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Frank Bessem's Musiques d'Afrique: Tchico Tchicaya (Congo-Brazzaville) |
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Tchico Tchicaya can show a career of more than 30 years, starting
in 1970 as a singer in a Brazzaville based band named Manta Lokoka. From 1972 to 1974, he
was one of the solo singers of Les Bantous de la Capitale, one of the most important
bands of Brazzaville at the time. Between 1977 and 1979, Tchico stayed in Nigeria where he recorded 4 albums. By then he was already successful and had earned his nickname la voix d'or. In that period, he sang together with Lolo Lolita and together they had one of their biggest hits Jeannot, an all-time classic. In 1983, Tchico went to Paris well before many other Congolese musicians did the same thing. He recorded for various record companies, and his band frequently changed names, from Afro Festival via Les Evadés de Ponton la Belle to Les Officiers de la musique africaine. Since the early 1990s his star is one the wane, and later in the same decade, he settled in Australia where he created a new band Warako Musica together with Passi Jo. |
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Title | Year | Label | Remarks |
Ya Banganga | 200? | Ndule Productions | With Passi Jo & Warako Musica |
Jeannot (1981/1982) | 2000 | Sono CDS 7028 | CD reissue, & Lola Lolita |
Soukous Machine | 19?? | Kilimandjaro Records KRL 001 / F170CD | CD compiled from LP Soukous machine and Dégagez la route |
Africa Dance Machine | 1995 | Sonima SM 1106 | & Soukouss Machine |
Dégagez la route | 1993 | C.G. Production CG 22.04-2 | & Soukouss Machine |
African Carnaval | 1990 | ACP Music ACP 004 | & Orchestre Kilimandjaro |
Cocktail Tropical | 1989 | & Orchestre Kilimandjaro | |
L'ambiance à Paris | 1988 | Black Music BM 008 | & Orchestre Kilimandjaro |
Soukous Machine | 1987 | Kilimandjaro Records KRL 001 | & Orchestre Kilimandjaro |
Dynamic Afro-Soukous | 1986 | Afro-Rythmes 1000 (also LPC 2007) | & Orchestre Kilimandjaro |
L'argent domine le monde | 1985 | MCL 217 | & Les Officiers |
Full Steam Ahead | 1985 | Globestyle ORB 007 | & Les Officiers |
Nostalgie d'Afrique | 1984 | Afro-Rythmes 0990 (also Globestyle ORB 007) | & Les Officiers |
Amour maternel | 1983 | Maikano MAILPS 1040 | & Empire Musicana |
Mon enfant | 1983 | Maikano MAILPS 1039 | & Empire Musicana |
Giselle | 1983 | Maikano MAILPS 1038 | & Empire Musicana |
Amie Clara | 1982 | LIR 089 | & Les Evadés de Ponton la Belle |
Tania | 1982 | LIR 030 | & Les Evadés de Ponton la Belle |
Rosalie | 1981 | BIR 002 (also Sonafric SAF 50112-1983) | & Les Evadés de Ponton la Belle |
Jeannot | 1981 | BIR 001 (also Sonafric SAF 50111-1983) | & Les Evadés de Ponton la Belle |
Lucia - Feu rouge | 1980 | MAILPS 1014 (also MAILPS 1030 and GBR 3810) | & Empire Musicana |
dans Tam Tam d'Afrique | 19?? | Africana Star 50099 | & Lolo Lolita |
Méditation | 1980 | Sonafric SAF 50099 | & Empire Musicana |
L'heure a sonné | 1979 | Sonafric SAF 50110 | & Afro Festival |
Operation soukous | 1979 | ENLPS 62 (also Sonafric SAF 50095 - 1979) | & Afro Festival |
Amie Clara | 1978 | ENLPS 52 (also Sonafric SAF 50094 & 50100) | & Ponton la Belle & Lolo Lolita |
Mamy Rosa / Josintha | 1978 | ENLPS 50 (also Sonafric SAF 50093 - 1979) | & Ponton la Belle & Lolo Lolita |
From Congo to Nigeria | 1977 | ENLPS 42 (also Sonafric SAF 50091 - 1979) | & Ponton la Belle & Lolo Lolita |
Ah Ponton la Belle | 1976 | Editions Vévé 2095 | & African Kings |
Sambela Sambela | 1975 | Editions Vévé 1245 | & African Kings |
Shanta-Maguy | 1974 | BG 1006 | & African Kings |
Santana | 1974 | BD 1090 | & Les Bantous de la Capitale |
Celia - Shantina | 1973 | BG 892 | & Les Bantous de la Capitale |
Isabelle | 1972 | BG 880 | & Les Bantous de la Capitale |
Loemarthe | 1971 | BG | & Manta Lokoka |
Rina | 1970 | BG 045 | & Manta Lokoka |