Mambo Yo Yo

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Ricardo Lemvo and Makina Loca's second outing echoes their reputation as one smoking live band. Congolese born, but schooled in Cuban music from an early age, Lemvo explores his two loves, Zairean Soukous and Cuban Son Montuno, creating an original blend aimed right in the middle. Singing in Lingala, Kikongo, and Spanish, and backed by a band with arrangements leaning towards Cuba, Lemvo's rich African baritone leads through a succession of songs rich in both cultures. The title track refers to the African "mambo" meaning trouble, event, or gathering. You'll be dancing the mambo all through this hard-swinging release full of delights for both Latin and African aficionados. --Derek Rath

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Average customer rating: Quite simply magic, astounding, wonderful ! Upbeat but overproduced FANTASTIC! Afro-Cuban music with el espiritu de la pantera! From Africa to Havana to Paris...

Mambo Yo Yo Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca Manufacturer: Putumayo World Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Africa | International | Styles | Music Zaire & Congo | Africa | International | Styles | Music Soukous | Africa | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Afro-Cuban | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music World Dance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Dance & DJ | Putumayo World Music Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music International | Putumayo World Music Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Latin Music | Putumayo World Music Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Tata Masamba Sao Salvador Ay Valeria! Isabela African Salsa ASIN: B0000064WV Release Date: 1998-05-19

Tracks:

1. Mambo Yo Yo
2. Rinkinkaya
3. Aquella Bendita Foto
4. El De La Rumba Soy Yo (Afrika Mokili Mobimba)
5. El Aguacero
6. Bilolo
7. No Me Enganes Mas
8. Mujer Divina
9. Africa Havana Paris
10. Manuela

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Ricardo Lemvo and Makina Loca's second outing echoes their reputation as one smoking live band. Congolese born, but schooled in Cuban music from an early age, Lemvo explores his two loves, Zairean Soukous and Cuban Son Montuno, creating an original blend aimed right in the middle. Singing in Lingala, Kikongo, and Spanish, and backed by a band with arrangements leaning towards Cuba, Lemvo's rich African baritone leads through a succession of songs rich in both cultures. The title track refers to the African "mambo" meaning trouble, event, or gathering. You'll be dancing the mambo all through this hard-swinging release full of delights for both Latin and African aficionados. --Derek Rath

Customer Reviews:

Quite simply magic, astounding, wonderful !.......2002-07-23

I think many of these reveiws are very subjective, however I hope this is a fair reveiw, that's my intention.
Ricardo Lemvo is a breath of fresh air in music, his music is so interesting because, although it is obviously Salsa, his African background, seeps through in both his singing and also the content of the music.
He really brings together a wonderful marriage of Salsa, and African music. This is particularly interesting because in the Congo he would have been brought up in a style of music called La Rumba Congolaise, which was heavily South American flavoured, and it is fascinating that he is now exporting part of this 'Rumba' back into South American music !
He sings from the heart, but it is a joyful melodic singing, his songs are uplifting, he makes you feel good, you feel happy when you listen to his music.
You can not beleive that he is from the Congo in Africa, because his Salsa, is very Cuban in style, however once you know that he is African, it becomes very obvious in his music.
I am from Britain and have been brought up on a diet of pop and rock, my favourites were Jimmi Hendricks, Led Zepplin, Peter Gabriel e.t.c.
Ricardo Lemvo is the equal of any of them, he is a great.
I have been fortunate enough to have seen Youssou N'dour in concert, and now my biggest ambition is to see Ricardo Lemvo.
Ricardo when's the next album coming out ?
When are you coming to Britain ?

Upbeat but overproduced.......2001-02-10

I love the mix of Cuban and African rhythms and styles and the music is upbeat throughout, so that's why I rated it fairly highly. It would make good background party music.

However, the CD doesn't compel me to get up and dance. It just doesn't have enough energy or spunk. I think the CD is overproduced, so these guys don't feel like they are having as much fun as they should be!

FANTASTIC!.......1999-05-24

Great show at the Conga Room in Los Angeles, Sunday 5.23.99. This is my entry to win an autographed CD. hope I'm one of the 10.

