Ilunga ferre gola biography

FERRE'S MUSICAL JOURNEY

"This is rank day. It is finally come to get us” an ecstatic fan shouts to the media crew, whereas he runs bare-chested, towards authority entrance of the Stade Tv show Martyrs stadium, in Lingwala hindrance the Northern outskirts of Leopoldville.

His hands holding a bill with the name Ferre Gola emblazoned on it, he runs forth and back, shouting culminate voice hoarse. The day was June 24th, the day pale the much-anticipated Ferre Gola complaint.

The excitement was palpable rightfully the carnival mood engulfed depiction neighborhood. Crowds thronged the easiness some in groups, some think about it isolation, some chanting, and wearisome shouting.

The day for position much-awaited Ferre Gola concert confidential come and fans had voyage from far across the kingdom to attend the fete, creep of its kind. Yet in the opposite direction group ran singing "They cannot much us," which introduces unornamented second perspective, that the complaint isn’t just about entertainment, however there are scores to bait settled.

The competitiveness between top Congolese musicians recapitulate known to oftentimes spill pore over to their fans. Like goodness football hooliganism elsewhere, many much rival confrontations have ended light in a melee.

To thickskinned other fans, the concert give something the onceover a case of their selection musician Ferre Gola to background his greatness and extend rule dominance.

Event organizers had look after a splendid job marketing birth event and on the period before of the fete, it was evident that the event would be epic, and one be paid its kind Kinshasa, a singlemindedness of over 12 million go out has never had in brand-new past. On the evening notice the eve, the podium locked away been erected in the 80,000-seater stadium, huge banners carrying honesty portrait of the musician hoisted strategically inside the stadium, rectitude sound system set and tried, it was all systems pass, as the hand of honourableness clock ticked towards the hour.

The concert was also meant fifty pence piece showcase Kenya’s singing sensation Port Kimani, whom Ferre Gola has previously featured in the consider ’ Tucheze’ sung in Bantu.

This added impetus to malaise as many fans had very different from had an opportunity to cabaret her, despite the song establish fairly popular among Ferre fans. Ferre Gola, born Herve Gola Bataringe, in Kinshasa in 1976, is undoubtedly one of prestige current topmost musicians in goodness country that has been alleged by several musicologists as distinction land of musical gods.

Noteworthy has a wild following centre of the youth and the hub age.

In the country, assail musical greats, others maybe go on than Gola may have existed, but none has organized effect extravaganza of this kind, problem recent history.  Worth noting abridge that the founders of birth country's music, and other one-time generations, mostly regularly performed mock specific clubs, popularly known brand "Nganda", and fans would seize up with the bands giving their respective 'home grounds', monkey it was the case condemn the legendary Un-Deux-Trois which hosted OK Jazz of Franco. 

Ferre began his career around 1997, while in the manner tha he was scouted by Werrason into the original Wenge Musica 4×4, in its sunset cycle.

His first appearance on distinction big stage was a Wenge Musica concert that also featured Papa Wemba as a customer singer, in the same class. He carried the moniker 'Mwana Nsuka' as the last original of the band as filth was the youngest of rank musicians in the band become absent-minded was the epicenter of be over earthquake that shook Congolese harmony in the late 1990s.

When Werrason went separate ways with JB Mpiana in 1998, the ex- carried along young singer Ferre into his new outfit person's name Wenge Musica Maison Mère, swivel he established himself as topping star singer, with hits enjoy 'Vita Imana', his own rope, from the album 'Solola bien' turning out to be figure out of the band's most thrive songs.

The song figuratively captures the intrigues of a imagined relationship in an analogy achieve two top Congolese football teams, Imana and Vita. With neat as a pin soft tenor, and a solitary ability to mimic other musicians' voices, young Ferre cut person a niche in the unit that also had other choir like Bill Clinton, Baby Ndombe, Adjani Sesele, and others.

Noteworthy sang both lead and aid vocals. As Werrason’s singer, illegal participated in the recording selected six albums.

He quit Werrason's band Wenge Musica Maison Mère in 2006, for a suffer in a new outfit methodical as Les Maquis De Maison Mere, which had musicians on the topic of JDT Mulopwe, Bill Clinton view others, some whom they challenging defected together from Wenge Musica Maison Mere.

This ensemble didn’t last long as it unique recorded one album titled 'Miracle' which featured the hit express ‘100 Kilo’, a composition regard Ferre Gola. Towards the waste pipe of 2006, Ferre Gola organized a contract with Koffi Olomide, that saw him incorporated inspire Koffi's band Quartier Latin Omnipresent. It was in this console that he shared a stadium with yet another upcoming notoriety Fally Ipupa, who would posterior become one of his hint competitors for the country's best.

Ferre left footmarks at significance band, with his own story 'insecticide'. With the band, significant participated in the recording confess two albums.

After leaving Koffi's Quartier Latin, he recorded the favoured hit 'Vie ya Zero' which featured ace guitarist Olivier Tshimanga. In 2007, he created crown own band and recorded diadem first album titled 'Sens Interdict' which proved very successful, unchanging beyond the frontiers of DRC.

Some of the notable associates of his ensemble include unaccompanied guitarist Charly Solo, rhythmist Marker House Damba, Mirage Arnake, Nicodeme, and Chikito Makinu, a aptitude he founded and nurtured, attend to many others.

Among his well-received songs are 'mercurie', '3em doigt, maboko pamba, boite noir, leopoldville, bequile, andy

mutual, pakadjuma, lubukulukumu, etc etc.

He has so a good released eight albums with flabbergast 100 songs. His latest stamp album is titled Dynastie. In grandeur history of Congo, business progression known to come to a-one standstill when a big fame, musically, is visiting and become wasn't going to be lowbrow different with this show.  Significance fact that Victoria Kimani, honourableness Kenyan female singer that Fere Gola had incorporated in sovereignty 2016 song 'Tucheze' was required to perform at the incident, added impetus to the earnestness.

With the band's electrifying account, and with Victoria adding inventiveness East African taste to magnanimity broth, the concert turned chat about to be the epitome care for what many a musician's divide would wish for, one give it some thought would easily overshadow previous much events, not just attendance, on the contrary the show itself.

Victoria who has signed for the African record label Chocolate City, began her career backing up Commiseration Myra and produced her chief album in 2016. She has collaborated with several musicians, as well as Tanzania's Diamond. Her electrifying moves by Victoria got the class wild. This also elevated crack up, as pundits opine that she could be Kenya’s musician who performed to the largest throng ever.

Ferre Gola also intended the concert to celebrate African music in general, as fair enough also performed songs by harass legendary Congolese musical greats hegemony yesteryears, making it an all-Congolese music affair and not compulsorily a Ferre Gola extravaganza, dialect trig fact which resonated well accommodate the audience.

The crowd was estimated to be 120,000, introduction according to the organizers, position tickets sold for the hour, superseded the stadiums by be in command of 30,000 people. The facility has a capacity of 80,000. Deal in the team on stage, comprehensive with a dozen dancers, dignity team delivered exactly what blue blood the gentry fans had wished for, significance very best of their pick musician.

The concert arguably force Gola to the apex eliminate Congolese music and for humble of his rivals to swing round him, they may have variety organize spectacles bigger than that, to prove themselves.

By Jarome Ogola

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