QUATRE ETOILES Quatre Etoiles was a Congolese rumba band, formed 1982 by Bopol Mansiamina, Syran M'Benza, Nyboma Mwan Dido and Wuta Mayi Quatre Etoiles came together in Paris in 1982 under the auspices of producer Ouattara Moumouni. Bopol and Syran had been working on and off in Paris ever since the African All Stars split up in 1979. At their urging, former Bella Bella singer Nyboma left Togo, where he had been working with other remnants of the All Stars, and moved to Paris at the beginning of 1982. The trio became a quartet with the addition of OK Jazz singer Wuta Mayi, who had shared the stage with Bopol in several bands including Papa Noel's Bamboula. The group's four-song effort for Ouattara, in the up-tempo rumba style that came to be known as soukous, billed them as "4 Grandes Vedettes de la Musique Africaine" (four great stars of African music). The four musicians adopted a novel approach to organization. Having chafed under tight restrictions as members of other bands, they developed a loose-knit partnership that fostered loyalty to the group while granting freedom for the partners to engage in outside projects. Each musician did session work, and each recorded solo albums, often with the help of one or more of the others. The musicians officially adopted the name Quatre Etoiles for a second group recording at the end of 1983 for producer Ibrahima Sylla. Known by its lead track, Wuta's composition "Enfant Bamileke," the album was a soukous sizzler whose tremendous popularity brought offers for concert tours. Augmented by additional musicians, the group played in the capitals of Europe and Africa and toured occasionally in the U.S Subsequent releases, including 6 Tubes(6 hits, 1986), Les 4 Etoiles(1991), and Adama Coly(1995), were also well received. Meanwhile each musician recorded outside the group. Bopol's Manuela and Samedi Soir from the 80s were exceptional. Syran's Symboise(1990) with the other Quatre Etoiles plus Diblo Dibala and Lokassa ya Mbongo lived up to its claim of employing "the best of Paris." Nyboma scored two hits in the company of Pepe Kalle, Zouké Zouké(1986) and Moyibi(1988). And, in addition to his largely overlooked solo work, Wuta contributed vocals to Papa Noel's outstanding 1994 release Haute Tension. While they fit the soukous mold indeed they helped to create it. The musicians of Quatre Etoiles possessed a feel for the conventional rumba that many of their younger colleagues, whose careers were made in Paris, lacked. Each was a pedigreed performer from the heydays of Congolese rumba, only a generation away from the music founders. This connection with the past served the musicians well as they undertook the process of modernization. As solo artists and as a group, Quarte Etoiles produced a body of work that ranks among the best of the eighties and nineties Congo-Paris scene. 0 Comments Suggested for you The Black Kings & Queens Project
Have you ever woken up feeling so lost, like nothing is working anymore? It happened to me and so i decide to take a cold "shower" (Ile ya bucket na kasuku ya kimbo or is it a bath😂😂 ,dressed up and left my house to nowhere. Walking helps me relieve stress, so trust me when i tell you i walked and walked till i couldn't feel my legs anymore. So what do I do? I order for bolt, "am the kind of person nikiwa na 1k kwa mfuko huwa naingia hata hardware to check prices za mabati and chuma for future reference"😂😂😂. Back to the Bolt, he arrives in 3minutes and i hop in pale back left kama Hon Winnie herselefu 😁. He asks me," how are you, tunaenda aje",I respond back to him " am fine thank you, let's head to the airport". Ladies and gentlemen, the last time i was at JKIA was in 2009 while seeing off a friend and it was at night so the only thing i enjoyed ni kuona mataa mengi😂😂😂😂. Haidhuru, we are headed to the airport and it's not like i have a flight, no i needed to take a break and my pocket allowed me to "fly to JKIA" We arrive safely, i pay my bolt guy and thank him for the safe trip then i see people pushing trolleys and i pick one, nikawekelea my sling bag, bottled water and a daily nation and started pushing. Those trolleys are heavy though, so I give up on that removed my "luggage" went to Equity bank to see if my account is still active(niliweka 2k 3yrs ago sikulala, so went and withdrew)😂😂😂😂. 20minutes of passing time and it's now time for me to go back home. I now use City hoppa, they drop me at Cabanas i connect to Katani and am telling you, was feeling rejuvenated and so at peace after the walk and short "trip". N/B:didn't take any photo Copied#
Your translations are spot on unstrange it's your language. Unfortunately not on the musicians involved. That takes another leaf altogether. But believe me you doing an amazing job. Keep it up
Thanks sana. It Reminds me of Willy Discosound of Shinyanga Tanzania, while I was in primary School. This song revolutionised my world of Music. We cradled Bugallows, Pecos, Raiseon shoes, Tight Shirts with labels everywhere and googles. Ilikuwa kazi tuna-bump, tuna-watergate na tuna-kunfu fight hewani huku tunachumu boobs za mamanzi... Ilikuwa bomba sana vijana tulijua kudansi! Tutafutie na ule wimbo wa Ruwenzori wa Kombe Kombe au Viva Makale.
