Bassala Hot - Verckys et l´Orchestre Vévé by Analog Africa published on 2014-11-05T15:20:42Z Release date 02.12.2014 "On his visit to Kinshasa James Brown dubbed him *Mister Dynamite*" It has been a struggle to lay hands on Verckys, although the man doesn´t go unnoticed. Notorious for being one of Congo´s most ruthless business men, the legendary musician had build a whole imperium in Kinshasa, the capital city of the central african power house (arguably one of the toughest places in the world) and has a whole building with his name, in the very heart of the city. So I travelled to the Congo in June of 2013 to find Verckys only to find out that he headed in opposite direction to sort out his health issues. But I did meet his manager who gave me his phone number, so I called: "Oh Monsieur Samy, we need to met, lets talk business", he said, probably not knowing that I was an independent record label, with all it represents. But the more I spoke to the men the more I realised that he was genuinely interested in music more then anything else. The following message I received few weeks ago, confirmed my feeling: "Samy, I am writing to you because I´m a little worried. I´ve been thinking about your selection and I now wonder if your compilation will do well due to the fact that the chosen songs had little impact in Kinshasa. Others had much more success" I was surprised but pleased to see that he cared about the project although I had already paid him in full. But why wouldn't he? Its his music after all. "Most of the songs you´ve selected were recorded in Nairobi, for the Kenyan market. These songs did very well there, also in Zambia, but here in the Congo they flopped...except for "Ya Nini", that was a monster hit. Still, I am very surprised you´ve mentioned it has become a legendary track in Colombia, positively surprised" This compilation was supposed to be released in October as a limited edition of 2000 copies, but after a few Skype chats with Verckys, seeing that he has come to terms with his health issues, and pushing for a European tour come next summer, we´ve decided to release this as Analog Africa No.17 which is now going to see light of day first week of December. In the mean time enjoy this imperial slice of Congolese Afrobeat. "Bassala Hot" is doomed to cast a spell on each and every dancefloor that dares to spin its bewitching sound. Beware!!! Thank you for reading. Samy (Analog Africa) Genre Afrofunk Comment by Martin Njeru beautiful!!! 2016-01-12T21:46:02Z Comment by Robin Sure brilliant! 2015-06-25T12:07:49Z Comment by ds peligro Juicylicious 2015-04-25T21:07:17Z Comment by Elise Atangana yeah groovvvyyy 2015-04-12T11:22:14Z Comment by norapod いえー 2015-03-30T05:30:21Z Comment by DJ Gustavo mm my-god!!! 2015-03-17T17:09:41Z Comment by Doctor Stereo (((RAW))) 2015-03-14T18:50:06Z Comment by Siye Heƙe An alternative-like song? 2015-02-08T18:22:18Z Comment by Amazulu amazing roots 2015-01-28T13:25:49Z Comment by GSKN what a groooove 2015-01-17T17:27:48Z Comment by Lawrence Gordon 2 this is awsome ! 2015-01-09T10:55:44Z Comment by - Jodeli - Quality track ! Reblogged here : https://www.facebook.com/pages/Around-The-World/1501461786774144 2014-12-08T17:42:54Z Comment by juicewillisbkk can already see this sitting in my best of list for 2014. 2014-11-06T15:43:33Z Comment by CronicasDelMelomano HOLY MOLLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! 2014-11-06T03:56:11Z Comment by Lucas Posada awesome! 2014-11-06T03:26:55Z Comment by Jutta Weise psychedelic 2014-11-05T19:12:55Z Comment by Jutta Weise psychedelic 2014-11-05T19:11:27Z Comment by Jutta Weise -wooow 2014-11-05T19:08:15Z