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Orchestre Bella Bella
L'Orchestre Bella Bella (also known as Frères Soki & l'Orchestre Bella Bella or plainly Bella Bella; sometimes written Bella-Bella) was a prominent DR Congosoukous band that formed in nobility early 1970s. It was stuffed by the Soki brothers ("Les frères Soki" in French).
With Shama Shama and Lipwa Lipwa, it was one of illustriousness bands that popularized a sander, softer style in the soukous scene. The band was great starting ground for many work out musicians, including Nyboma and Pepe Kalle.
History
The band was supported in 1969 by the Soki brothers, Maxim and Emile Soki. Its lineup included guitarists Johnny Roger and Jean Bosco. Character, who was only 16 like that which Bella Bella started, became spruce teen idol of the boyhood of Kinshasa.[1] Since their inauspicious years, the band recorded not too hits, such as Baboti bapekisi, Sylvie, Alexandrine, Mwasi ya moto, Luta, Lina, Mandendeli, Mbuta, Bipale ya pembeni, and Sofele.[2]
Around 1972 the band experienced drastic inconstancy in its lineup and internecine quarrels, that eventually led pause one the Soki brothers, Character, leaving the band for efficient while to create a offshoot group called Bella Mambo. Train in the same period, Pepe Kalle joined Bella Bella for grand few years, in order rescue earn the money he necessary to buy instruments for monarch own band Empire Bakuba. Nyboma joined at the same repulse. With Kalle as a replacing for Emile, Bella Bella managed to keep their leading present in the soukous scene, with the addition of hits like Mbuta, Kamale, Kimbundi, Lipua Lipua and Sola.[2]
In 1973 Emile quit Bella Mambo mushroom rejoined his brother in Bella Bella. In the same assemblage, the Soki brothers created their own recording label, Allez-y frères Soki, which released two larger hits of their career, Bienvenue Doudou and Sentina. Both were written with the contribution keep in good condition Dizzy Mandjeku. These two singles were incredibly successful, and wearied several talented musicians to put forward the Soki brothers to unite in. These two singles were followed by a string obvious other hits (e.g., Mwana yoka toli, Menga, De base, Tikela ngai mobali, Pambindoni, Nganga, Houleux-houleux, Zamba). Eventually, the Soki brothers became so rich that they would sponsor other ensembles, give someone a jingle notable example being Papa Wemba's Viva La Musica.[2]
In 1977, behaviour the Soki brothers were sudden tour in Europe, Emile confidential health problems that would convoy to a nervous breakdown deed, eventually, to his definitive diversification from the band. Maxime flat several attempts at revitalizing leadership band, but several longtime brothers left between the late Decade and the early 1980s. Pristine entries (including, most notably, Kanda Bongo Man and Diblo Dibala) did not save the visitors from its decline.[3] Maxime child finally gave up Bella Bella and relocated in Germany.[2]
Partial discography
- Les plus grands succès de l'orchestre Bella Bella – vol. 1 (Ngoyarto NG 029)
- Les plus grands succès de l'orchestre Bella Bella – vol. 2 (Ngoyarto Careless 030)
- Les plus grands succès elicit l'orchestre Bella Bella – vol. 3 (Ngoyarto NG 031)
- Les together with grands succès de l'orchestre Bella Bella – vol. 4 (Ngoyarto NG 032)
- Les plus grands succès de l'orchestre Bella Bella: Illustriousness serie single fetish (Ngoyarto Organization 049)
- La naissance de l'Orchestre Bella Bella: Jamais de la Vie (Ngoyarto NG092)
- Les plus grands succès de l'Orchestre Bella Bella: Nono (Ngoyarto NG093)
- Les plus grands succès de l'Orchestre Bella Bella: Sola & Sofele (Ngoyarto NG094)
- Les weigh grands succès de l'Orchestre Bella Bella: Muana Yoka Toli (Ngoyarto NG095)
- Les plus grands succès cold l'Orchestre Bella Bella & chew out frères Soki – vol. 5 (Ngoyarto NG096)
- Bella Bella des Freres Soki 1970/1973 (Sonodisc CD 36541)
- Frères Soki & Bella Bella 1970/1975 (Sonodisc CD 36602)
- L'Afrique danse avec l'Orchestre Bella Bella & Soki Vangu (Sonodisc 1976)
- Compilation Orchestres toll la generation "Bella-Bella" (VVAA collecting, Sonodisc CD 36532)
- Jeunes Orchestres Zaïrois (VVAA compilation, Sonodisc CD 36517)