Dream Duet: Desouza Santu and Josky Kiambukuta (JOSKY TRIBUTE)

 

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. 

Dream Duet: Josky Kiambukuta and Papy Tex (JOSKY TRIBUTE)

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 among the co-founders of Empire Bakuba. 

Ces chanteurs faisaient beaucoup de chansons romantiques pour nous. Il faut que nous aimons leurs chansons romantiques tous les jours. Avec ces hommes et leurs chansons amoureuses, nous trouverons l'espoir en amour. Cet homme serait un individu bien-fait pour la musique de Josky Kiambukuta Djo Sex Le Commandant D'Abord. Mais c'est qui? 

I am speaking of Jean Dode Matolu better known as Papy Tex. He is known as a great friend and a great music collaborator of Pepe Kalle. Unlike Pepe Kalle, Papy Tex was very good with making sweet love songs. Something Josky was also very good at. No wonder why he was called Djo Sex. I wonder why Papy Tex was not called something closed to that. Anyway, Josky and Papy Tex were very good at pleasing women and making them wonder about their love lives. That is when you know  that you are good with romance in music. 

One big reason why Josky and Papy Tex should have worked together is because they are from the same Tabu Ley school. Their vocal tones are somewhat identical in a sense where they are emotional but also romantic which is why many ladies loved them. That was something Tabu Ley was very good at. Their ability to be emotional but yet romantic at the same time helped them become valuable singers. 

I got ten songs that I will select for you. 

Papy Tex: Welcome 

Papy Tex: Yawe 

Papy Tex: Aideu Leya 

Josky: Aziza 

Josky: Maby 

Josky: Monzo 

Josky: Spiritus Santus 

Josky: Mehida 

Tabu Ley: Ponce Pilate 

Grand Kalle: Coco qui est la 

These songs would have been very good for Josky and Papy Tex. I think the songs that would that be the best to do is Papy Tex's Aideu Leya, Josky's Mehida and Grand Kalle's Coco qui est la. These songs would have shown the beautiful harmonies between Josky and Papy Tex. Papy Tex is from Grand Kalle music of singing. Josky is a product of Africa Jazz vis a vis of Africa Fiesta style of singing. Aideu Leya would work because Josky is good at giving emotions in a song and this song is very personal from Papy Tex and Papy would have appreciated Josky's musical support in a emotional sense. Mehida would work very well because I felt there was a little off balance between the harmonies. I felt this song was a more of a two part choir part. One person who would have improved this song would have been Papy Tex. Josky and Papy Tex would have made the song more complete also Papy's high singing was very good usually. Coco qui est la would also be very good because Papy Tex would have made his own twist in this romantic hit. This song is in fact like hide and seek. I know that Papy Tex was known for this in his love songs. Then add Josky's voice with Papy, you are talking two men who effectively can sing this Grand Kalle song with more convincing. 

Josky and Papy Tex would have been a great musical duo for a nzonzing project especially with the songs Aideu Leya, Mehida and Coco qui est la. 

Dream Duet: Felix Wazekwa and Josky Kiambukuta (JOSKY TRIBUTE)

 

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 used to be a songwriter for Koffi Olomide and Papa Wemba. 

I am speaking of Felix Wazekwa. He is the one known for songwriting before becoming a singer with his own band Culture A Pays Vie. Felix Wazekwa is a second voice type of singer but he can also sing high whenever he sees fit. He did it earlier with Bozi Boziana and Tabu Ley. I am talking before he formed his band Culture A Pays Vie. His three solo albums that are excellent to hear and I can dance to any day in anytime. Classic albums. Josky would have been a good addition also the earlier classic works of Felix Wazekwa. 

In fact I have three songs that would have been perfect for the pairing between Felix Wazekwa and Josky Kiambukuta. 

Song one BLEU D'ESPERANCE 

Song two EZA VERBE 

Song three BOKONO 

These three songs would have been better with addition of the voice of Josky Kiambukuta. Why you ask? Especially on the Felix repition or double singing, it would have been good with a voice of Josky. Because Josky can allow Felix to sing a bit higher or have a better sound on the songs especially the song Bokono. Josky would have added a brash sound with Felix's soft voice. 

There is no doubt in my mind that Felix Wazekwa would have been very good with Josky musically. 

Dream Duet: Djenga Esperant Kisangani and Josky Kiambukuta (JOSKY TRIBUTE)

 

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 a singer that came from Viva La Musica. 

He is Djenga Esperant Kisangani. He started out as a member of Viva La Musica from Papa Wemba. He then was a singer of Langa Langa Stars and then went solo before briefly returning as a member of Viva La Musica. He always managed to make some good nzonzing records. 

One shocking thing is that Esperant and Josky never sung together. Josky sung with Papa Wemba but never sang with Esperant. One reason is that these men should have sung together is that Esperant has a similar tone to Sam Mangwana. When I listen to Esperant, I get a little reminder of lighter version of Sam Mangwana. That is why Josky and Esperant should have sung together. 

