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about
Best known as a founding member of the band Kokoko! with whom he toured the world, Love Lokombe is a songwriter, singer and multi-instrumentalist based in Kinshasa - November 19th he returns solo with the title “ Dindon” via the collective Moonshine. Dindon which means turkey is a parable, it evokes the temptations of everyday life that can sometimes cause our downfall, and conversely the importance of staying focused on what really matters," says Love Lokombe about the song.
He is considered one of the fathers of the alternative musical genre Kizoba zoba, a movement where techno and Congolese music (sebene, rumba, ndombolo) meet. His texts are full of double meanings and offer a critical look, not without humor, on the Congolese society.
lyrics
Lokombe love
Autrement dit, Love Lokombe
À cause de celle ci, il a gâché sa vie
Toleka
Likolo ya dindon kwanga azui problème
Likolo ya dindon kwanga a memi ngambo
Likolo ya dindon kwanga azui problème
Likolo ya dindon kwanga a memi ngambo
Likolo ya dindon kwanga azui problème
Likolo ya dindon kwanga a memi ngambo
Pili pili yo songi songi boye!
Olukaka nini yango yo yo yoeh
Pili pili yo songi songi boye!
Olukaka nini yango yo yo yoeh
Dance, Dance, Dance
Likolo ya dindon kwanga azui problème
Likolo ya dindon kwanga a memi ngambo
Likolo ya dindon kwanga azui problème
Likolo ya dindon kwanga a memi ngambo
Likolo ya dindon kwanga azui problème
Likolo ya dindon kwanga a memi ngambo
Likolo ya dindon kwanga azui problème
Likolo ya dindon kwanga a memi ngambo
Likolo ya dindon kwanga azui problème
Likolo ya dindon kwanga a memi ngambo
Likolo ya dindon kwanga azui problème
Likolo ya dindon kwanga a memi ngambo
Pili pili yo songi songi boye ilukaka nini yango yo yo yoeh
Yo songi songi boye ilukaka nini yango yo yo yoeh
Likolo ya dindon kwanga azui problème
Likolo ya dindon kwanga a memi ngambo
Likolo ya dindon kwanga azui problème
Likolo ya dindon kwanga a memi ngambo
Likolo ya dindon kwanga azui problème
Likolo ya dindon kwanga a memi ngambo
credits
released November 19, 2021
Writer, composer: Love Lokombe
Vocals and percussions : Love Lokombe
Production and arranging : Dj Dky
Mix and mastering : Pascal Shefteshy
Influenced by spiritual jazz, Afrobeat, and various forms of African club music, the Senegalese producer's grooves contain multitudes. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 25, 2024