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world: african and global beat
An inside look at the past, present and future of African music, with new releases, classics and obscurities. Informative, funky and flavoursome. |  |
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|      | 11-jun-10 african and global beat
One of the Congo’s most loved and distinctive Rumba voices features. Djo Mpoyi is best known for his work with OK Jazz but also recorded with the groups Saka Yonsa, Empompo Loway’s Tiers Monde, Kara de Kinshasa and Verckys’ Orchestre Veve. We close on the wonderful final song Djo recorded before his sad death in 1993 aged 39. | |
| | 14-may-10 african and global beat
Final episode of our series on Bozi Boziana & Anti-Choc. Pt. 11 of our feature on this top Congolese group catches Bozi in the company of five different female vocalists. Prepare for some great singing and wonderfully exciting guitar led instrumentation. | |
| | 23-apr-10 african and global beat
Bozi Boziana and his group Anti-Choc are one of the great surviving Congolese groups of the 80s and 90s. In the 10th part of our series we listen to them enter the new millennium still producing exciting modern Congolese music. They maintain a constant combination of great male and female voices and, as ever, they have some dazzling guitar work. | |
| | 26-mar-10 african and global beat
9th part in the series on Congolese group Anti-Choc led by singer Grand Pere Bozi Boziana. This week we return to guitar dominant dance music. Tracks from the mid to late 90s feature soloists Rigo Star, Burkina Faso and Micha Braun. Plus we have great tracks from female singer Scola Miel’s brilliant solo album with guest singers Dindo Yogo and Defao. | |
| | 05-mar-10 african and global beat
Pt. 8 of the series on the Congolese group Anti-Choc. In the mid 1990s leader Bozi Boziana introduced a strong keyboard influence on one of his albums and this week we pick out some of the high points of that session,. Plus, as always, we feature plenty of dynamic guitar led tracks. Guest vocalist Esperant and guitarist Burkina Faso join Bozi, Betty, Scola, Florence and the Anti-Choc Stars. | |
| | 13-feb-10 african and global beat
Bozi Boziana & Anti-Choc – one of the most exciting groups from Kinshasa in the Congo. In Pt 7 of our series we hear tracks from two of Bozi’s greatest mid nineties albums, plus songs from Wally Ngonda’s off-shoot group Choc Renové. As usual a plethora of fantastic female voices accompany Bozi and his boys. And of course we’ll hear some of Africa’s finest guitarists. | |
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| 29-jan-10 african and global beat
Pt. 6 in a series looking at Bozi Boziana & Anti-Choc – one of the top Congolese groups of the 1980s & 90s. This week we reach the early 1990s with another new female singer – probably the finest female voice that Bozi launched in the group. We also pick up a couple of solo albums that were never released on cd – one from Fifi Mofude and one from Bits Bitsindou. | |
| | 25-dec-09 african and global beat
Another broadcast in our series looking at Congolese group Bozi Boziana & Anti-Choc. In the early nineties Bozi introduced a new female singer/dancer called Betty Bis who teamed up with Scola to become Bozi’s most enduring female accompanists. This 5th episode also features singers Lidjo Kwempa, Kofi Alibaba and Wally Ngonda, plus a little known dynamite song from guitarist Dodoly. | |
| | 04-dec-09 african and global beat
5th part in our series on Kinshasa group Bozi Boziana & Anti-Choc and this week the lovely Anti-Choc ladies Jolie Detta, Deesse and Thiza are joined by the swivelling hips of Scola Miel and her terrific Nza Wissa dance. Expect to hear spiralling guitars, scintillating female harmonies and the melancholic charm of Grand-Pere Bozi Boziana. | |
| | 13-nov-09 african and global beat
Pt 3 of the story of Anti-Choc. Four different female voices join Bozi Boziana this week as we listen to Congolese New Wave classics from 1988 and 1989. We heavily feature the arrival of 18 year old female superstar Deesse Mukangi and also get to hear one of the hottest bass guitar lines ever recorded... plus a guest appearance by Pepe Kalle. | |
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