This is Josky tribute time. We lost a great singer who was sick but not sick enough where he was near it. So we will do a Dream Duet edition in tribute to Josky. This singer was considered a Evoloko prototype.
He is Desouza Santu. He also is called and rightfully so as Desouza Santu Mungongo Elengi. I like that title. His voice is like that. He used to sing with Evoloko, Bimi Ombale and Pepe Kalle. He is one incredibe vocalist in my opinion. He is a solo artist and was very present on Biya Chante's album Cocktail. He recently released his EP Arobase which has his big song called Maman Bonheur. Check this song here
Desouza Santu has shown in the song that he is pretty good as a multi-tasker in sense of singing. Also this song is a very good Rumba song in the current Congolese music scene. Desouza's multi-choir singing was solid and his voice was pretty solid. I am sure this man must be at least 56 years old. He is very justified to be called Desouza Santu Mongongo Elengi. MONGONGO ELENGI.
The Maman Bonheur song got me thinking about which OKJ singer would have been perfect with Desouza Santu. It is Josky without doubt. These two men would have been gold together musically.
I will give you four reasons why they would have been perfect together?
1) They are effective of the Africa Fiesta school sense of singing.
2) They are great multi-taskers musically.
3) They have solid songs on Rumba.
4) They know well where they stand vocally
Fourth reason leading to me how they would sing together. Josky would sing in the low/middle note and Desouza Santu would sing in the high note. I am sure Josky would have had a blast singing with Desouza Santu. I think Josky should got Simaro to recruit Desouza Santu into Bana OK. Desouza had a voice well made for Bana OK. He was a good animator like Bana OK singer Shakembo. Shakembo was a good animator. But for a few Josky songs, Desouza could take over and put his own twist on animations. Desouza was a solid animator.
Which leads to me being which song would be perfect for Desouza Santu and Josky Kiambukuta.
The song here is called Point Faible. This song was on Josky's 1999 solo album POINT FAIBLE. This song should be a great duo song in my opinion. Josky can sing lead while Desouza and Josky do harmonies together. Also another reason why this song would be perfect is because Desouza Santu would do the animations. Desouza was a good animators during the final years of Empire Bakuba.
That will be end of the Josky Kiambukuta tribute dream duet editions. Josky will remain one of the greatest Congolese singers to ever live.
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