CONGOLESE GUITAR STYLE SOUKOUS

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  • @ElvisMandika
    @ElvisMandika 11 років тому +144

    To everyone that ever wonder why african always happy with all the struggles... this video should be the aswer. Music is our secret happiness.

    • @StuLenS_Gaming
      @StuLenS_Gaming 6 років тому +2

      speedcannon69 it really is, no doubt

    • @camilouseche598
      @camilouseche598 5 років тому +5

      Music n weed, son. Happiness right there

    • @princemadumetja9475
      @princemadumetja9475 5 років тому

      true

    • @dooobyscoo4569
      @dooobyscoo4569 3 роки тому +1

      @@camilouseche598 Exactly

    • @edwardbode5472
      @edwardbode5472 3 роки тому

      Sorry to be so off topic but does anyone know a trick to log back into an instagram account??
      I somehow forgot my login password. I love any help you can offer me!

  • @LimKaamen
    @LimKaamen 6 років тому +117

    Congolese (Kinshasa) the most professional musicians anywhere! Their influence extends well beyond the Congo.

  • @Nicksteez
    @Nicksteez 6 років тому +55

    It is funny how i was raised in Curacao but still discovered this style of music in Barranquilla Colombia back in the 80's i felt in love instantly!!

    • @otherw1s3
      @otherw1s3 5 років тому

      🇨🇼🇨🇼🇨🇼🇨🇼🇨🇼

    • @camilouseche598
      @camilouseche598 5 років тому +3

      Greetings from Colombia

    • @nicsab09
      @nicsab09 5 років тому +11

      Yup it's called champeta. As a congolese, I was surprised to see how famous congolese music is in Colombia. I like Colombian music as well. Btw, I was in Aruba in 2018 and loved it. Beautiful island

    • @NarenZona
      @NarenZona 4 роки тому +1

      Greetings from Santa Marta Colombia 🤟

    • @ataladin87
      @ataladin87 2 роки тому

      How???

  • @granini2710
    @granini2710 2 роки тому +15

    As a half-Tanzanian half-German child, I never could explain why certain music made me feel so safe and sheltered. Now I know, it is the African guitar riff syle that I've known and loved since I was a little child. Asante sana!

  • @joncollins4214
    @joncollins4214 6 років тому +12

    "I have been playing guitar on and off....for a while" I wish there was a love button.

  • @ryanwilliams4223
    @ryanwilliams4223 7 років тому +93

    This guy is fucking nuts,the most beautiful style of guitar playing ive ever listen to,I can see how those simple chords can be turned into magic,its kind of like surf rock and punk rock mixed chords to be fair

  • @rahadyanpuspa3783
    @rahadyanpuspa3783 10 років тому +62

    That's why africa is great , greeting from southeast asia

    • @ocayaro
      @ocayaro 6 років тому +1

      The world's music is great, music connects us all.

    • @nathanmabeya9114
      @nathanmabeya9114 6 років тому

      Rahadyan Puspa mmjqklkqsa

  • @greymuzik
    @greymuzik 6 років тому +56

    So proud to be congolese when i hear this. Thank god for for my parents who always played kofi, papa wemba, pepe kale ❤️❤️🇨🇩🇨🇩

    • @sindanonegongo1199
      @sindanonegongo1199 10 місяців тому

      Kofi is a legend anywhere you go in africa

    • @greymuzik
      @greymuzik 10 місяців тому +1

      @@sindanonegongo1199 Yes of course my brother but im just saying Kofi is from Congolese🙏🏾

    • @sindanonegongo1199
      @sindanonegongo1199 10 місяців тому

      @@greymuzik mos definitely

  • @MrGrasham1
    @MrGrasham1 4 роки тому +11

    Love Soukous music love Zimbabwe🇿🇼🇿🇼makes me move.

  • @marlintubbs6783
    @marlintubbs6783 11 років тому +7

    Joyful! It's lemon floating in iced tea as dark as the Congo river.
    With a sprig of mint.....
    When a guitarist says "this says" you can tell he places human value to his works, which gives them true life. I really dig this.

  • @michaellindsey2031
    @michaellindsey2031 3 роки тому +7

    I was introduced to Soukous when I saw Diblo Dibala in Central Park, Summer of ‘91. Musically, it was the best concert I’ve ever been to. I have always loved Soukous ever since, and haven’t found any guitarist as amazing as Diblo.

