29 May 1993 was a Saturday, so Peel’s show went out after Andy Kershaw’s world music show. However, Kershaw was away on 29/5/93, so was deputised by the musician, magazine editor and broadcaster, Ian A. Anderson. Before playing this opening track from Mav Cacharel’s eponymous 1991 album, Peel admonished himself for not taking the opportunity to ask Anderson whether he had any theories on why Cacharel had seemingly stopped releasing records.
Between 1987 and 1992, the former Loketo man released 5 albums, both under his own name and as part of a group called Kebo. But after 1992’s Triple Force, he only released one more solo album during the remainder of Peel’s lifetime, 2004’s Kebo na Brazzaville, which going by the John Peel wiki, Peel appears not to have played anything from, if he ever heard it.
Louzolo translates simply as “Love” in the Congolese language of Kikongo, and the track absolutely teems with it. I particularly love the little figure that is played after the end of each chorus refrain - first heard around 1:09, while the gorgeous little riff played for the first time at 1:30 sounds like the aural equivalent of skipping down a street high on life, love and elation. Louzolo is packed with such moments, it’s one of the best soukous tracks played on a Peel show in 1993. No wonder he was impatient for Cacharel to make a comeback.
Video courtesy of lek kerdammer.
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