DITUTALA - VERCKYS KIAMUANGANA & ORCHESTRE VEVE
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- Опубликовано: 6 ноя 2024
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Georges Kiamuangana was born in Kisantu, Bas-Congo on 19 May 1944. He took the name Verckys after being impressed with American sax player King Curtis and he heard the name "Curtis" as "Verckys." He started out in 1962 with Los Cantina, then Jamel Jazz. He joined Paul Ebengo a.k.a. Dewayon's Congo-Rock before joining OK Jazz in 1963 with some musicians from the band of Gerard Kazembe: Christophe Djali, trumpet, singer Henriette Boranzima and Dele Pedro. Georges became Franco's right-hand man and delighted audiences with his onstage antics and wild clothes. But when Franco was away in Europe in 1968 he took a splinter group with vocalist Youlou Mabiala into the studio to cut four sides, causing an irreparable rift. On 5 April 1969 he left OK Jazz to form Orchestra Vévé. Bovic Bondo featured as vocalist with Ramazani Nkalu-Luaka (singer of "Ndona" and "Gina"), later joined by Marcel Loko Massengo a.k.a. Djeskain, Sinatra Bonga Tsekabu a.k.a. Saak Saakul, and Mario Matadidi. Three who would later form the Trio Madjesi. Verckys started recording with a more stripped-down sound than OK Jazz, which gave him ample room for wild sax solos in the seben. His original band included Danila on solo guitar, Jim on bass, and veteran Maproco alongside himself on sax. He adopted Dr Nico's dance the Kiri Kiri and invented the Cavacha. His first hits were "Mfumbwa" and "Bankoko baboyi" along with Saakul's "Fifi Solange." (These songs were reissued as 45s on the Ngoma label J 5241 and J 5242.) "Ah mokili" and "Linga ngai zuwa te" soon followed.
Jerome Ogola puts succinctly "Why you must know Verckys Mateta Kiamuangana":
"Apart from being a talented sax player, having played with Franco's TPOK Jazz (1961-69), he is the first indigenous African to own a record label. He opened a then state of the art recording studio, Editions Vévé, in 1971. Vévé went on to nurture and produce the biggest names in the continent's music in the 70s: Zaiko, Lipua Lipua, Kiam, Maquisards.
"Unlike Franco who was a hoof eater from Sona Bata, Verckys came from a rich family. His father was a wealthy businessman in Leopoldville. Good footballers and athletes rarely come from Elgon View: they always come from slums. Poverty is known to nurture talent. He is a Kimbangiste like Topoké Fatale. This is a sect founded by Simon Kimbangu, a freedom fighter of DRC. Verckys learnt music in the church. He owned one of the biggest bands ever in the history of Congolese music, Orchestre Vévé. He is multi talented: apart from sax he is also a singer, guitarist, keyboardist and a talented studio engineer."
With help from Roger Izeidi, young Georges, only 25, established a studio on Avenue Eyala, in Kasa-Vubu, Kinshasa. Vercky's early 70s recordings were collected on some LPs on the Sonodisc label, and his mid-career output as a producer appeared in a great 9-volume series Les Grands Succès des Editions Vévé on the Sonafric label, which featured many of the hits produced in his studio by Vévé and other bands such as Lipua Lipua, Les Kamale, Orchestre Kiam, and Zaiko Langa Langa. In 1972 he recruited Pepe Kalle and Nyboma, two youngsters from Bella Bella, to sing "Sola," "Mbuta" and "Kamale." He started orchestres Lipua Lipua and Kiam, named for himself. Their first hits were "Yoyowe" and "Masuui." He rented equipment to Nyboma and Lipua Lipua who recorded "Amba," "Mombasa" and "Niki bue," but as soon as they were established they quit Verckys' label and regrouped as Orchestre Les Kamale. On his visit to Kinshasa James Brown dubbed him "Mister Dynamite"! According to Jerome Ogola, the line-up in 1973, on the James Brown-influenced "Ndona" was Verckys on sax and shout-outs, Roxy Tshimpaka on solo guitar, Pierre Monongi Mopia on rhythm, Jim on bass, with five vocalists: Ramazani Nkalu-luaka, Tusevo Nejos, Feu Pepito, Pascal Mangwana (Sam Mangwana's younger brother) & Jojo Ikomo.
