Diblo Dibala 1992.Jul.19 - Kershaw & Peel Complete

For today the complete 1992 Kershaw & Peel Sessions by Diblo Dibala with Matchatcha. With this you can "Dansez Dansez" till it's 2020, YaHuu!!

promo picture of Diblo with two Matchatcha members
[source: eBay]

I have earlier made two posts about Diblo Dibala, both incomplete and mostly repeats:

• 1992.Jul.19 - Kershaw & Peel Session #1 [4 Kershaw repeats]
• 1994.Nov.19 - Peel & Kershaw Session #2 [1 Peel original with 3 Kershaw repeats]

But this time it's the complete first session, meaning all the tracks, from the original first broadcast, including in- and outro's of the songs by Andy Kershaw and John Peel.


Listen to a [earleir posted] repeat of Bolingo from the session




DIBALA DIBLO - 1992.Jul.19 - Kershaw & Peel Session COMPLETE


bc.1992.Aug.08, BBC Radio 1 - Andy Kershaw 21-23hr:
setlist: intro by Andy Kershaw / 1.Mondo Ry / 2.Matchachacha Wetu / 3.Bolingo / 4.Merci Papa //

bc.1992.Aug.08, BBC Radio 1 - John Peel 23-02hr:
setlist: 5.Tcheke / 6.Medisance / 7.Laissez Passer / 8.Extra Ball / show outro by Peel

add.info from Keeping It Peel [BBC]
Line-up: Diblo Dibala - guitar, vocals / J.P.Kinzaki - rhythm guitar / Alain Dieng - bass / Serge Bimangou - percussion / Ringo Avom - drums / Emi Laskin - vocals / Mondo David - vocals / Gwen Lemonnier - backing vocals / Electra Weston - backing vocals / Laure Anne - backing vocals / Antoinette Yelessa - backing vocals, dancer

I think the in- and outro's with background info about the session, some peculiar details and just the pure enthusiasm of the DJs themselves, really add to the music itself. So I cut all the tracks with full in-outro's, as far as available.
Note this session was earlier posted at Maggot Caviar, but that was the music only [probably from a different taper] and for some sort of reason the blog is recently deleted, so not available anymore.

More about Diblo Dibala:

• biography by Janet Planet at africanmusic.org
• biography [incl.disco and biblio] by Gary Stewart at rumbaontheriver
  note both included as stand alone htm-files in the doanload 

NEVER EVER FORGET:

"il faut me pardonner - you must forgive me"

Pap Djah's last words before left on his own in the Sahara desert (in Niger)

Diblo Dibala 1992.Jul.19 Kershaw Peel Sessions

Just found the missing track of the 1992.July19 Kershaw Session by Diblo Dibala & Matchatcha.
Therefore today: Maintenant C'est Dansez Dansez!!

Diblo Dibala 1992.May.01 in the Boston Globe

Diblo Dibala, born in 1954 in Kisangani in the Congo (now Zaire), of the Baluba people, is one of the hottest African Soukous lead guitarists around. At the age of 6 Diblo moved to Kinshasa and by the age of 15 he was playing guitar in the great Franco's TPOK band. In Kinshasa, Diblo continued to master his lava-hot guitar chops with such top Zairean bands as Vox Africa, Orchestre Bella Mambo, and Bella Bella.
In 1979 Diblo left Zaire and landed in Brussels where he played a rented guitar and washed dishes to make money. In 1981 he moved to Paris, where the Soukous scene was a happening thing. He rejoined Kanda Bongo Man, who he had played with in Bella Bella. Their first album, Iyole (1981), was a big hit: Kanda became a big star, and Diblo became the most sought-after session man in Paris. Diblo's huge European success with Kanda Bongo Man led to the formation of his own band, Loketo (which means 'hips', as in 'shake your...'), featuring the work of the gifted vocalist Aurlus Mabele. By this time Diblo was the dominant Soukous session man in Paris and he was in great demand. On recordings by such Soukous giants as Kanda Bongo Man and Pepe Kalle you can hear them calling out "Diblo" when guitar solo time comes around. In 1990 Diblo left Loketo to form Matchatcha (which means "a type of flower that produces an itch").--Janet Planet, The African Music Encyclopedia - http://africanmusic.org/artists/diblo.html

John Peel and Andy Kershaw, on learning Diblo was making an appearance at Stern's African Records, raced there to get his autograph. He repaid the compliment by giving name checks to both of them on 'Matchatcha Wetu' (included in the session).

Listen to Bolingo from the session



DIBALA-DIBLO-19920719_Kershaw Peel BBC-rpts


rec.1992.Jul.19 / double session with Kershaw (four on each show) / bc.1992.Aug.08
tracklist Kershaw:  1.Mondo Ry* / 2.Matchacha Wetu* / 3.Bolingo* / 4.Merci Papa*
source: rpt.2018.Sep.10 and 2019.Jan.15, BBC 6music Gideon Coe

After the 1992.Aug.08 Kershaw show, John Peel played the other part of the double session by Diblo Dibala & Matchatcha, this is posted by Sterling Cale on his blog Maggot Caviar

As a bonus to this session I have included the only track I have found so gar of the 2nd Peel Session:
rec.1994.Nov.19 - bc.1995.Jan.14: tracknr.4 Destin (also in earlier post about Diblo)

For more info about Diblo Dibala head over to the Bio by Gary Stewart at rumbaontheriver (incl.selected disco and biblio).