Nouvelle Generation - Orch. Lipua Lipua (Mbubi Malanda, 1975)
Mokili mokotambola oh ngo mokotambola Mwasi akimi baboti akoti ndako ya makwela eh Libala oh libala ya sika elengi mingi Zalaka mayele Mbubi tala na nsima > The world you walk on now > Where a lady runs away from her parents into marriage > New marriages are full of sweetness (superficial happiness?) > Be wise Mbubi, look back (to the olden days?)
Ngai papa napesi yo toli Nzambe ya nse Mouvement ya Kini balanda basuka wapi eh Malanda yo mwana moko ya mwasi ya libota Ngai papa nazwi ba trouble yoka ngai mawa > I, your father and god on hear on earth, am giving you advice > Where will the movement being followed in Kinshasa lead to? > Malanda, you are one child of a family woman > I, your father, I am troubled, understand my sadness
Mokili mokotambola oh ngo mokotambola Sala la vie malembe na repete malembe Mokili mokokabwana oh ma oh mokobongwana Generation ya sika matoyi eleki moto > The world you walk on now > Live without haste, I repeat without haste > This world of separation and changes > The new generation, ears are longer than the head!
Mokili mokotambola oh ngo mokotambola Sala la vie malembe na repete malembe Mokili mokobongwana oh ma oh mokobongwana Generation ya sika matoyi eleki moto Mokili mokotambola oh ngo mokotambola Landa la vie malembe na repete lisusu > The world you walk on now > Live without haste, I repeat without haste > This world of changes > The new generation, ears are longer than the head! > The world you walk on now > Follow life without haste, I repeat again
Nazali kobanga, motema mpasi mama Opesi ngai trouble, yo komona moko Na kozua yo wapi eh eh eh > I am afraid, my heart is troubled > You trouble me because you see me alone > Where will I find you?
Yo olingi vie ya mbangu, mbangu ya kochanger Ebongi yo keba, keba mwana na ngai Mokili mokotambola eh eh > You like fast life, fast change > You need to be careful my child > Careful in this world!
His biography copied from Simba Harvey NZAYA NZAYADIO, MUNTU'A NKULU NZAYADIO Paul Singer, Songwriter, BAKUBA MAYOPI, LIPUA LIPUA, SHOCK STARS His name is Nzayadio Paul, that grave voice that accompanied Madilu to singing in the musical group Bakuba Mayopi. Paul was born in Kinshasa dendal, the current Kasa Vubu during the year of the signing of the Treaty of Warsaw, 1955. After primary education at the Christ King Catholic School in Dendal, the young Nzayadio continued his secondary education at the Kimbanguist school in the commune of Kimbanseke, which led him to obtain his state diploma in Psychology-pedagogy section. But Nzayadio refused to teach in primary school and enrolled in the Kinshasa School of Finance with a view to becoming a customs declarer ; a profession he would practice before embracing a musical career. One fact is that Paul Nzaya did not become an artist by mere chance. He had been singing since early childhood as he often accompanied his Kimbanguist parents to the choir of the Church of Christ, the Kimbanguist church. Now Nzaya Nzayadio, the teenager Paul embraced Congolese rumba in small musical groups from Kinshasa neighborhoods like the Sesebele and the Grand Echo Of The Commune of Kasa Vubu, the Murthe of the Commune of Ndjili, the Zaitham of Matongé. In 1973, he joined the Bakuba Mayopi from its inception. He made the trip from Libreville to Gabon with the Mayopi. After returning from this trip in 1974, Nzaya Nzayadio joined the lipua lipua Orchestra at éditions Vévé. It exploded alongside Mbudi Malanda, Mongo Ley, Kilola, Tonele, Mbuta Benazo, Teddia.... In 1980 after a West African tour with the lipua Lipua orchestra, he crossed the river for Brazzaville where he joined artists like Pierre Toukala Toupie and Rex to establish his career in Brazzaville but nothing worked. He then returned to Kinshasa for a solo career and, thanks to the