Verckys founded Editions Vévé in 1974. In 1976 he changed the name of his label to ZADIS (for "Zaire disc"). That year he issued "Papy Baluti" & "Muana Mburu" written by Francis Bitsoumani a.k.a. Celi Bitsou. The line-up at this time was Tino Muinkwa, Djo Roy, Nejos Tusevo, Pepitho Fukiau on vocals, Lambion on solo guitar, Aladji Baba on rhythm guitar, Ndolo & Celi Bitsou on bass, Bayard on drums, Ponta Vickys on congas, himself, Dibuidi and Sax Matalanza on saxes and Makamba on trombone. But after the success of "Muana Mburu," Celi Bitsou quit to go solo.
With an unerring ear for quality, Verckys recorded and produced Les Grands Maquisards, Orchestre Kiam, Bella Bella, Lipua Lipua, Les Kamale and Empire Bakuba, the most interesting bands to come up in his generation. Verckys also recorded Thu Zaina (whose guitarist Roxy played on some Vévé recordings), Victoria Eleison and Zaiko Langa Langa.
Songs of this great son of our soil reminds me High school days
one of the best composers, saxophonist, singer and biz executive
Ça me remonte le temps
Amazing write up on this iconic figure of Music Congolese.... very very much appreciated!!!!
Eeeh omera, now this is music.
Chuny ndumba😅
THIS MAN MUSIC WAS UNIQUE
Music of my high school days. Veryks
OLD IS GOLD
Verkys changed the life many musician by assisting with recordings of their songs. He was the first to own a recording studio in DRC. How far did this feat take his countrymen? Amazing!! Hugh contribution. Rip. Dr. Ogeto International
Moto ya kuotea mbali, nakwambia. Verkys hatari wa utu. Respectfully resting in perfect peace. Dr. Ogeto International
very nice ogeto
Hio sax ni kali nakuambia.Blends well
KALI SANA.LEGENDARY SAXOPHONIST
Our legends are leaving us now. Rip Verckys
Georges Kiamuangana was born in Kisantu, Bas-Congo on 19 May 1944. He took the name Verckys after being impressed with American sax player King Curtis and he heard the name "Curtis" as "Verckys." He started out in 1962 with Los Cantina, then Jamel Jazz. He joined Paul Ebengo a.k.a. Dewayon's Congo-Rock before joining OK Jazz in 1963 with some musicians from the band of Gerard Kazembe: Christophe Djali, trumpet, singer Henriette Boranzima and Dele Pedro. Georges became Franco's right-hand man and delighted audiences with his onstage antics and wild clothes. But when Franco was away in Europe in 1968 he took a splinter group with vocalist Youlou Mabiala into the studio to cut four sides, causing an irreparable rift. On 5 April 1969 he left OK Jazz to form Orchestra Vévé. Bovic Bondo featured as vocalist with Ramazani Nkalu-Luaka (singer of "Ndona" and "Gina"), later joined by Marcel Loko Massengo a.k.a. Djeskain, Sinatra Bonga Tsekabu a.k.a. Saak Saakul, and Mario Matadidi. Three who would later form the Trio Madjesi. Verckys started recording with a more stripped-down sound than OK Jazz, which gave him ample room for wild sax solos in the seben. His original band included Danila on solo guitar, Jim on bass, and veteran Maproco alongside himself on sax. He adopted Dr Nico's dance the Kiri Kiri and invented the Cavacha. His first hits were "Mfumbwa" and "Bankoko baboyi" along with Saakul's "Fifi Solange." (These songs were reissued as 45s on the Ngoma label J 5241 and J 5242.) "Ah mokili" and "Linga ngai zuwa te" soon followed.
Jerome Ogola puts succinctly "Why you must know Verckys Mateta Kiamuangana":
"Apart from being a talented sax player, having played with Franco's TPOK Jazz (1961-69), he is the first indigenous African to own a record label. He opened a then state of the art recording studio, Editions Vévé, in 1971. Vévé went on to nurture and produce the biggest names in the continent's music in the 70s: Zaiko, Lipua Lipua, Kiam, Maquisards.