NEVER EVER FORGET:

"il faut me pardonner - you must forgive me"

Pap Djah's last words before left on his own in the Sahara desert (in Niger)

Diblo Dibala And Matchatcha - 1994.Nov.19 - Peel & Kershaw Session #2

OK, now something really "out of the mangue box", nevertheless delicious...

Diblo Dibala guitarist from Congo (source: Peel Wikia)

Diblo Dibala, born in 1954 in Kisangani in the Congo (now Zaire), of the Baluba people, is one of the hottest African Soukous lead guitarists around. At the age of 6 Diblo moved to Kinshasa and by the age of 15 he was playing guitar in the great Franco's TPOK band. In Kinshasa, Diblo continued to master his lava-hot guitar chops with such top Zairean bands as Vox Africa, Orchestre Bella Mambo, and Bella Bella.

In 1979 Diblo left Zaire and landed in Brussels where he played a rented guitar and washed dishes to make money. In 1981 he moved to Paris, where the Soukous scene was a happening thing. He rejoined Kanda Bongo Man, who he had played with in Bella Bella. Their first album, Iyole (1981), was a big hit: Kanda became a big star, and Diblo became the most sought-after session man in Paris. Diblo's huge European success with Kanda Bongo Man led to the formation of his own band, Loketo (which means 'hips', as in 'shake your...'), featuring the work of the gifted vocalist Aurlus Mabele. By this time Diblo was the dominant Soukous session man in Paris and he was in great demand. On recordings by such Soukous giants as Kanda Bongo Man and Pepe Kalle you can hear them calling out "Diblo" when guitar solo time comes around. In 1990 Diblo left Loketo to form Matchatcha (which means "a type of flower that produces an itch").--Janet Planet, The African Music Encyclopedia

John Peel and Andy Kershaw, on learning Diblo was making an appearance at Stern's African Records, raced there to get his autograph. Diblo repaid the compliment by giving name checks to both of them on 'Matchatcha Wetu'.

• "Another gig that I've been to in the recent past, and one of the very best that I've been to in my entire life, featured Matchatcha with the guitar player Diblo Dibala from Paris. I'm not a dancing man, to be perfectly honest with you, cos I haven't really got the figure for it, but on this particular occasion I was dancing away like nobody's business, and the high point of the entire magical evening came when he played a new song from the new LP, called O.K. Madame, and the song is called Matchatcha Wetu, and what is particularly significant about this, and this is egotistical of me, I admit it in advance, but if you listen very carefully to this record, one minute and fifteen seconds into it, Diblo goes "Andy Kershaw" (that's the name of one of my colleagues at the radio station I work for in London), BBC, John Peela." You have to listen very carefully to catch it, but believe me, to hear Diblo singing your name on stage is one of the greatest things that's happened to me in my entire life." --Peel Out In The States

all info sourced from: peel.wikia.com/wiki/Diblo_Dibala

Listen to Diblo Dibala - Afropop recording at 50:50min in the show:


DIBALA-DIBLO-19941119_Peel Kershaw BBC

Diblo Dibala And Matchatcha - 1994.Nov.19 - Kershaw & Peel Session #2
tracklist Peel: 1.Intro / 2.Lye (an interjection of happiness] / 3.Kangaroo (a dance) / 4.Destin*
tracklist Kershaw: 5.Fodi* (Zaire folk style) / 6.Oliva* (A Girl) / 7.Soupou* (A Soup) / ?.[probably unknow 4th track]
NOTE: only tracks marked * in download (hoping for others to show up...)

sources:
-Peel Session (1 track): bc.1995.Jan.14 Peel Show (taped and shared through Peel Group)
-Kershaw Session (3 tracks): rpt.2017.Mar.02, 6music Gideon Coe (captured HQ radio stream)

line-up during sessions:

• Diblo Dibala - guitar
• J.P. Kinzaki - rhythm guitar
• Miguel Yamba - bass
• Komba Bello Mafwala, Dely Mpeletu and David Mondoand  - vocals
• Antoinette Yelessa and Joelle Esso - dancers

More Diblo Dibala

• Kershaw & Peel sessions 1992 - download at maggotcaviar 
• Session recording (at.52min) for Afropop Worldwide - included in rpt.of old show (with some new voiceovers) at their soundcloud
  show includes much more delicious music by a.o.Khaled, Salif Keita, Dienaba Diakite, Fela, Diblo Dibala, etc
• A live recording (date and location unknown) - youtube
• Diblo Dibala's own youtube channel (unfortunately with hidden video list)
• Read about Diblo in Breakout: Profiles in African Rhythm
• Read about Diblo in Rumba on the River
• Read about Diblo in Africa: Your Passport to a New World of Music
• Read about Diblo in World Music Rough Guide - Vol.1: Africa, etc

NEVER EVER FORGET:

"il faut me pardonner - you must forgive me"

Pap Djah's last words before left on his own
in the Sahara desert (in Niger)