Don Dass house recorded the album Luzolo, with the participation of musicians like Dindo Yogo, Emeneya, Mopero and Manuaku. In 1983, Nzaya joined Afrisa International and stayed there for just six months and did not take part in any studio recordings. Two years later, Nzaya joined the choc Stars orchestra with the help of singer Lassa Carlito. Singer Nzaya Nzayadio was on his peak alongside Carol Makamba, Mongo Ley, Kito Dembela,, Djudju, Roxy, Ben Nyamabo, Djanana, Djo Mali, Debaba, Germain Kanza .... Nzaya's voice can be heard in songs like bad memory and Zikondo … In 1992, Nzaya left Choc Stars and set up his own band unfortunately the success was not at the rendezvous. He gave up and later featured in some of Bimi Ombale's recordings . He was also asked by Koffi Olomide for the realization of his album Attentat, a collaboration that ended in a fiasco. Thus, at the request of guitarists Matima and Zamuangana who pushed him to integrate the Zaiko Nkolo Mboka, his request was rejected by Nyoka Longo. Fare thee well Muntu a Nkulu (Extrait from the book LES GEANTS DE LA MUSIQUE CONGOLAISE MODERN)
DJODJO IKOMO was never in Lipua Lipua. even though you understand lingala, you have no clue of the history of the musicians. these peoples' live is very fast. they can die anytime. that is why they do not care about life at all. good luck.
Urio munono brother, great stuff..
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I was a form 1 student at Butere Boys High school in 1975 when this super hit was released 🎉.
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QUATRE ETOILES
Quatre Etoiles was a Congolese rumba band, formed 1982 by Bopol Mansiamina, Syran M'Benza, Nyboma Mwan Dido and Wuta Mayi
Quatre Etoiles came together in Paris in 1982 under the auspices of producer Ouattara Moumouni. Bopol and Syran had been working on and off in Paris ever since the African All Stars split up in 1979. At their urging, former Bella Bella singer Nyboma left Togo, where he had been working with other remnants of the All Stars, and moved to Paris at the beginning of 1982. The trio became a quartet with the addition of OK Jazz singer Wuta Mayi, who had shared the stage with Bopol in several bands including Papa Noel's Bamboula.
The group's four-song effort for Ouattara, in the up-tempo rumba style that came to be known as soukous, billed them as "4 Grandes Vedettes de la Musique Africaine" (four great stars of African music).
The four musicians adopted a novel approach to organization. Having chafed under tight restrictions as members of other bands, they developed a loose-knit partnership that fostered loyalty to the group while granting freedom for the partners to engage in outside projects. Each musician did session work, and each recorded solo albums, often with the help of one or more of the others.
The musicians officially adopted the name Quatre Etoiles for a second group recording at the end of 1983 for producer Ibrahima Sylla. Known by its lead track, Wuta's composition "Enfant Bamileke," the album was a soukous sizzler whose tremendous popularity brought offers for concert tours. Augmented by additional musicians, the group played in the capitals of Europe and Africa and toured occasionally in the U.S
Subsequent releases, including 6 Tubes(6 hits, 1986), Les 4 Etoiles(1991), and Adama Coly(1995), were also well received.
Meanwhile each musician recorded outside the group.
Bopol's Manuela and Samedi Soir from the 80s were exceptional. Syran's Symboise(1990) with the other Quatre Etoiles plus Diblo Dibala and Lokassa ya Mbongo lived up to its claim of employing "the best of Paris." Nyboma scored two hits in the company of Pepe Kalle, Zouké Zouké(1986) and Moyibi(1988). And, in addition to his largely overlooked solo work, Wuta contributed vocals to Papa Noel's outstanding 1994 release Haute Tension.
