Frank Bessem's Musiques d'Afrique: Zao (Congo-Brazzaville) |
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Zao, or Casimir Zoba in full, is known for his song with lyrics full of biting social
commentary and satire, such as When grown up, he was recruted as a prercussionist by Les Anges, and during the communist regime Congolese groups were often sent abroad to perform in friendly fellow-communist countries. Notwithstanding his musical career, he went to the Ecole normale to become a teacher. Parallel to this, he continued with Les Anges, but in the early 1980s, he started to sing solo and already in 1982, he received the RFI prix découverte for his song Throughout the 1980s, he recorded various albums in Paris, and toured on a regular basis in France and other francophone countries. In the 1990s, Zao used his success to promote other, mostly more traditional, artists by producing them. He also made an album with newer versions of older songs Sources used: Congoplus.com Le Hall de la chanson |
Title | Year | Label | Remarks |
L’aiguille | 2006 | Lusafrica 46262-2 | |
Renaissance - de Pointe Noire à Trouville Deauville | 2000 | Celluloid 67023-2 | |
Moustique / Patron | 2000 | Bleu Caraibes 82204-2 | Double album compiling 2 previous albums |
Zao | 1992 | Barclay 513 457-2 | |
Patron | 1989 | Bleu Caraibes 82463-2 | |
Moustique | 1988 | Bleu Caraibes 82418-2 | |
Ancien combattant / Corbillard /Soulard | 1986 | Black Music 46002-2 | LP: Black Music BM 8029 |
Corbillard | [1983] | Sacodis | LP |
Ancien combattant | 1982 | LP |