    • @jujughostjujughost4758
      @jujughostjujughost4758 3 роки тому +1

      Agree! Saw him (Diblo) with Aurelius Mabele and Loketo at Montreux in Atlanta in the summer of '89. Nothing compares.

    • @shakajeff9810
      @shakajeff9810 2 роки тому

      Diblo is the most amazing guitarist I have ever encountered.

  • @bigjude100
    @bigjude100 4 роки тому +5

    Greetings from Haiti.
    I love Soukous and Ndombolo music

  • @everettdea
    @everettdea 9 років тому +34

    Listening to this makes me feel like I'm in heaven. Incredibly soulful music.

    • @ryanwilliams4223
      @ryanwilliams4223 7 років тому +3

      I know right,I thought blues took me to heaven but this takes me further

  • @ClTlZEN_X
    @ClTlZEN_X 6 років тому +8

    I can keep the part where you play on repeat for 48 hours straight and not get tired of it. Awesome!

  • @danieljosejimenezgarcia4845
    @danieljosejimenezgarcia4845 10 років тому +26

    Greetings from Barranquilla. North of Colombia alive soukous ..

  • @CelticSaint
    @CelticSaint 12 років тому +16

    I have always loved this sound. Even when I was a big metal fan in the 80's! Great playing man!

  • @OPTIONALWATCH
    @OPTIONALWATCH 2 роки тому +3

    When I was a boy in the 70s I heard this style of guitar and loved it. I think it's a beautiful melody on guitar.

  • @chiedozieugwudike8076
    @chiedozieugwudike8076 3 роки тому +1

    Congolese soukos gets me everytime. Love from Nigeria

  • @60madidi
    @60madidi 5 років тому +6

    les guitares congolaises sont les meilleures du monde

  • @SuperKwame1
    @SuperKwame1 12 років тому +8

    A very intelligent brother. a great skill to have, Guitar. I come from Ghana and a family of musicians.

  • @chartiere8164
    @chartiere8164 9 років тому +7

    now that's the kind of teacher I need ..u play just the way I love

    • @always-stay-positive5187
      @always-stay-positive5187 9 років тому +1

      +jack beezle That's true. Actually you can learn western blues/rock solos because there they explain loads of theory which will make your life easier when you migrate to soukous.

    • @chartiere8164
      @chartiere8164 9 років тому

      i agree

  • @Pumpkeepoo
    @Pumpkeepoo 13 років тому +11

    i don't really know how to play the guitar, tho i'm in the process of learning in school, and for my assignment ive to write an essay on african guitar styles and im choosing congolese guitar style (soukous) and palm wine! just stumbled across this while doing some research, this is such a happy song!! :D

    • @hwung1290
      @hwung1290 5 років тому +1

      can you play now?

  • @polyrhythmatics
    @polyrhythmatics 12 років тому +6

    Thank you! I love soukous and I loved learning more about the concepts and technique behind it.

  • @EvaluateAssimilate
    @EvaluateAssimilate 6 років тому +4

    Chord tones are key for blending both the rhythm and lead so that they dance on the same stage singing off the same hymn sheet. Here is a great example of music making melody with one another - not just a mindless fumble. Love it.

  • @gorkenei3257
    @gorkenei3257 7 років тому +3

    I love this style of guitar. oh my god I can listen for days

  • @abuidnsampala
    @abuidnsampala 9 років тому +8

    Hmmmmmm i love the way he is picking! Effortlessly!

  • @sindanonegongo1199
    @sindanonegongo1199 10 місяців тому +1

    That introduction is no a joke. Is a good vibe

  • @randythirdsun6751
    @randythirdsun6751 9 років тому +11

    Beautiful Intellectual Playing!

  • @htslogisticsllc8351
    @htslogisticsllc8351 8 місяців тому +1

    this brother just played the best guitar ive ever heard then proceeds to say "its basic form". God is Great!

  • @imaboy.
    @imaboy. 11 місяців тому +1

    im from ohio!! i’ve played all genres, this one is by far the MOST enjoyable to play

  • @christianhume7618
    @christianhume7618 8 років тому +4

    I could watch you play guitar whole day man!! LOL... Vibes, soul, spirit....BOOM!!

  • @Joelpenda
    @Joelpenda 10 років тому +20

    I love the confidence in your playing style.
    Nice

  • @mohsy4686
    @mohsy4686 10 років тому +6

    So nice. The definition of calming music.

