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Orchestra Super Mazembe

Orchestra Super Mazembe has been played on NTS in shows including All Trades w/ Chuggy, featured first on 22 November 2016. Songs played include Kassongo, Kassongo and Shauri Yako.

Orchestra Super Mazembe was a popular band based in Kenya playing Lingala (Soukous) music. The band had roots in Super Vox, a band formed in 1967 in Congo (then Zaire) and led by Mutonkole Lonwa Didos. The band moved to Nairobi in 1974 and changed its name to Orchestra Super Mazembe.

Their biggest hit was "Shauri Yako", a cover song originally performed by Nguashi Ntimbo & Festival Du Zaire. Other popular songs included "Samba", "Bwana Nipe Pesa"…

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MOST PLAYED TRACKS
Kassongo
L'Orch. Super Mazembe
Editions Mazembe1982
Kassongo
L'Orch. Super MazembeEditions Mazembe1982
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Kassongo
Orchestra Super Mazembe
Discafrique1990
Kassongo
Orchestra Super MazembeDiscafrique1990
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Shauri Yako
Super Mazembe Orchestra
Earthworks1983
Shauri Yako
Super Mazembe OrchestraEarthworks1983
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