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Mose Fan Fan [extended]

  • Se Belle Epoque [RetroAfric, 1994] **
  • Hello Hello [Sterns, 1995] A-

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Se Belle Epoque [RetroAfric, 1994]
1970-1982--Somo Somo's headman gets his feet wet in Kinshasa, his shit together in Dar Es Salaam, and his rocks off in Nairobi ("Pele Odidja," "Molema") **

Mose Fan Fan & Somo Somo Ngobila: Hello Hello [Sterns, 1995]
Insofar as soukous has room to grow anymore, it rejects Paris hyperdrive for the confident understatement of the golden era, and too often the formal energy lags the second time around. Masterminded by a veteran Zairean guitarist who was once from Zaire, this exile supersession (Quatre Etoiles, Sam Mangwana) finds the balance: bold yet complex, lively yet reflective, scintillating yet groovesome, fast yet mellow--yet fast, you know? A-