  • @erastosolomon4554
    @erastosolomon4554 6 років тому +7

    Greetings from Tanzania 🇹🇿🇹🇿🇹🇿 I like it my brother

  • @mzuvendi
    @mzuvendi 5 років тому +18

    I cant believe myself I'm so blessed listening to this piece for 10 yrs since 2010! Is this Adamson alive?

  • @dafrovenom
    @dafrovenom 5 років тому +1

    ive been searching for this video for some time now brother ..... big love Joseph Otieno Adamson.... Love from South Africa

  • @chjadam
    @chjadam 12 років тому +6

    This music comes from the heart!

  • @davidleitman
    @davidleitman 9 років тому +4

    wow!!!! I want to play some music listening to this

  • @minzid2010
    @minzid2010 10 років тому +11

    Love the way you are feeling it yourself too. Love it love it make more

  • @afraakori
    @afraakori 6 років тому +6

    This is amazing! Real talent never disappoints

  • @luismadrid3309
    @luismadrid3309 2 роки тому +1

    Waooo, excelente 👍😃 viva el soukous, saludos desde Colombia 🇨🇴❤️

  • @NeryElsalvador
    @NeryElsalvador 6 років тому +9

    Nice blessing from El Salvador.

  • @fineststeel
    @fineststeel 13 років тому +6

    Jambo Joseph. Asanti sana. Mzuri. I first heard Soukous in Nairobi in 1986 played by a band from the Zaire region. I was hooked.You are right the complexity, the subtlety of it is endless, the beats are so compelling and yet whimsical.
    God Bless you..Joseph.

  • @dynamicdssm3727
    @dynamicdssm3727 7 років тому +3

    I love the way you people break and organise the music os simple.

  • @judelove
    @judelove 11 років тому +198

    Forget the soukous tutorial. We are here for the intro bit of the video.

    • @lebryx7439
      @lebryx7439 7 років тому +3

      Jude Mukundane thats it !

    • @maga3688
      @maga3688 7 років тому +2

      ahaha yeeessssss

    • @atwenga
      @atwenga 7 років тому +7

      Lol, me too, keeps coming back to it

    • @nado94460
      @nado94460 7 років тому +7

      The way he moves his head on this beat :-) :-) so great. Amazing music

    • @youngsapp99
      @youngsapp99 7 років тому +1

      HaHAHA so true

  • @rananjerry6268
    @rananjerry6268 10 років тому +68

    You need to put the full version of the song you were playing in the beginning

  • @Keep83
    @Keep83 Рік тому

    I’m from the U.S. Midwest. Not a musician or anything, but I discovered Tabu Ley Rochereau about 25 years ago when I was only about 23 or 23.
    I didn’t know anything about Soukous, but it appealed to me instantly.
    I remember that it made me happy. Still does. 😊

  • @npet6842
    @npet6842 Рік тому

    13 years since you posted your dvd to Australia for me . The years keep on rolling ! Stay well 🙂

  • @Nnfefe
    @Nnfefe 13 років тому

    I have listened to Lokwa Kanza and he blew my mind. There is more to soukous or Congo music than meets the ear. His music is easy listening giving more prove than you people are naturally gifted musicians

  • @RDCFemmes
    @RDCFemmes 3 роки тому +6

    I might be bias but I LOVE how we play the guitar

  • @AfricansinLondonTV
    @AfricansinLondonTV  14 років тому +14

    The DVD will be available in the new year which is around the corner, I wish all a happy new year

  • @birdmanbl
    @birdmanbl 3 роки тому +1

    I'm slack jawed..and I've played 45 years...this is so cool positive and intricate

  • @kingjehosaphat5439
    @kingjehosaphat5439 6 років тому +5

    the sound is amazing !

  • @maxmiguel500
    @maxmiguel500 3 роки тому +3

    I came across soukous about twenty five years back and have always liked how it gets along . I think its a dance hall style . Wondered why the sound has never been taken up in the West .

  • @anilomd
    @anilomd 11 років тому +1

    I fell in love with soukous the first time I heard it.

  • @damiano9522
    @damiano9522 8 років тому +22

    The words from 6:47 to 7: 42 are probably the most important words I've ever heard about music. Any kind of music.

    • @christianhume7618
      @christianhume7618 7 років тому +7

      So true!!.....there is technique...then there is soul!! Place the same instrument in the hands of virtuoso players from different parts of the world, and different things come out!! Each region, each player brings their own soul into the music...that something from inside them that cannot be replicated in a textbook or tutorial, or even practice.