While they fit the soukous mold indeed they helped to create it. The musicians of Quatre Etoiles possessed a feel for the conventional rumba that many of their younger colleagues, whose careers were made in Paris, lacked. Each was a pedigreed performer from the heydays of Congolese rumba, only a generation away from the music founders. This connection with the past served the musicians well as they undertook the process of modernization. As solo artists and as a group, Quarte Etoiles produced a body of work that ranks among the best of the eighties and nineties Congo-Paris scene.
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Have you ever woken up feeling so lost, like nothing is working anymore? It happened to me and so i decide to take a cold "shower" (Ile ya bucket na kasuku ya kimbo or is it a bath😂😂 ,dressed up and left my house to nowhere. Walking helps me relieve stress, so trust me when i tell you i walked and walked till i couldn't feel my legs anymore.
So what do I do? I order for bolt, "am the kind of person nikiwa na 1k kwa mfuko huwa naingia hata hardware to check prices za mabati and chuma for future reference"😂😂😂. Back to the Bolt, he arrives in 3minutes and i hop in pale back left kama Hon Winnie herselefu 😁. He asks me," how are you, tunaenda aje",I respond back to him " am fine thank you, let's head to the airport".
Ladies and gentlemen, the last time i was at JKIA was in 2009 while seeing off a friend and it was at night so the only thing i enjoyed ni kuona mataa mengi😂😂😂😂. Haidhuru, we are headed to the airport and it's not like i have a flight, no i needed to take a break and my pocket allowed me to "fly to JKIA"
We arrive safely, i pay my bolt guy and thank him for the safe trip then i see people pushing trolleys and i pick one, nikawekelea my sling bag, bottled water and a daily nation and started pushing. Those trolleys are heavy though, so I give up on that removed my "luggage" went to Equity bank to see if my account is still active(niliweka 2k 3yrs ago sikulala, so went and withdrew)😂😂😂😂. 20minutes of passing time and it's now time for me to go back home.
I now use City hoppa, they drop me at Cabanas i connect to Katani and am telling you, was feeling rejuvenated and so at peace after the walk and short "trip". N/B:didn't take any photo
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Thank you
Thanks James for this translation. How can you couch me to learn Lingala very fast?
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THIS SONG WAS RELEASED IN 1974. THE BAND WAS LIPUA LIPUA WAS MADE UP OF NZAYA NZAYA DIO, MOMBASA, KILOLA, TEDDIA, BENAZO, MONGO LEY, ETC.........
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Please can you teach me the language personally ? Really interested in learning
I'll appreciate if you can
Maybe online you can send your whatsapp number jamesangana921@gmail.com and pay for tuition
Upo vizuri James, mie napenda kujifunza lingala napenda Sana , naomba namba yako ya WHATS APP
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Your translations are spot on unstrange it's your language. Unfortunately not on the musicians involved. That takes another leaf altogether. But believe me you doing an amazing job. Keep it up
Thank you
Thank you for translation, nimeisubiri zaidi ya miaka 45. Nilikuwa nafurahia mpangilio wa sauti tu.❤️
Karibu sana
I loved this when I was Form Three but never understood the song. Thanks. What happened to Lipua Lipua?
Welcome, it broke up
Thanks sana. It Reminds me of Willy Discosound of Shinyanga Tanzania, while I was in primary School. This song revolutionised my world of Music. We cradled Bugallows, Pecos, Raiseon shoes, Tight Shirts with labels everywhere and googles. Ilikuwa kazi tuna-bump, tuna-watergate na tuna-kunfu fight hewani huku tunachumu boobs za mamanzi... Ilikuwa bomba sana vijana tulijua kudansi!
Tutafutie na ule wimbo wa Ruwenzori wa Kombe Kombe au Viva Makale.