Afro-Cuban music with el espiritu de la pantera!.......1999-04-10

Ricardo Lemvo, a Congolese musician who sings in Spanish with an African flare, successfully achieves some truly great Afro-Cuban music with Makina Loca. I picked this up in Puerto Rico, where I was told it's all the rage in Cuba. The first two tracks are the most fun.

From Africa to Havana to Paris..........1999-02-27

The beauty of Latin music comes from the blend, the mixture of African rhythms and European melodies, seasoned with just a bit of indigenous New World influences and Middle Eastern tones. Originating in the Caribbean, Latin music spread via migration to New York where it became Salsa and via trade to West Africa where it became Soukous.

Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca join Salsa and Soukous into a musical stew which takes Latin music to a new place. African musicians have been playing Cuban based music for decades, first staying quite close to the form, then substituting electric guitars for horns to develop Congolese Rumba and Soukous. Some, like Africando, have come back to the Cuban style, but it is really just copying, ala Linda Ronstadt's "Frenesi", faithful reproductions of the Cuban sound with little innovation. Lemvo and his band, now based in Los Angeles, play something new and unique, a music which has travelled back and forth across the Atlantic several times, accumulating lots of innovation on its way.

The music on "Mambo Yo Yo" can be characterized as mainly Cuban-style son montuno with trumpets (sometimes muted giving that "tropical moonlight" sound), driving piano, even a tres on many numbers. But then we hear the trap drums, the characteristic Congolese electric guitar runs and the occasional Kikongo and Lingala lyrics all of which combine to give us music which is interesting, entertaining, infectiously happy, good natured. Lemvo's personal touch reflects a lifelong love of Cuban music by someone who grew up in modern Africa and the musical melting pot of the US. The international band members (besides Lemvo, the musicians hail from the US, Mexico, Cuba, South America and the Netherlands) led by musical director Niño Jesús Pérez complement each other well on this album which will make you want to find out more about Salsa and about Soukous...but not until you're done dancing!

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Almodóvar Early Films Manufacturer: Silva America ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Mexico | International | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Songs of Almodóvar Volver Todo Sobre Mi Madre Bad Education Viva La Tristeza ASIN: B000B6TR8O Release Date: 2005-10-04

Tracks:

1. Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown: Mujeres Al Borde De Un Ataque De Nervios
2. Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown: La Mirada Indescreta
3. Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown: Taxi Triste
4. Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown: El Telefono No Suena
5. Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown: Hacia El Aeropuerto
6. Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown: Los Tacones De Pepa
7. Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown: Taxi Mambo
8. Matador: Composicion En Rojo
9. Matador: Persecucion Telepatica
10. Matador: Composicion En Ocre
11. Matador: Composicion En Negro
12. Matador: Matador
13. What Have I Done To Deserve This?: El Lagarto
14. What Have I Done To Deserve This?: La Familia De Gloria
15. What Have I Done To Deserve This?: Madrid-Berlin
16. What Have I Done To Deserve This?: La Soledad De Gloria
17. What Have I Done To Deserve This?: Que He Hecho Yo Para Merecer Esto!
18. Labyrinth Of Passions: Gran Ganga
19. Labyrinth Of Passions: Suck It To Me

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Tú Y Yo (You'n'Me) Tito Puente Manufacturer: Fania ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cuba | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Salsa | Latin Music | Styles | Music Mambo | Latin Music | Styles | Music Big Band | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B000059O8O

Tracks:

1. Yo Soy Como Soy
2. Con Mil Desenga
3. Lola
4. Y Sin Embargo Te Quiro
5. Buen Biaje
6. Pajarillo
7. Guajiro de Cunagua
8. Lamento Borincano
9. Titita
10. Viva Mi Tristeza
11. Agua de Beber
12. Yo Traigo Bomba

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Greatest Hits - Bernstein, Copland, Gershwin, Stravinsky Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Copland | Copland, Aaron | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Stravinsky | Stravinsky, Igor | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Concertinos | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Overtures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Scherzo | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Cleveland Orchestra | ( C ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music New York Philharmonic Orchestra | ( N ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music St. Louis Symphony Orchestra | ( S ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Psalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000029NQ Release Date: 1995-12-05

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Yo Soy La Rumba Machito Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cuba | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Mambo | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B000008NJK Release Date: 1994-10-04

Tracks:

1. Guardia con el Tolete
2. Risque
3. Baja el Caballo
4. Lo Llevo en Mi
5. Yo Soy la Rumba
6. Noche de Ronda
7. Tanga
8. Mi Cancion Es Para Ti
9. Asi No Se Quiere a Nadie
10. Es Que No Comprendes
11. Entre Juanito y Jose
12. Balanza

Average customer rating: Cuban, Rhythmic and Hot!