    • @StuLenS_Gaming
      @StuLenS_Gaming 4 роки тому

      Damiano i strongly agree

  • @marlintubbs6783
    @marlintubbs6783 11 років тому +1

    @ Joseph:
    You would play blues absolutely fine! Blues is universal. It's something no one can learn, or someone can teach. Blues is passed on from person to person. it's what you experience when you listen to blues. it affects people different ways. Say I showed you some old blues song I picked up from Furry Lewis, (the way you showed me some Soukous) You'd be playing 'Your blues' with a soukous flair, or vice versa, You have now just created a blues for some one to pick up on. Your feelings, your soul is now out there for another soul to connect with musically. Your blues melt with their blues. It's all universal, and it's nothing but feeling what you're dealing to get others reeling. Thank you for sharing soukous with everybody. I absolutely love it!

  • @victormukembe9740
    @victormukembe9740 3 роки тому

    as a Congolese, this is the music a grew up listening to sounds.

  • @juandrey
    @juandrey 8 років тому +6

    i loved this style :) , SOUKOUS its great

  • @ubarhd1
    @ubarhd1 5 років тому

    👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🕺💃🏼🕺💃🏼🕺✨👌🏼🙏🏻amazing guitarist this is the way soukous and seben done bravo

  • @alansibuoroyugi1120
    @alansibuoroyugi1120 7 років тому +1

    This great guy sang 'kutangatanga' many years back. Always wondered where he went....I'm happy to see this

  • @Lina-hj8bw
    @Lina-hj8bw 2 роки тому +1

    This gets me excited. I am from Barranquilla, with Cartagena background (Colombia)😍

  • @ToneLocoNoJokeYo
    @ToneLocoNoJokeYo 11 років тому +3

    what he said about how you can learn a different cultures music, but it just wont sound the same, is soo true. Its just like a person who learns to speak a different language.

  • @ayanda8444
    @ayanda8444 9 років тому +8

    super cours de guitare !!! et super musique !!!

  • @kubricksghost6058
    @kubricksghost6058 9 місяців тому +1

    I just discovered this genre today

  • @ThaFacka
    @ThaFacka 12 років тому +5

    it's beautiful.

  • @juliusbintu
    @juliusbintu 6 років тому

    No doubt, Joseph is a guitar genius. That intro music.... I just didn't want it to stop! LOL!

  • @apuwdm2
    @apuwdm2 10 років тому +24

    Greetings from India! I always aim to listen to the intro song just once, but 10-20 times is more likely. Joseph Adamson, I join most of others to ask for the name of the song. Please do post the complete version of this song.

  • @amaurypuche5007
    @amaurypuche5007 4 роки тому +1

    Saludos desde Colombia caribe

  • @nickysonpiyo4143
    @nickysonpiyo4143 6 років тому

    Sebeeenn.... Luweluwe..... Lol... I can dance 💃 this tune the whole day.. Best there's

  • @edgarfigueredo7955
    @edgarfigueredo7955 7 років тому +3

    Verry good. I will like to play that electric guitar so nice. You doite so easy

  • @NatyLola832
    @NatyLola832 11 місяців тому +1

    ❤love it!!!

  • @GiTwIXx4501
    @GiTwIXx4501 4 роки тому

    every so often I come back to this video

  • @pietropes1322
    @pietropes1322 3 роки тому +2

    Amazing!

  • @akins1der
    @akins1der 14 років тому +1

    Excellent! Very good. Akin from Nigeria by way of America

  • @dorobucci_strngs2115
    @dorobucci_strngs2115 2 роки тому +1

    Chai...am in tears right now

  • @sizwendlanzi8181
    @sizwendlanzi8181 6 років тому +1

    Africa does things differently and very beautifully!

  • @florencebenesto8306
    @florencebenesto8306 9 років тому +11

    Is there a full version of this solo, I love it, well played, you are a master I keep playing it again and again while I am working, like you said, its intoxicating, i made my American friends listen to it because they kept seeing me dancing in my chair and they also want to listen to a full version.

  • @TheNagualZone
    @TheNagualZone 6 років тому +1

    my black soul family is so blessed with riddim!

