About
French label specializing in Congolese music, founded in 1966 as a collaboration between Eugène Willy Pelgrims de Bigard's companies Fonior, Sofrason and Ecodis (al part of IPG since 1973). After IPG's bankruptcy in March 1980 the whole catalogue was taken over by the Sonodisc group, based in Paris. SonoDisc merged with the Musisoft Next Group in 1998. When the company went into liquidation in 2005 it was bought by the Adageo group which began reissuing SonoDisc’s Congolese catalogue on the Suave label. Using the companies' large distribution network parts of the pressings were shipped to Africa for distribution in selected African markets/countries wherever Congolese music was in demand. Additionally the label also reached out to some African expatriate and student communities in large European capitals and other cities by ensuring batches of releases were reaching selected small music shops and small businesses patronized by the members of those African communities.
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Parions (2)
Series of reissues by the French label [=African] of original releases by Zairean label Parions
Cover N° 1 (2)
Series of the French label African. It consists of reissues from the Zairean label Cover No 1
Manduta
French series of reissues of the Zaire label "Editions Manduta"
Babeti (2)
Also appears as Edition Babeti only. French series of reissues of the Zairean label Babeti.
Menor
French series of reissues of the African label.
Kina-Rama
French Series for re-issues of the Zairean label
Kinsala
French reissue label from the label Editions Kinsala.
Kaba Lisolo
IMPORTANT - Please note – This is a series and not a label. This is a series of 45 rpm singles from the French label African. It consist of re-issued material origi...
Editions Zadis
Series from the French label African - Reissues from the catalogue of the Zairean label Zadis.
Apollo (15)
French series of reissues of the Congo label Apollo (41).
Ceda (3)
French sublabel from the African label. Ceda is the original Congo/Zaire label.
Moninga (2)
Sublabel of the French reissue label called African reissuing Zaire based Moninga label releases.
Sangela (2)
French sublabel of the African label reissuing releases from the Congo/Zaire Sangela label.
Matabisi (2)
French reissue (sublabel of African) of the Zaire releases on Matabisi.
Editions Sonora (2)
French reissue sublabel from African releasing the Zaire "Editions Sonora" label.
Les Fauvettes
French sublabel of the African reissue label that dealt with reissues from the Zaire Editions Les Fauvettes label.
La Voiture (2)
French sublabel of the African reissue label that dealt with reissues from the Zaire La Voiture label.
Renaissance (26)
French series of reissues of the Zaire label Renaissance (25).
Symba
French series of reissues of the label Editions Symba.
Aya (3)
Sublabel from the French African label reissuing releases from the Zaire label Aya.