Asi Soy Yo Maria Victoria Manufacturer: Universal Latino ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Bolero | Latin Music | Styles | Music Mambo | Latin Music | Styles | Music ASIN: B00006640E Release Date: 2002-04-30

Tracks:

1. Esa Es Bara
2. Imaginote
3. Cuando Acaba el Placer
4. Popurron Pe
5. Yo Soy Tu Amiga
6. Yo No Tengo la Culpa
7. San Lro-Sixta Patr
8. Hoy He Vuelto Amar
9. Muete la Lengua
10. Mi Divino Se

Customer Reviews:

Cuban, Rhythmic and Hot!.......2002-09-17

Maria Victoria's talent comes through in this CD. She is exhuberant, flashy and sings her Cuban Sons with incredibly entertaining gusto. From originals to classics, this is a very danceable CD. The production leaves something to be desired, you feel her backup should be stronger. However, if you want an upbeat, good time latin CD, this one's for you.

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Yo Quiero Mambo Leo Acosta Manufacturer: Kubaney Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Latin General | Latin Music | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Latin General | Latin Music | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B00008FAME Release Date: 1993-08-05

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El Rey y Yo (The King and I) Tito Puente Y La Lupe Manufacturer: Tico ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cuba | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Salsa | Latin Music | Styles | Music Mambo | Latin Music | Styles | Music Big Band | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B00008FWK9 Release Date: 1993-12-14

Tracks:

1. Cumba, Cumba
2. Ruega Por Nosotros
3. Salve Plena
4. Yesterday
5. Oriente
6. Jala-Jala Panameedley: Si Me Quereis/El Tambor de la Alegria
7. Y Que?
8. Esas Lagrimas Son Pocas
9. Mi Gente
10. Amo
11. Steak-O-Lean
12. Rezo-A-Yemaya

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Ambassadors of Rhythm "FEATURING: Ismael Rivera, Joe Cuba Sextet, Nelson Pinedo, Machito, La Sonora Matancera, Damiron Y Chapuseaux, Cheo Feliciano, La Sonora Mantancera, Ray Caney Y Su Orquesta, Luis Kalaff Con Los Alegres Dominicanos, Celia Cruz, Rene Grand, Perez Prado Y Su Orquesta" El Negro Bembon - Ismael Rivera / Siempre Sere - Joe Cuba Sextet / El Muneco De La Ciudad - Nelson Pinedo / El Jamaquino - Machito / , Yo No Soy Guapo - La Sonora Matancera / Ponte En Vela Jose - Damiron Y Chapuseaux / Arinanara - Cheo Feliciano / Si No Fuera Ella - La Sonora Mantancera / , No Hace Falto Papel - Ray Caney Y Su Orquesta / La Ligadura - Luis Kalaff Con Los Alegres Dominicanos / Vaya Vallende - Celia Cruz / , Relax And Mambo - Machito / Besito De Coco - La Sonora Matancera / La Empaliza - Damiron Y Chapuseaux / , 30 Kilos - Ray Caney Y Su Orquesta / Linstead Market - La Sonora Mantancera / Chacho - Rene Grand / , and La Zumbadora - Luis Kalaff Con Los Alegres Dominicanos / Bongo - Celia Cruz / Mambo No.5 - Perez Prado Y Su Orquesta ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000QH2H2G

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El Rey y Yo (The King and I) Tito Puente Y La Lupe Manufacturer: Musicrama/Koch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cuba | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Salsa | Latin Music | Styles | Music Mambo | Latin Music | Styles | Music Big Band | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000DYZN Release Date: 1995-10-12

Tracks:

1. Cumba, Cumba
2. Ruega Por Nosotros
3. Salve Plena
4. Yesterday
5. Oriente
6. Jala-Jala Panameedley: Si Me Quereis/El Tambor de la Alegria
7. Y Que?
8. Esas Lagrimas Son Pocas
9. Mi Gente
10. Amo
11. Steak-O-Lean
12. Rezo-A-Yemaya

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