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Le bikutsi y est plong\u00e9 dans une afro-pop tr\u00e8s arrang\u00e9e, entre funk et disco. On lorgne aussi vers le makossa et Mekongo osera m\u00eame le slow. On retrouve avec lui, le grand Ben\u2019s Belinga au saxophone, fr\u00e8re ind\u00e9fectible qui sera un de ses rares soutiens dans les p\u00e9riodes de d\u00e9pression de la fin de sa vie. Belinga est aussi le sax des Tour\u00e9 Kunda, et il ram\u00e8ne ici avec lui, Isma\u00efla Tour\u00e9, qui tient les percussions.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf2 \ud83c\udfb8 \ud83c\udfb7 \ud83c\udfb6 \ud83c\udf0d Mekongo Pr\u00e9sident a \u00e9t\u00e9 l\u2019un des artisans principaux de la modernisation du bikutsi. Multi-instrumentiste, et surtout extr\u00eamement dou\u00e9, il avait achev\u00e9 sa formation musicale en voyageant, en Afrique, au Canada, avant de s\u2019installer en France. Il fera partie de l\u2019\u00e9ph\u00e9m\u00e8re groupe disco-funk Ozila, avec Jacob Desvarieux et Douglas Mbida. 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