{"id":41010,"date":"2020-01-30T12:46:30","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T11:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/legendary-congolese-rumba-jam-by-les-mangelepa-orchestra-reissued-on-secousse\/"},"modified":"2020-05-10T20:22:32","modified_gmt":"2020-05-10T19:22:32","slug":"les-mangelepa-secousse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/les-mangelepa-secousse\/","title":{"rendered":"Legendary Congolese rumba jam by Les Mangelepa Orchestra reissued on Secousse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35996 pam-featured-content\"  src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/0a724dfd-orchestra-les-mangelepa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"834\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/0a724dfd-orchestra-les-mangelepa.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/0a724dfd-orchestra-les-mangelepa-465x308.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/0a724dfd-orchestra-les-mangelepa-375x249.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"trackTitle\">Nyako Konya is the name of a jam session that has become one of the key tracks of Kenyan orchestra Les Mangelepa. Marseilles-based label Secousse has re-released Nyako Konya with three unreleased remixes.<\/h4>\n<p>Nairobi, Kenya, 1978. In the Phonogram Ltd. music studio, the popular r<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/rumba-congolaise\/\">umba<\/a><\/span> band Les Mangelepa is finishing a session. Things are going well: they have recorded all the music they planned and still have an hour to kill before giving back the studio keys. How about improvising one last song on the spot?<\/p>\n<p>And this is how &#8220;Nyako Konya&#8221; was born. A 9 minutes hypnotic jam that\u2019ll eventually become one of their biggest successes, earning them a gold record and international acclaim throughout Africa and beyond.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=668121111\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><a href=\"http:\/\/secousse.bandcamp.com\/album\/nyako-konya\">Nyako Konya by Les Mangelepa<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meticulously restored and remastered by French engineer Nicolas Thelliez,\u00a0the original version is featured here together with three remixes: French House and Disco producer\u00a0Yuksek and his wall of sound skills, Netherlands\u2019 world famous studio maverick Umoja delivering a space dub <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/lee-scratch-perry\/\">Lee Scratch Perry<\/a><\/span> style, and last but not least, the trademarked syncopated stabs of Brooklyn\u2019s finest Uproot Andy.<\/p>\n<p><em>Nyako Konya<\/em> set to release on March 3rd via Secousse. Preorder it now <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/secousse.bandcamp.com\/album\/nyako-konya\">here<\/a><\/span> and discover the album artwork below.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-35961\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/b543b8be-orchestre-les-mangelepa-secousse.jpg\" alt=\"Orchestre Les Mangelepa - Secousse\" width=\"679\" height=\"673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/b543b8be-orchestre-les-mangelepa-secousse.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/b543b8be-orchestre-les-mangelepa-secousse-759x752.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/b543b8be-orchestre-les-mangelepa-secousse-1010x1001.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/b543b8be-orchestre-les-mangelepa-secousse-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/b543b8be-orchestre-les-mangelepa-secousse-661x655.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/b543b8be-orchestre-les-mangelepa-secousse-465x461.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/b543b8be-orchestre-les-mangelepa-secousse-375x372.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/b543b8be-orchestre-les-mangelepa-secousse-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/b543b8be-orchestre-les-mangelepa-secousse-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nyako Konya is the name of a jam session that has become one of the key tracks of Kenyan orchestra Les Mangelepa. Marseilles-based label Secousse has re-released Nyako Konya with three unreleased remixes. 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