La Face Cachée, by Wuta Mayi

La Face Cachée

by Wuta Mayi

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1.	Face Cachée 05:17	buy track
2.	Kata Ba Liens 05:26	buy track
3.	Biloko Ya Moto 06:02	buy track
4.	L'union Forcée 05:59	buy track
5.	La Patience de Winnie 05:24	buy track
6.	Trop C'est Trop 06:09	buy track
7.	Passage Obligé 06:01	buy track
8.	Presence Na Ngai 06:17	buy track
9.	Moninga Fungola Miso 05:07	buy track

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In August this year, Gaspard Wuta Mayi will celebrate his 70th year on this planet, more than 50 of which have been spent as a professional musician. Born in Kinshasa, the Congo's capital and crucible for so much successful and popular African music in the last half-century, Wuta Mayi was soon in the company of others of like mind, not least guitarists Bopol Mansiamina and Papa Noel whose band, Orchestra Bamboula, he joined and who in 1969 represented the Democratic Republic of Congo at the 1st Pan- African Festival of Culture in Algiers.

This was only the first of the many, many bands that have included Wuta Mayi as vocalist and whose members read like a roll-call of all the great and good in Congolese music. To add just a few to Bopol and Papa Noel from these early days we have, in no particular order, Empompo Loway, Bavon Marie-Marie, Dr. Nico, Dalienst and Josky Kiambukuta, and it was Josky who in June 1974 at Franco Luambo's bidding, pulled Wuta Mayi into perhaps the greatest band of the period, Franco & le T.P.O.K. Jazz.

Wuta Mayi stayed with Franco until the early 1980s, when in Paris with guitarists Syran Mbenza and Bopol Mansiamina, and fellow vocalist Nyboma, they formed the Quatre Etoiles for Ivorian producer David Outtara in October 1982. Legitimately described as a 'super-group' they were soon recording for Ibrahima Sylla and rode the crest of the Soukous wave throughout the 1980s and into the 90s.

In 1995 all four members of the Quatre Etoiles performed on Mose Fan Fan's album 'Hello Hello' for Sterns Africa, and this relationship was cemented in the new millenium as Sterns released a series Syllart produced albums by the group Kékélé, which included Wuta Mayi as a key and founding member. Kékélé toured extensively in North America and its brand of 'un-plugged' Congolese music, looking simultaneously to the past and the future, has played an important role in bringing this most vital music to the attention of a wider public.

Now in 2019 Sterns are honoured to release digitally Wuta Mayi's latest offering, 'La Face Cachée'. Full to the brim with resonant melodies, gorgeous harmonies and the warm effortless rumba rhythms that sound so easy to do yet can only be accomplished after years of experience. Fifty years in the business and still going strong – Wuta Mayi we salute you!

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released August 9, 2019

Vocals: Wuta Mayi, Nyboma Mwan Dido, Luciana de Mongongo, Elba Top A, Wuta Yale Manza, Mav Cacharel, Nadege Odimba, Deborah Yale

Guitars: Caien Madoka, Fofo le Collegien, Paty Moleso, Samba Emmanuel, Rama Ramazani
Bass: Flavien Makabi, El Cuchi
Accordion: Viviane Arnoux
Sax: Nzeza Freddy, Nicholas Gueret
Trumpet: Kabert Kabasele
Drums: Komba Bellow
Percussion: Jimmy Mbonda, Miguel Gomes
Programming: Nyboma Mwan Dido

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Wuta Mayi Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Wuta Mayi began his career in 1968 in Kinshasa with Papa Noel and L'Orchestra Bamboula. In ’74, he became part of Franco & le T.P.O.K. Jazz. Wuta stayed with Franco until ’82, when, in Paris with Syran Mbenza, Bopol Mansiamina and Nyboma, formed the Quatre Etoiles - a Soukous 'super-group'. The new millenium found Wuta Mayi in Kékélé, bringing Congolese music to the attention of a wider public. ... more

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