franco and the t.p. ok jazz treats
 

this relates to cyn's music from faraway thread--but i'm feeling a bit evangelical about this stuff, so i put it here.

it's been a very long winter. spring is gradually pushing its way through...new stuff is coming. it was like some cosmic-order affirmation of this that last night i stumbled across a huge pile of clips from the kings of the kinshasa sound, and one of the great bands in the omniverse,

franco et le tout puissant ok jazz orchestra

Pension Na Bandalungwa


Merci Bapesaka Na Mbwa



Ebale Ya Zaire

i love this song...the lyrics are translated and are beautiful...


Toyeba Yo


Laissez Nous Tranquiles


Mabele


Faute Ya Commercant

One of the things with very localized sounds is that it brings you there. Thanks this is exactly what I was talking about in the imports thread. Thank you for the spring soungs.

Some of these sounds familiar in style to some background music from