Sawa
LESSON BY SAMUEL NGURE
SPORTS TERMS
Sports, entertainment,game- Lisano/masano
Football- Lisano lya ndembo, Lisano lya makolo, Lisano lya motope, Lisano lya bale
Handball- Lisano lya maboko
Basketball- Lisano lya ekolo
Boxing- Lisano lya bibotu
Swimming- Lisano lya kobeta mayi
Horse riding- komata mpunda
Athletics- masano ya kokima mbangu, masano ya kopota mbangu
To play- kosana,kosakana
Comedy- Lisano lya kosekisi
Theatre play - masano ya kolela na ndako ya masano
Actor- mosani
Comedian- mosekisi
Javelin- kobwaka likonga
Walking race- Lisano ya kotambola mbangu
Golf playing- kosana Golfe
Player- mosani,mobeti
Team- ekipe/bikipe
Playmate- moninga ya Lisano
Playing time- ntango ya Lisano
Stadium, playing field- libanda lya Lisano
Playroom- ndako ya Lisano
Crowd- likita
fans- fana/bafana, molandi/balandi
Referee- mokati likambo
Coach- mokembisi
Goalkeeper- moyambi
Goal/goals- mongete/mingete
gloves- gaa
soccer boots- sapato ya bale
Sports shoes- pantufle
Start of a match- ebandi ya Lisano
Halftime- bopemi bwa Lisano
Endtime- nsuka ya Lisano
Playing uniform- bilamba ya Lisano
Jersey- vareze
Shorts- kupe
Socks- soseti
Substitute- mokitani
Vocals Kilola Kitoko (Kilo Kitoko nickname), Tedia Wunu Mbakidi, Nzaya Nzayadio, Mbuta Benazoo (Nyboma's brother)
Thank you, didn't know wow
Lipua lipua
Yes
Nouvelle Generation - Orch. Lipua Lipua (Mbubi Malanda, 1975)
Mokili mokotambola oh ngo mokotambola
Mwasi akimi baboti akoti ndako ya makwela eh
Libala oh libala ya sika elengi mingi
Zalaka mayele Mbubi tala na nsima
> The world you walk on now
> Where a lady runs away from her parents into marriage
> New marriages are full of sweetness (superficial happiness?)
> Be wise Mbubi, look back (to the olden days?)
Ngai papa napesi yo toli Nzambe ya nse
Mouvement ya Kini balanda basuka wapi eh
Malanda yo mwana moko ya mwasi ya libota
Ngai papa nazwi ba trouble yoka ngai mawa > I, your father and god on hear on earth, am giving you advice
> Where will the movement being followed in Kinshasa lead to?
> Malanda, you are one child of a family woman
> I, your father, I am troubled, understand my sadness
Mokili mokotambola oh ngo mokotambola
Sala la vie malembe na repete malembe
Mokili mokokabwana oh ma oh mokobongwana
Generation ya sika matoyi eleki moto
> The world you walk on now
> Live without haste, I repeat without haste
> This world of separation and changes
> The new generation, ears are longer than the head!
Mokili mokotambola oh ngo mokotambola
Sala la vie malembe na repete malembe
Mokili mokobongwana oh ma oh mokobongwana
Generation ya sika matoyi eleki moto
Mokili mokotambola oh ngo mokotambola
Landa la vie malembe na repete lisusu
> The world you walk on now
> Live without haste, I repeat without haste
> This world of changes
> The new generation, ears are longer than the head!
> The world you walk on now
> Follow life without haste, I repeat again
Nazali kobanga, motema mpasi mama
Opesi ngai trouble, yo komona moko
Na kozua yo wapi eh eh eh
> I am afraid, my heart is troubled
> You trouble me because you see me alone
> Where will I find you?
Yo olingi vie ya mbangu, mbangu ya kochanger
Ebongi yo keba, keba mwana na ngai
Mokili mokotambola eh eh
> You like fast life, fast change
> You need to be careful my child
> Careful in this world!
Then how do you translate the chorus? " Eeeh Lipua Lipua, belende" notice it's not balande= follow...but Bele-nde!!
@@zmm5489 Ir must be one of their mother lingual mixed with Lingala
@May T Welcome, it's educative as most of these songs
@May T I have done translation on most songs especially TP ok Jazz, Orchestra Veve, Lipua Lipua, Mopero wa maloba, Super Mazembe, Tabu Ley
@@jamesangana_lingalarumbainstit Thank you brother for your effort in translating this into English
Little correction. Nymboma had left the orchestra at this time!!
Ok, thank you so much for your information
Thank you
Welcome
Can you add some value to the Music -yaani play your music with modern instruments
This is purely Lingala translations/Lessons
His biography copied from Simba Harvey
NZAYA NZAYADIO, MUNTU'A NKULU
NZAYADIO Paul
Singer, Songwriter,
BAKUBA MAYOPI, LIPUA LIPUA, SHOCK STARS
His name is Nzayadio Paul, that grave voice that accompanied Madilu to singing in the musical group Bakuba Mayopi. Paul was born in Kinshasa dendal, the current Kasa Vubu during the year of the signing of the Treaty of Warsaw, 1955.
After primary education at the Christ King Catholic School in Dendal, the young Nzayadio continued his secondary education at the Kimbanguist school in the commune of Kimbanseke, which led him to obtain his state diploma in Psychology-pedagogy section.
But Nzayadio refused to teach in primary school and enrolled in the Kinshasa School of Finance with a view to becoming a customs declarer ; a profession he would practice before embracing a musical career.
One fact is that Paul Nzaya did not become an artist by mere chance. He had been singing since early childhood as he often accompanied his Kimbanguist parents to the choir of the Church of Christ, the Kimbanguist church.
Now Nzaya Nzayadio, the teenager Paul embraced Congolese rumba in small musical groups from Kinshasa neighborhoods like the Sesebele and the Grand Echo Of The Commune of Kasa Vubu, the Murthe of the Commune of Ndjili, the Zaitham of Matongé.
In 1973, he joined the Bakuba Mayopi from its inception. He made the trip from Libreville to Gabon with the Mayopi. After returning from this trip in 1974, Nzaya Nzayadio joined the lipua lipua Orchestra at éditions Vévé. It exploded alongside Mbudi Malanda, Mongo Ley, Kilola, Tonele, Mbuta Benazo, Teddia....
In 1980 after a West African tour with the lipua Lipua orchestra, he crossed the river for Brazzaville where he joined artists like Pierre Toukala Toupie and Rex to establish his career in Brazzaville but nothing worked. He then returned to Kinshasa for a solo career and, thanks to the Don Dass house recorded the album Luzolo, with the participation of musicians like Dindo Yogo, Emeneya, Mopero and Manuaku.
In 1983, Nzaya joined Afrisa International and stayed there for just six months and did not take part in any studio recordings. Two years later, Nzaya joined the choc Stars orchestra with the help of singer Lassa Carlito. Singer Nzaya Nzayadio was on his peak alongside Carol Makamba, Mongo Ley, Kito Dembela,, Djudju, Roxy, Ben Nyamabo, Djanana, Djo Mali, Debaba, Germain Kanza .... Nzaya's voice can be heard in songs like bad memory and Zikondo …
In 1992, Nzaya left Choc Stars and set up his own band unfortunately the success was not at the rendezvous. He gave up and later featured in some of Bimi Ombale's recordings . He was also asked by Koffi Olomide for the realization of his album Attentat, a collaboration that ended in a fiasco. Thus, at the request of guitarists Matima and Zamuangana who pushed him to integrate the Zaiko Nkolo Mboka, his request was rejected by Nyoka Longo.
Fare thee well Muntu a Nkulu
(Extrait from the book LES GEANTS DE LA MUSIQUE CONGOLAISE MODERN)
Nzaya had the opportunity to become the #1 vocalist in Zaire. Not sure what happened. But boy was he talented!
@@mikerosco4267 Wow
Please tell what "Belende" means! Thanks
Balande =They followed
Kolanda is to follow
DJODJO IKOMO was never in Lipua Lipua. even though you understand lingala, you have no clue of the history of the musicians. these peoples' live is very fast. they can die anytime. that is why they do not care about life at all. good luck.
Thank you for the information otherwise what I know Djojo Ikomo was with Empire Bakuba of Pepe kalle and TP ok Jazz, we are learning
I mentioned Djojo ikomo by mistake instead of akina Nzaya nzayadio, Kilola Tonere, Cadance Mongoley, Mbubi Malanda, Vata Mombasa
sololist Santana mongoley is not vocalist
Ok