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Kanda Bongo Man (born 1955 in Inongo, Democratic Republic of the Congo) is a Congolese soukous musician.

Soukous Time Kanda Bongo Man. This album has an average beat per minute of 112 BPM (slowest/fastest tempos: 83/135 BPM). Tracklist Soukous Time.

Kanda Bongo Man is one of the great showmen of the Congolese music scene. He's arguably the best-known exponent of soukous, the guitar-based style that evolved from Congolese rumba to captivate dancers right across Africa and beyond, and he is famous both for his rousing live shows and for the classic recordings he made after moving to Paris in 1979. Since then, he has relocated once again, this time to Manchester, and has continued to tour and record.

Kanda Bongo Man (born 1955), from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is a prominent soukous musician. He is most famous for the structural changes he implemented to soukous music. The previous approach was to sing several verses and have one guitar solo at the end of the song. Kanda Bongo Man revolutionized soukous by encouraging guitar solos after every verse and even sometimes at the beginning of the song.

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Kanda Bongo Man (born Bongo Kanda; 1955) is a Congolese soukous musician. Kanda Bongo Man was born in Inongo, Democratic Republic of the Congo. He became the singer for Orchestra Belle Mambo in 1973, developing a sound influenced by Tabu Ley. His solo career only started to take off after moving to Paris in 1979, where his music started to incorporate elements of then-vibrant zouk music popularized by Kassav (originating in the French West Indies). His first solo albums, "Iyole" in 1981 and "Djessy" in 1982, were hits  . The African Music Encyclopedia: Music From Africa and the African Diaspora.

Kanda Bongo Man himself sings melodies that curl through the patterns like vines on a trellis. Option magazine took a similar view, writing, "Kanda Bongo Man sure knows how to have fun. This is some of the most joyous music I've ever heard, heavy on both melody and rhythm. While rooted in the soukous tradition, Bongo Man has incorporated an eclectic range of influences. Bongo Man's third . distributed album, Soukous in Central Park, released in 1993, captures the excitement of his live performances.