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Voyage musical avec Ray Lema
Tonight: Ray Lema selecting records and speaking with Bintou Simporé.
Merci Vladimir Cagnolari for the conversations on Congolese music with Ray Lema Thursday evening. Stories of guitarist Papy Noel and more…
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Rhythmatisms: 1979-87 kongotronic funkexperiments by Ray Lema A’nsi Nzinga
polyfonic singing, rumba guitars and uncompromising analog electronics… #Kongology. Listen for Ray Lema during the PASS Paris POP-UP streaming live from today until Saturday, more info here.
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PASS in Paris profile: Ray Lema
Ray Lema is a widely-revered composer, pianist and guitarist. His life in music has taken him from Kinshasa-Washington DC-Paris, moving from Gérard Kazembe’s orchestra to playing with Franco, Tabu Ley Rochereau and Joseph Kabassele, as well as leading a variety of his own bands. In recent years, Lema has referenced Herbie Hancock in his album V.N.S.P. (Very Special New Production), and performed a tribute to Aimé Césaire with his Nzimbu project. Ray Lema will join us at the PASS Pop-UP in Paris (Sept 17-19) …
DOUALA SERENADE – a 24-hour tribute to Manu Dibango | 26 June 2020
From 6pm (Central African Time) this Friday, 26 June 2020, PASS presented “Douala Serenade”, a 24 hour wake for our departed father. A tribute to the generous genius always forward-movement of the great Manu Dibango, Sango ‘a mboa. All music written, arranged, produced, performed by Manu, plus interviews and stories from Jihan El Tahri, Bintou Simpore, Steve Gordon, Simon Njami, Dread Amala, Rhoda Isaacs, Pascale Obolo, Amandine Nana, Funsho Ogundipe, Lionel Manga, Rashid Lombard, Hilaire Akollo, Samuel Nja Kwa, Tania …
FESTAC ’77: PASS Playlist
Speaking to Chimurenga’s ongoing research into the legacy of the seminal Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC ’77) held in Lagos, Nigeria in 1977, this playlist pays tribute to artists and thinkers who participated in the festival and ensuing conversations. Through our own research into the sonic archives from and around the event, as well as curated conversations and reflections with collaborators across the world through our itinerant radio project, this playlist is an audio supplement …
PASS landing at La Colonie, Paris
Chimurenga returned to Paris for a 5-day intervention and installation at La Colonie. From December 13 – 17, 2017, we installed a live radio station and a research library, and hosted talks, screenings and performances that asked ‘Who Killed Kabila?’, as the starting point for an in-depth investigation into power, territory and the creative imagination. The equation was simple: the length of a Congolese president’s reign is proportional to his/her willingness to honour the principle that the resources of …
PASS at La Colonie in Paris Daily Runnings, Friday 15 December
Chimurenga returns to Paris for a 5-day intervention and installation at La Colonie. From December 13 – 17, 2017, we will install a live radio station and a research library, and host talks, screenings and performances that asks ‘Who Killed Kabila?’, as the starting point for an in-depth investigation into power, territory and the creative imagination. 15.00 Writers Abdourahman Waberi & Antoine Vumilia Muhindo in conversation. During his 10-year stay in Kinshasa’s central prison (accused to have participated in the murder of Kabila), Vumilia …
Who Killed Kabila
The Pan African Space Station/Chimurenga Library at La Colonie, Paris 13 December – 17 December 2018 Chimurenga returns to Paris for a 5-day intervention and installation at La Colonie. From December 13 – 17, 2017, we will install a live radio station and a research library, and host talks, screenings and performances that asks ‘Who Killed Kabila ?’, as the starting point for an in-depth investigation into power, territory and the creative imagination. The equation is simple: the length of …
PASS Pop-up in Paris
From September 17 – 19 2015, the Pan African Space Station (PASS) Pop-up was installed inside the gallery of Fondation Cartier, Paris with live programming that explored the past-present-future of Congolese music cultures. This intervention was a part of the exhibition Beauté Congo – 1926-2015 – Congo Kitoko. Participating artists in the PASS Pop-UP in Paris included Ray Lema, Elikia M’bokolo, Syllart Records, Afrikaada Magazine, Baloji, Shenguen Shegue, Kongo Astronauts, Christine Eyene. Contributions will also be beamed in from New York, Montreal …
PASS in Paris: Bintou Simporé
Bintou Simporé is a radio maestro. A brief roll call of artists who’ve guested on her weekly Néo Géo show on Radio Nova: Fantasma, Habib Koité, Jose James, Julia Sarr, Keziah Jones, Mbongwana Star, Meshell Ndegeocello, Nneka, Ray Lema, Tony Allen… and that’s just in the past two years. Listen through her podcasts for a fuller picture. Digging deeper, her Nova archives also feature gems such a special recorded in 1989 with Miriam Makeba. For PASS in Paris we welcome Bintou to …