Also there is a Esperant record that I posted that is a great song.  It would have been much better if a Josky voice had sung along with Esperant. Here is the song that I am alluding to. 

This song is called Seringue. It is a great song where Esperant sung very well and his triple singing was solid. But I know the song would have been done if Josky had added his vocals to the song. 

Rest in peace to these great singers. 

Dream Duet: Josky Kiambukuta and Nzaya Nzayadio (JOSKY TRIBUTE)

 

This the 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. I got the first singer who also passed away in the month or two before Josky. 

He is Nzaya Nzayadio. For those who don't know, Nzaya Nzayadio was a major member of Lipua Lipua. He was also a member of Choc Stars. He is known to have a similar voice to Pepe Kalle. This man had a opera sounding voice as a second voice singer.

Why would have he been a perfect dream partner for Josky. I will give you five reasons.

1) Josky is a great harmonist 

2) Nzaya would have been a great fit for the Afrisa or OKJ group

3) Both are connected to Madilu System

4) Rarely had bad songs. Really. 

5) Josky used to have a good high voice. 

Josky was actually pretty good at singing high at time during his prime days in OK Jazz. He actually sang high sometimes during the 1970s and very rarely during the 1980s. He sang high with Madilu on their 1989 LP Destin. He was pretty effective. But Nzaya also sang high occasionally. Both were capable of singing high sometimes which is not always the case for the second voice singers. 

Both of these men were from a similar generation of the Zaiko age. They both rarely had bad songs which is not often for many great artists as well as singers. This is why I believe Josky Kiambukuta and Nzaya Nzayadio would have been a great duo. They both would have great harmonies for the OKJ and Lipua Lipua communities. 

Rest in peace to both men

Josky Kiambukuta 1949-2021

Nzaya Nzayadio 1952-2021 

Josky Kiambukuta: MEMORIAL NOTE for Josky (1949-2021) French

 

Bonjour Josky, 

Vous n'êtes plus avec nous. Vous nous manquez beaucoup. Vous étiez un grand artist congolais. Vous faisiez des grandes contributions musicales pour les groupes l'Africa Fiesta Sukisa de Nico Kasanda alias Dr. Nico et Le TPOK Jazz de Luambo Makiadi alias Franco. Vous faisiez les chansons amoureses qui sont incroyable et memorable pour nous tous. Aujourd'hui, vous nous avez laissé mais nous restons dans cette terre avec les chansons que vous avez produit. Nous avons les chansons des temps de L'Africa Fiesta Sukisa, Le TPOK Jazz et Bana OK. Vous êtes co-fondateur du Bana OK avec le poete Simaro Lutumba. Vous êtes le compositeur des grandes chansons comme Maby, Monzo, Tokabola Sentiment, Missile, Spritus, et plusieurs autres. Ces chansons disent beaucoup de votre talent musical. Ils disent que vous comprenniez la musique bien. Vous aviez beaucoup de sagesse. Plus important, vous aviez un grand coeur et vous voulez un grand orchestre. Malheuresement, vous trouviez les gens qui voulaient vous maltraiter. Ces gens voulaient vous traiter comme un ennemi. C'est triste mais c'est la vie. Heureusement, Dieu vous appelle dans son royaume. Vous restez en paix dans son royaume. Dieu vous donnera la protection et la paix totale. Votre musique sera toujours avec nous dans cette terre. Vous êtes, vous étiez et vous serez toujours un grand artiste Congolais. Nous sommes, nous étions et nous serons avec vous dans nos coeurs. Nous ne vous oublierons jamais parce que vous étiez un artiste véritable. 

AIDEU JOSKY KIAMBUKUTA 

14 FERVIER 1949- 7 MARS 2021 

Josky Kiambukuta: MEMORIAL NOTE for Josky (1949-2021) English

 

Hello Josky, 

We miss you so much. You were a great artist to us. You made great musical contributions to Africa Fiesta Sukisa of Nico Kasanda alias Dr. Nico and Le TPOK Jazz of Luambo Makiadi alias Franco. You were the one who made incredible and memorable love songs for all of us. Today you have left us but we stay here on earth with all the good songs that you produced. From periods of Africa Fiesta Sukisa to Bana OK. Bana OK is your band alongside with late poet Lutumba Simaro Masiya. People need to know that. It was you that founded Bana OK. Without you, perhaps more problems would have risen for everyone. I mean EVERYONE. It was you that saved everyone. You were someone who was selfless and cared about everyone. Unfortunately, there were people that did not appreciate your selflessness and took advantage of your good personality that you had. But don't worry, God has called you home. You are, you were and you always be loved by most of us. We are, we were, and we always appreciate the great art that you left us on this earth. 

GOODBYE JOSKY KIAMBUKUTA 

February 14, 1949- March 7, 2021