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Mage: The Podcast🎧 Adam chats with longtime contributor Rachelle Udell. Rochelle shares her journey through Mage projects—from her early days to her favorite, The Fallen Tower: Las Vegas—and dives into her hefty chapter on the Ngoma in Forbidden and Forgotten Orders. With wit and warmth, she unpacks magical lore, quirky pronunciations, and rich traditions that keep the Mage universe alive. Enjoy this friendly ride through mystical realms! Listen: <a href="https://magethepodcast.com/interview-with-rachelle-udell-on-ngoma/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://magethepodcast.com/interview-with-rachelle-udell-on-ngoma/</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/magetheascnesion" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#magetheascnesion</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/ngoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ngoma</a>

Mage: The Podcast🎧 Adam chats with longtime contributor Rachelle Udell. Rochelle shares her journey through Mage projects—from her early days to her favorite, The Fallen Tower: Las Vegas—and dives into her hefty chapter on the Ngoma in Forbidden and Forgotten Orders. With wit and warmth, she unpacks magical lore, quirky pronunciations, & rich traditions that keep the Mage universe alive. Enjoy this friendly ride through mystical realms! Listen: <a href="https://magethepodcast.com/interview-with-rachelle-udell-on-ngoma/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://magethepodcast.com/interview-with-rachelle-udell-on-ngoma/</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/magetheascnesion" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#magetheascnesion</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/ngoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ngoma</a>

Mage: The Podcast🎧 Adam chats with longtime contributor Rachelle Udell. Rochelle shares her journey through Mage projects—from her early days to her favorite, The Fallen Tower: Las Vegas—& dives into her hefty chapter on the Ngoma in Forbidden and Forgotten Orders. With wit and warmth, she unpacks magical lore, quirky pronunciations, & rich traditions that keep the Mage universe alive. Enjoy this friendly ride through mystical realms! Listen: <a href="https://magethepodcast.com/interview-with-rachelle-udell-on-ngoma/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://magethepodcast.com/interview-with-rachelle-udell-on-ngoma/</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/magetheascnesion" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#magetheascnesion</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/ngoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ngoma</a>