"Unlike Franco who was a hoof eater from Sona Bata, Verckys came from a rich family. His father was a wealthy businessman in Leopoldville. Good footballers and athletes rarely come from Elgon View: they always come from slums. Poverty is known to nurture talent. He is a Kimbangiste like Topoké Fatale. This is a sect founded by Simon Kimbangu, a freedom fighter of DRC. Verckys learnt music in the church. He owned one of the biggest bands ever in the history of Congolese music, Orchestre Vévé. He is multi talented: apart from sax he is also a singer, guitarist, keyboardist and a talented studio engineer."
With help from Roger Izeidi, young Georges, only 25, established a studio on Avenue Eyala, in Kasa-Vubu, Kinshasa. Vercky's early 70s recordings were collected on some LPs on the Sonodisc label, and his mid-career output as a producer appeared in a great 9-volume series Les Grands Succès des Editions Vévé on the Sonafric label, which featured many of the hits produced in his studio by Vévé and other bands such as Lipua Lipua, Les Kamale, Orchestre Kiam, and Zaiko Langa Langa. In 1972 he recruited Pepe Kalle and Nyboma, two youngsters from Bella Bella, to sing "Sola," "Mbuta" and "Kamale." He started orchestres Lipua Lipua and Kiam, named for himself. Their first hits were "Yoyowe" and "Masuui." He rented equipment to Nyboma and Lipua Lipua who recorded "Amba," "Mombasa" and "Niki bue," but as soon as they were established they quit Verckys' label and regrouped as Orchestre Les Kamale. On his visit to Kinshasa James Brown dubbed him "Mister Dynamite"! According to Jerome Ogola, the line-up in 1973, on the James Brown-influenced "Ndona" was Verckys on sax and shout-outs, Roxy Tshimpaka on solo guitar, Pierre Monongi Mopia on rhythm, Jim on bass, with five vocalists: Ramazani Nkalu-luaka, Tusevo Nejos, Feu Pepito, Pascal Mangwana (Sam Mangwana's younger brother) & Jojo Ikomo.
Verckys founded Editions Vévé in 1974. In 1976 he changed the name of his label to ZADIS (for "Zaire disc"). That year he issued "Papy Baluti" & "Muana Mburu" written by Francis Bitsoumani a.k.a. Celi Bitsou. The line-up at this time was Tino Muinkwa, Djo Roy, Nejos Tusevo, Pepitho Fukiau on vocals, Lambion on solo guitar, Aladji Baba on rhythm guitar, Ndolo & Celi Bitsou on bass, Bayard on drums, Ponta Vickys on congas, himself, Dibuidi and Sax Matalanza on saxes and Makamba on trombone. But after the success of "Muana Mburu," Celi Bitsou quit to go solo.
With an unerring ear for quality, Verckys recorded and produced Les Grands Maquisards, Orchestre Kiam, Bella Bella, Lipua Lipua, Les Kamale and Empire Bakuba, the most interesting bands to come up in his generation. Verckys also recorded Thu Zaina (whose guitarist Roxy played on some Vévé recordings), Victoria Eleison and Zaiko Langa Langa. VERCKYS DIED ON OCTOBER 13TH 2022 AGED 78.RIP VERCKYS
Wow wow wow, what a great deal of information on the history of verckys. Thank you so much
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Amazing ❤
Thanks for the history.
QUITE A MASTER PIECE THIS SONG.......VERCKYS WAS A MASTERY WIZARD WITH HIS SAX... AND THE VOCALS? ANOTHER LEVEL......I WISH I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET HIM IN PERSON..
100%
Verckys vol. 2
PDG, I believe the great man did the crying vocals of Ndona himself
WAS THIS GUY A VOCALIST
@@homeofrhumbaafricanmusictv This guy could do virtually everything. He rarely did vocals but on the Ndona one I saw an article by either Jerome the Hoof Eater or Mfumu that mentioned him doing the crying part in Ndona. I used to think it was either Matadidi or Saak Sakul
cavacha rhumba
One on one interlude...
Owning a recording company, VEVE PRODUCTION, he manipulated many musicians and by so doing, created many bands and shrewewd contracts to suit his large appetite for money
Verkys was a rich Man with mbongo mingi.
A shrewd businessman.