10 minutes of move your ass rumba

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In the comments of Papicultor’s excellent previous post of Ogyatanna Show Band he requested another 10 min African burner. Well this is about hot as they come. The one and only Lita Bembo et L’Orchestre Stukas Mombombo. Known in the 70s as just Orchestre Stukas, they started out in Kinshasa, Zaire as a pure James Brown cover band. Unlike their famous contemporaries Zaïko Lang Langa and O.K. Jazz who played in the downtown clubs they took to the strategy of playing in the outskirt rural areas for those who couldn’t afford to see the big acts in the city. This proved wise as they gained a big following to the point that the government actually had them performing daily on TV as a way to keep kids off the streets. Their popularity even gained them a spot at the legendary 3 day concert event — Zaire 74 (the famous concert that coincided with the Muhammad Ali – George Forman fight “Rumble in the Jungle”, which featured: Miram Makeba, The Fania All-Stars, BB King, Tabu Ley Rochereau, Bill Withers and James Brown.)

I’m not even sure where to begin to describe this song Dina.

Dina

If you close your eyes while listening you’ll likely have some strong visions like being in a cramped humid Kinshasa cinder block walled club, or perhaps some alternate world filled inter-galactic travelers who offer you a draw off their colorful hookah pipe. Whatever it is, if you’re anything like us pelangueros by half way through the song you’ll have all your furniture pushed out of the way, the volume up twice as high and be dancing wildly all over the place. Adjoa, I hope you like this one too. Enjoy!

– posoule

And here they are performing “Mombomo Dominé” from one of their many TV performances. These guys are just nuts!

One thought on “10 minutes of move your ass rumba

  1. Nooooo, don’t stop the flow…! I agree @papicultor, seems like it was cut off. This melody is stupid-sick. Pulling inspiration from Shakira to move to this!! @posoule, closed my eyes and my visions did include the electric atmosphere of the cinderblock dance hall, but also pictured the crowd on Labadi beach at sunset, just jammin’. As for the inter-galactic parallel universe w/ space travelers…eh, @Pelangueros, I’ll have whatever @posoule is having! ;)Sweet link

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