1001 Other AlbumsAs randomly chosen by survey on Mastodon, our next spotlight is on number 368 on <a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/the-list/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The List</a>, submitted by platenworm. (The survey choices given were “Black”, “As”, “Your”, and “Soul”, following the earlier survey with “Head”, “Like”, “A”, “Hole”; as the winning selection, “Soul”, was the 4th choice, the survey result was translated as picking the 4th album in The List with “soul” in the title.)Put out by Brussels-based Planet Ilunga, this album is a GIANT anthology, collecting 69 songs that were recorded between 1948 and 1963 on the Congolese record label Ngoma. As there’s a lot going on here, below I include a lengthy excerpt of Planet Ilunga’s description. <blockquote>The Soul of Congo is a compilation that spans the years from 1948 to 1963 as the Belgian Congo emerged from colonial subjugation into the first flower of Independence. Singers and players came to Congo’s capital Léopoldville, from all over Central Africa…Léopoldville became a cauldron of musical syncretism between the African rhythms that arrived with these musicians and the European, Caribbean and Cuban tunes that were popular in the big city. The new sounds were recorded for one of the big five Congo labels: Opika, Loningisa, Esengo, Olympia or Ngoma. None of the other Congolese labels better showcased the energy, variety & spirit of this era than the Ngoma label…During its existence, from 1948 until 1971, Ngoma made over 4500 recordings, creating a crucial cultural legacy…As the Ngoma label flourished, so too did the first big stars of this new sound: Manuel d’Oliveira from San Salvador, Antoine Kolosoy “Wendo’’ from Bandundu and Léon Bukasa from Katanga. The three of them are heavily featured in the Ngoma catalogue and in this compilation. Ngoma also provided a way for female singers, such as Martha Badibala, to rise to fame and inspire other women to dream of a life beyond taking care of the kids and husband. Furthermore, the label was keen to record traditional folkloric music, such as the songs by likembe player Antoine Mundanda. It also looked for fresh talent as far away as Brussels where they recorded Camerounian heartthrob Charles Lembe fronting a fierce quartet on some flashy adapted Cuban Guaracha rhythms. Instrumentalists like Antoine Kasongo (clarinet), Albino Kalombo (sax) and Tino Baroza (guitar) also made their mark through the Ngoma recordings.Ngoma is also known for releasing Adou Elenga’s hit “Ata Ndele,” that criticized the white colonists. It led to his imprisonment and the song being quickly deleted from the catalogue after its release in 1954…Angolan Paul Mwanga, too, was unstinting in his criticism of the colonials, and he was also active with authors’ rights associations. Frank Lassan was a singer who brought the romantic style of French crooners to Congolese popular culture, while guitar wizard Manoka De Saïo or “Maitre Colon Gentil” were flamboyant popular figures in the nightclub scene, captured on disc. Guitar prodigies like Antoine Nedule “Papa Noel” or Mose Se Sengo “Fan Fan” cut their teeth as teenagers in studio bands. The band names changed rapidly — Beguen Band, Jazz Mango, Jazz Venus, Dynamic Jazz, Affeinta Jazz, Mysterieux Jazz, Orchestre Novelty, Rumbanella Bande, Vedette Jazz, La Palma, Negrita Jazz — all of them are heard here.Dedicated record collectors came together to make this compilation possible…generous fans of the music have pooled their collections for the compilation, assembled and annotated by Alastair Johnston who runs the Muzikifan website from California…Legendary but unheard songs were tracked down, some emerging from dead stock in a forgotten Tanzanian record store. Experts who have made previous compilations were solicited for their advice and recommendations; liner notes, graduate theses, African periodicals, blogs and documents by authorities such as Jean-Pierre Nimy Nzonga, Sylvain Konko, Gary Stewart, Manda Tchebwa, and Michel Lonoh were scoured for clues.</blockquote>Unless you have a few uninterrupted hours to spare, I’d highly suggest splitting this one up into a few listening sessions so you don’t miss anything. Or, really, just jump in anywhere, taste test a song here and there. My favorite musicians/bands on the album are perhaps Léon Bukasa, Trio BOW (of which Bukasa is the “B”), and Charles Lembe, with some favorite tracks being <a href="https://planetilunga.bandcamp.com/track/l-on-bukasa-penepene" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Léon Bukasa – Penepene</a> (only on the 69-song version), <a href="https://planetilunga.bandcamp.com/track/tchad-accompagn-par-l-orchestre-beguen-band-mono-kwame-ya-nzola" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tchadé accompagné par l’orchestre Beguen Band – Mono Kwame ya Nzola</a> (on both versions), and <a href="https://planetilunga.bandcamp.com/track/le-compositeur-chanteur-depiano-et-l-orchestre-beguen-band-bolingo-nkisi-te" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Le compositeur-chanteur Depiano et l’orchestre Beguen Band – Bolingo Nkisi Te</a> (on both versions).Which brings us to one last note, on the different versions: The first Bandcamp link below goes to a 69-song version, also available as a 3-CD set. The second links goes to a 42-song version, also available as a 3-LP set; this set contains a selection of the 69 songs in the first version, and then has some extra songs that are not in the 3-CD set. What the Discogs link goes to as the master release is the LP version, for whatever reason (and, because of this plus me not realizing while I was working on the Index that there were two versions of this album, it is indexed based on the LP version, meaning there may be some artists missing who are in the 69-song version. Sigh.) Anyway, if you love what you hear and as a completist want all of the songs, I would suggest taking a look at the complete box set that includes both the 3-CD and 3-LP sets, as the price of buying both digital albums is fairly steep for not getting anything physical. <ul><li><a href="https://planetilunga.bandcamp.com/album/the-soul-of-congo-treasures-of-the-ngoma-label-1948-1963" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bandcamp: Various – The Soul of Congo: Treasures of The Ngoma Label</a></li><li><a href="https://planetilunga.bandcamp.com/album/the-soul-of-congo-treasures-of-the-ngoma-label-lp-edition" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bandcamp: Various – The Soul of Congo: Treasures of The Ngoma Label (LP edition)</a></li><li><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/3224785-Various-The-Soul-Of-Congo-Treasures-Of-The-Ngoma-Label" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Discogs: Various – The Soul of Congo: Treasures of The Ngoma Label</a></li></ul><a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/06/15/the-soul-of-congo-treasures-of-the-ngoma-label-2023-congo-various/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/06/15/the-soul-of-congo-treasures-of-the-ngoma-label-2023-congo-various/</a><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/1001otheralbums/" target="_blank">#1001OtherAlbums</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/adou-elenga/" target="_blank">#AdouElenga</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/antoine-mundanda/" target="_blank">#AntoineMundanda</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/box-set/" target="_blank">#boxSet</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/charles-lembe/" target="_blank">#CharlesLembe</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/congo/" target="_blank">#Congo</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/congolese-pop-music/" target="_blank">#CongolesePopMusic</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/leon-bukasa/" target="_blank">#LéonBukasa</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/manuel-doliveira/" target="_blank">#ManuelDOliveira</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/martha-badibala/" target="_blank">#MarthaBadibala</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/ngoma/" target="_blank">#Ngoma</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/planet-ilunga/" target="_blank">#PlanetIlunga</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/trio-bow/" target="_blank">#TrioBOW</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/wendo-kolosoy/" target="_blank">#WendoKolosoy</a>

Rachel CholstINTERVIEW: Congolese-American drummer Kiazi Malonga has persevered in the face of tragedy -- now, he wants to share the teachings of the community who supported him.<a href="https://adobeandteardrops.com/2024/01/interview-kiazi-malonga-found-mutual-aid-in-the-bay-areas-congolese-community-now-he-wants-to-share-it.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://adobeandteardrops.com/2024/01/interview-kiazi-malonga-found-mutual-aid-in-the-bay-areas-congolese-community-now-he-wants-to-share-it.html</a> <a href="https://linernotes.club/tags/Ngoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ngoma</a> <a href="https://linernotes.club/tags/AfricanMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AfricanMusic</a> <a href="https://linernotes.club/tags/CongoleseMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CongoleseMusic</a> <a href="https://linernotes.club/tags/AfricanDrumming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AfricanDrumming</a> <a href="https://linernotes.club/tags/WorldMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WorldMusic</a> <a href="https://linernotes.club/tags/FolkMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FolkMusic</a>

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