somewhere that sites made in flash (like afrodisc.com) can't be viewed on an iPad. I can't check this as I do not possess such a device.
5 comments:
This is wonderful! What a find! THANKS!
Oh, and about Flash: I've also removed it from my computers* because it continually has security issues. *But I use Chrome when I need to access sites using Flash; it sandboxes Flash.
Merci!
I am really enjoying this, thank youi so much for all of the great music.
Thank you for the information & beautiful music!
Confirmed. Afrodisc is just a bunch of collated titles when viewed on iOS. Its useless on an iphone I would expect the same for iPads.
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