Mambo, by Remmy Ongala & Orchestre Super Matimila

Mambo

by Remmy Ongala & Orchestre Super Matimila

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1.	Dodoma 06:46	buy track
2.	One World 05:21	buy track
3.	I Want to Go Home 08:09	buy track
4.	Inchi Vetu 05:23	buy track
5.	What Can I Say? 09:57	buy track
6.	No Money, No Life 08:36	buy track
7.	Living Together 04:41	buy track
8.	Mrema 09:43	buy track
9.	Kidogo Kidogo 09:45	buy track

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This album features Remmy Ongala and the band in sparkling form at the 1991 Real World Recording Week. Intricate four-part guitar patterns interlock with bubbling bass lines, while the rhythm shifts seamlessly from a gentle lope to a galloping rhumba.

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released March 2, 1992

The musicians: Ramazini Mtoro Ongala aka Remmy lead and backing vocals, lead and rhythm guitars, Cosmas Thobias Chidumule lead and backing vocals, Batti Osenga Ipopolipo guitar and backing vocals, Ayas Ayas Hassani rhythm guitar, Shemboza Shekungu-Mkiva rhythm guitar and backing vocals, Mussa Hamisi Magomba bass guitar , Yusuph Iddi subwa drum.

Recorded and mixed at Real World Studios, Wiltshire, England, August 1991. Produced by Rupert Hine. Recorded by Stuart Bruce, Richard Blair and Chris Lawson. Assisted by Carlton Blake. Mixed by Stephen W. Tayler, assisted by Richard Chappell.

With special thanks to Toni Ongala, Ruth Trevenna, Richard West.
Design and Art Direction by Kasper de Graaf at Assorted Images, with Panni Charrington, Series identity by Garry Mouat. Photography (front cover) Pete Williams (back cover) Panni Charrington(inside) Andrew Catlin.

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Remmy Ongala & Orchestre Super Matimila Tanzania

Known as the 'Doctor', Remmy Ongala originally came from Kindu in what is now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo.
He performed in bands from the age of sixteen, learning his craft from his father, who was a well-respected, traditional musician. ... more