  • @Renwickrobin
    @Renwickrobin 14 років тому

    Men I am from Dominica Caribbean and your music is popular Down there and I am also guitar player but I love your Style

  • @AfricansinLondonTV
    @AfricansinLondonTV  14 років тому +3

    The DVD will be ready in Feb 2011, I am also recording a backing track to play along with plus you you cancreate your music with it. I hope this what everybody who want to learn about soukous is been waiting for HAPPY NEW YEAR

  • @ymardtsimba6349
    @ymardtsimba6349 3 роки тому +1

    This the best video ever

  • @Dead-Eye
    @Dead-Eye Рік тому

    Great stuff. Nice to see the components of this awesome music explained.👍

  • @montanondongnguemaeyang5904
    @montanondongnguemaeyang5904 10 років тому

    Well done Mr. Otieno, you are the best solo player I've ever seen.

  • @ngindubeaudine7193
    @ngindubeaudine7193 10 років тому +15

    GOOD MUSIC FROM CONGO

  • @bongCrescendo
    @bongCrescendo 13 років тому

    I am intoxicated, that's for sure, slowly digesting this. I will surely practice. Thanks a lot.

  • @IsaacOgila
    @IsaacOgila 13 років тому +1

    Luo with Swagger!! Omera In ja Kanye? What bands you played in? You sound like you've been in diaspora too much too. This is the music we love here in Kenya-Limpopo Jazz Band (Musa Juma), JaMnazi, Dola Kabarry........

  • @felixdra
    @felixdra 12 років тому +12

    hi!Joseph Im from Colombia and i would like tu get your book but how?, i like to do a fusion soukous with colombian rhythms

  • @safina1253
    @safina1253 Рік тому

    Sweden is with You Always. Respectfully

  • @MrAlfam
    @MrAlfam 12 років тому +3

    I come from very different cultures and kind of an amateur musician myself....I would like to hear your comments on the music of Ricardo Lemvo and this guitar sound mix with latin beats....there are others...a lot of Dominican/New york musicians playing a kind of Merengue and particularly Bachata genre..the guitar play sounds a lot like soukous.....

  • @qualitydag1
    @qualitydag1 3 роки тому +6

    The most beautiful guitar style in the world. You are a great guitarist.The spirit of this music opens up my heart. Just bought a guitar so I can learn to play it and Soukous music. Where can I get your DVD?

  • @DanielBoakye
    @DanielBoakye 13 років тому

    this is a great video /..it was very helpful,As an african from Ghana i have been influence more by foreign tutorials on youtbe.. this makes it difficult when am playing an african song ..this video is a great start for me.. thank you...

  • @izmar
    @izmar 9 років тому +2

    Lol! "I have been playing guitar on and off for a while." Awesome music, and player!

    • @everettdea
      @everettdea 8 років тому +1

      Nothing is more inspiring than an expert who is humble.

    • @richierich1283
      @richierich1283 7 років тому

      You need to start again in the middle of the verse. don’t be to monotonous
      Play another progression .
      Richard from East Africa Uganda
      Ex Drifters. Uganda 1965

  • @betterworldok3802
    @betterworldok3802 6 років тому

    Well explained in a short video, I would love to learn it. Great rhythm

  • @snkafrica1731
    @snkafrica1731 4 роки тому +4

    I have heard of Koffi Olomide before. He sang Selfie is an it!

  • @Hammstah
    @Hammstah 12 років тому +1

    Joseph, this is fantastic! Will you ever be coming to play in Chicago! We have a great African community, many from East Africa! We would pack the theater for you!

  • @danieljosejimenezgarcia4845
    @danieljosejimenezgarcia4845 10 років тому +1

    It is a pleasure for me to hear their genre of music. is our custom here to take your style of music and make them with a mix without affecting its originality .. the sound of your guitar is powerful and heard in the popular neighborhoods of my city with great sound systems .. which we call pick up. (piko) its so good

  • @kennethnyongesa6899
    @kennethnyongesa6899 11 років тому +1

    Wish you train our youth back home in Kenya who think and only dream of synthmusic

  • @lumurumba
    @lumurumba Рік тому +1

    I love the little guitar slides in this genre. Sounds amazing. Never gets old even though it’s repetitive.

  • @MDefsquad9
    @MDefsquad9 14 років тому

    @JosephAdamson1 oh ok i understand thanks..Im simply amaze about this stuff..its incredible..like the melody is so powerful..very intoxicating..yeah you have all genres that are goodd and great sounds..but this stuff is just unbelievable..