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Kanda Bongo Man

Kanda Bongo Man has been played on NTS shows including SNO, with Lowazo first played on 3 July 2016.

Kanda Bongo Man (born 1955), from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is a prominent soukous musician. He is most famous for the structural changes he implemented to soukous music. The previous approach was to sing several verses and have one guitar solo at the end of the song. Kanda Bongo Man revolutionized soukous by encouraging guitar solos after every verse and even sometimes at the beginning of the song. His form of soukous gave birth to the kwassa kwassa dance rhythm where the hips move…

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Muchana (Zouk Love)
Kanda Bongo Man
Mélodie Distribution0
Muchana (Zouk Love)
Kanda Bongo ManMélodie Distribution0
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Lowazo
Kanda Bongo Man
Hannibal Records1989
Lowazo
Kanda Bongo ManHannibal Records1989
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Monie
Kanda Bongo Man
Mélodie1990
Monie
Kanda Bongo ManMélodie1990
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Amour Fou
Kanda Bongo Man
Hannibal Records1987
Amour Fou
Kanda Bongo ManHannibal Records1987
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Malinga.
Kanda Bongo Man
Kanda Bongo Man0
Malinga.
Kanda Bongo ManKanda Bongo Man0
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Zing-Zong
Kanda Bongo Man
Hannibal Records0
Zing-Zong
Kanda Bongo ManHannibal Records0
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Billi
Kanda Bongo Man
Not On Label2019
Billi
Kanda Bongo ManNot On Label2019
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