Franco Luambo Makiadi Presents Les Editions Populaires (1968-1970), by Franco & O.K. Jazz

Franco Luambo Makiadi Presents Les Editions Populaires (1968-1970)

by Franco & O.K. Jazz

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ruins Franco, you beautiful soul. This is what joy sounds like to me. Another win from Planet Ilunga, finding so much of the very best Congolese music. Hell, some of the very best music period.

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* Authorized by the estate of Franco Luambo Makiadi
* Double LP with 16 tracks
* Liner notes in English & French
* Numbered edition (1000 copies)

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Franco Luambo Makiadi Presents Les Editions Populaires (1968-1970), The Soul of Congo - Treasures of the Ngoma label LP edition, The Soul of Congo - Treasures of the Ngoma label (1948-1963), Joseph Kabasele And The Creation Of Surboum African Jazz (1960-1963), Luvumbu Ndoki / Ludiata Nangwi, Pas Un Pas Sans... The Boleros Of O.K. Jazz 1957-77, La Rumba De Mi Vida, Roots From the Congo, and 2 more. , and , .

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1.	Ku Kisantu Kikuenda Ku 04:42	info
2.	Lolango 03:03	info
3.	Agardja-Dja 04:48	info
4.	Na Bolingo Conseil Ezali Te 04:43	info
5.	Congo Mibale 03:33	info
6.	Minoko 07:23	info
7.	Edo Aboya Ngai 06:22	info
8.	Lolo Soufire 03:36	info
9.	Kamalandua 05:49	info
10.	Mobali Na Ngai Azali Etudiant Na Mpoto 04:10	info
11.	Tembe Na Tembe 05:43	info
12.	Lola 05:03	info
13.	Mosaka Ya Kilo 04:34	info
14.	Nzela Claude 05:41	info
15.	Mokili Macaramba 05:34	info
16.	Sukola Motema Olinga 05:20	info
17.	Lokolo (digital bonus song) 05:06		buy track

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Video presentation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKyz8L3hOM8

"Indépendance Cha Cha” was an historic song, not only because it immortalized Congo’s independence in its lyrics, but also because it was the first single published by a Congolese-owned record label. Joseph Kabasele’s label Surboum African Jazz indeed paved the way for several Congolese musicians to become record publishers. It resulted in the 1960s in a plethora of newly found Kinshasa-based record labels, run by the biggest musicians of the time.

With this new series “Les éditeurs congolais”, Planet Ilunga aims to honour and highlight the phonographic and entrepreneurial work of those first Congolese record label bosses. We kick off with a compilation of one of the most significant labels, Les Editions Populaires. This label, founded by Franco Luambo Makiadi in 1968 after he first co-founded with Vicky Longomba the labels Epanza Makita (+/- 117 singles) and Boma Bango (+/- 50 singles) and after starting his first short-lived label Likembe (+/- 5 singles), ran until 1982 and was mostly dedicated to the output of OK Jazz (later TPOK Jazz).

This compilation brings together an original selection of 16 tracks from the first three years of Les Editions Populaires. They are a showcase of the sound Franco had envisioned for his band. The focus was less on cha-cha-cha and Spanish lyrics, but on lingering rumba and bolero ballads in Lingala, tradition-rooted songs in Kikongo, Kimongo and even Yoruba, collaborations with Ngoma artists Camille Feruzi and Manuel d’Oliveira and not to forget solid pastiches of American funk, which were showing that the OK Jazz musicians had an open-minded view on music and were capable of excelling in many genres. Mama Na Ngai indeed!

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released February 29, 2024

General editor, notes & concept: Bart Cattaert
Compiled by: Hama-Dinga Ya Makilo, Stefan Werdekker & Bart Cattaert
Art Direction: Murielle Lô
Proofing: Charlotte Mavandalt, Hayat Assabounti & Alastair Johnston
Audio restoration & mastering: Pieter De Wagter (EQuuS)
Lacquer cut: Michael Kuhn (Manmade Mastering)
Video editor: Aaron Minnebo
Manufacturer: Optimal Media

Thanks to: Yves Luambo Emongo, Stefan Werdekker, Hama-Dinga Ya Makilo, Sylvain Konko, Murielle Lô, Clémence de Bodinat, Gary Stewart, Christian Ongoba, Baudouin Bikoko, Cindy Teme, Charlotte Mavandalt, Alastair Johnston, Hayat Assabounti, Samuel Malonga, Aaron Minnebo & Edo Bouman

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Planet Ilunga is an independent Belgian record label focusing on music that is at first sight untranslatable. It specialises in archiving, documenting and sharing the “Rumba Lingala” sound from the fifties and sixties from both the Congos. Planet Ilunga wishes to contribute to restoring the rich Congolese music archive, in the first place through high quality vinyl records and extensive booklets. ... more

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