Ballou Canta
Настоящее имя: Ballou Canta
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Ballou Canta is from Congo-Brazzaville. He founded the first orchestra of workers in the Congo: Tele-music. His first record, a 45 rpm entitled SAMBALA released in 1978, won the first prize for Congolese song. He has been living in France since the early 80s where he has worked with many artists. Among the best known, we can cite Manu Dibango, Ray Lema, Lokua Kanza, Papa Wemba, Koffi Olomide, Oliver N'Goma etc ... In 1990 he founded with Lokassa Ya Mbongo the group Soukous Stars. He produced the Bolingo Sonia album which was to be a great success. In 1997, the album Rencontre, entirely recorded in Martinique at the Hibiscus studio with elements of the Kwak group. Last production to date, his participation, by writing 2 tracks, in the album X-tra directed by Ronald Rubinel. In addition to his participation in numerous albums as a backing singer, Ballou Canta is also an arranger and director.