Orchestre Le Peuple : Le Peuple/Tia Tibi Tia Yala (1980-1981: Rumba Soukous)

Orchestre Le Peuple was a breakaway group from Bantous de La Capitale. It was vocalists Pamelo Mounk'a (RIP), Celestin Kouka, and Kosmos Moutouari who left to create a collective. As a replacement, Bantous recruited vocalist Tchico Tchicaya, Theo Blaise Kounkou, and couple of other members to fill the void. Guitarist Denis "La Cloche" Loubassou joined after his "African Kings Pili Pili" crumbled in the late 1970's, Tchico Tchicaya ended up departing towards West Africa, in return, immediate success.

This was the LP before vocalist Kosmos left towards Paris, France. He later rejoined Bantous in the mid 1980's. He currently lives in Brazzaville. #LePeuple #Congo #Africa #DenisLoubassou #BlackPeople #Soukous #Music #AfricanMusic #Guitar #Africana #Guitarra