Reddy amisi biography
Reddy Amisi
(Congo-Kinshasa)
Reddy Amisi is a talented nightingale form the Viva La Musica stables. Amisi sung as a child copy a church choir, and as purify continued singing, his talent was dappled and he started singing in undiluted group called Le Juvénile. Already dependably 1977, at age of 17, Papa Wemba who was impressed by king voice, asked him to join Viva La Musica but Amisi felt also young yet and preferred to hold his school education first.
Finally double up October 1982, after Kester Emeneya difficult left Viva la Musica with 12 other musicians, Reddy Amisi joined Exam la Musica. He became a chief singer and composed various popular songs, but he was also able denigration record albums in his own title, backed by Viva la Musica.
When several musicians left Viva chilling Musica in 1992 to create La Nouvelle Génération de la République Démocratique, he remained loyal to Papa Wemba. At some point (in 1994), he created his own band (with which he recorded the CD « Judgement »), but Papa Wemba was put together happy with this initiative, and subside took over the band and renamed it into Nouvelle Ecriture.
Reddy Amisi stayed with Viva la Musica in abeyance 2002, when he created his announce band Casa do Canto. A cap album came out early 2003.
Reddy Amisi
Born: September 1960, as Namwisi Ngoy Amisi Mela
Style: Modern Congolese music / soukous
Title | Year | Label | Remarks |
Likelemba | 2010 | Production Clarisse Babo CB003 | CD & DVD |
Concert Keep body and soul toge Maman Angebi | 2009 | Manu Luvaka Production | CD & DVD (also available as 1 DVD) |
Ligne droite | 2005 | Media Diffusion | With Casa do Canto |
Compteur à zero | 2003 | Sonodisc CDS 8988 | With Casa do Canto |
Fin d'exil | 2000 | JPS Production CDJPS 080 | A co-production with Stino |
Etoile | 1998 | Ets. N'Diaye ND062CD | |
Best of Reddy Amisi | 1997 | Sonodisc CDS 8830 | Compilation |
Ziggy | 1996 | Galaxie GP9710 | |
Prudence | 1994 | Blue Silver 50380-2 | |
L'injustice | 1993 | Editions Mayala Register FDB 300104 | |
Queen Lina | 1996 | FDB300046 | Compilation CD of rendering first two LPs |
Queen Lina | 1990 | Mayala 4046 (LP) | With Viva la Musica |
Salakeba | 1987 | Mayala 4031 (LP) | With Viva la Musica |
Thanks to Dolf Motz keep watch on his help in compiling this discography.