Orchestra Super Mazembe
With a varying line-up of between nine and 14 musicians, Mazembe (Zairois for earth movers) were one of the most popular Kenyan bands of the 80s, and for a brief while in the mid-80s enjoyed a cult following in Europe, following their signing by Virgin Records and the UK release of the album, Kaivaska. Although based in Kenya since the early 70s, the band’s personnel is wholly Zairean - it being one of several outfits that decided to leave the overcrowded Kinshasa scene in the late 70s to move to the greener East African markets of Kenya and Tanzania. Like fellow expatriates Orchestra Makassy, Mazembe have recorded their most popular material in Nairobi with British producer Norman Mighell. In 1984, they enjoyed a sizeable international hit with a cover version of Nguashi Timbo’s East African evergreen, ‘Shauri Yako’, which had been included on Kaivaska. A second UK album, Maloba D’Amor, repackaged some of the Kaivaska tracks - including ‘Shauri Yako’ - while new material included a curiously faithful reading of the old Buddy Holly hit ‘Words Of Love’ (the title track).
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Discography
10 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Giants Of East Africa
Pop - Released by Universal Music Kenya Limited on 4 Jan 1980
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Mazembe @45RPM (Vol. 2)
Pop - Released by Universal Music Kenya Limited on 4 Jan 1980
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Rose Mwambe
World - Released by Universal Music Kenya Limited on 1 Jan 1980
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Greatest Hits (Vol. 1)
World - Released by Universal Music Kenya Limited on 1 Jan 1980
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The Original Movers
Pop - Released by Universal Music Kenya Limited on 21 Sep 1980
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Atia Jo
Pop - Released by Universal Music Kenya Limited on 10 Jan 1980
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Double Gold
World - Released by Universal Music Kenya Limited on 1 Jan 1980
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Hits Of Mazembe
World - Released by Universal Music Kenya Limited on 1 Jan 1980
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Kayembe
Pop - Released by Universal Music Kenya Limited on 1 Jan 1980
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Shauri Yako (Remix)
Dance - Released by Universal Music Kenya Limited on 1 Jan 1983
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo