Bouro Mpela Biography
Gecko Bouro Mpela, also known as Bouro Mpela was born 5 August 1975, is a soukous singer, dancer, and performer from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was a member of the Quartier Latin International band, which was founded and led by Koffi Olomide.
Bouro Mpela Age
Bouro Mpela was Born on 5 August 1975, He is 43 years as of 2018.
Bouro Mpela Family
He was born to Jean Robert Yoka Mpela and Marie Bilepo. Bouro was overweight at birth, a problem that has persisted in later life. He was born to a musical family with grandparents, parents and siblings either with careers in the industry or talented and with a passion for the trade. He attended local schools and graduated with a university degree.
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Bouro Mpela is father of 26 children.
Bouro Mpela Career
The beginning
He was a member of his church choir. When his older brother Alain joined the band Wenge Musica, Bouro began rehearsing with him at home. He also rehearsed with Willy Bula, the younger brother of one of Alain’s bandmates in Wenge. Circa 1995, Bouro began to sing and perform with several bands, while continuing with school. In 1996, Bouro graduated from university and a vacancy for a vocalist opened up at Quartier Latin International, due to the departure of Willy Bula. Bouro asks for his father’s permission to become professional musician and the father accepts.
With Quartier Latin
Between 1996 and 2006, Bouro would join and leave Quartier Latin three times. While here, he recorded and released several hits, including Washington and Calvarie. He also toured with the band in Africa and Europe. He left permanently when Koffi denied him permission to produce a solo album while a member of he group.In the group’s hit Inchallah, Bouro is the second to sing his solo, beginning around 2:34 minutes, after Fally Ipupa.
On his own
In 2005, with his brother Alain Mpela, he produced the album Mortel Combat. He also has other solo products, including Vice De Procedure with singles like Ecole d’amour and Kwiti ya Lokoto among other hits.
Bouro Mpela Albums
- Mortel combat
Bouro Mpela Songs
- Rumba Congo feat. Alain Mpela
- Aicha feat Alain Mpela
- Photo Souvenir feat. Alain Mpela
- Mortel Combat
- Serment
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Bouro Mpela Interview
April 19, 2006
Take two brothers kinois artists. One from the group Wengue Musica JB Mpiana, the other Latin Quarter Koffi Olomide. Gather them in the same album with a good prod behind, and you get Mortel Combat , the opus collector of the brothers Mpela, Alain and Bouro. A disc which, far from the phenomenon of dedications, gives pride of place to music in all its strength and sensibility. Interview with Bouro, visiting Paris.
Two brothers, two artists, from two of the best KOREAN artistic formations, for an unreleased album: Mortel Combat. The Mpela brothers are gathered for a solid production arrived in March in the bins. Alain, former “head of government” of JB Mpiana’s Wengue Musica, is already developing a solo career with his generation group A. Bouro, his younger brother, is from the Latin Quarter group of Koffi Olomide where he was one of the tenors and now wants to stand on its own. They decided to carry out a common project that had been important to them for a long time and to meet, in this, an expectation of their respective fans. While in Paris, Bouro played the game of questions and answers with Afrik. On the album, of course, but also on his own artistic career and on the current face of Congolese music.
Afrik.com:When did the project date?
Bouro Mpela: The project dates from 1996. I had been thinking about it since I started my career. In fact, it meets a public expectation. Many of us enjoyed my brother and I as we each had our own career on our side. And many people were asking us why we were not doing a joint production.
Afrik.com:You come from Koffi Olomide’s Quartier Latin group, which you integrated very young. How did you get started in training?
Bouro Mpela: I entered Latin Quarter after my baccalaureate in Kinshasa. One of my friends, who heard me sing at home or in neighborhood groups, told me that Koffi was recruiting. He offered to apply. I went there, I did a little audition in front of Koffi in guitar voice, he loved and he took me. I joined the group in which there were deans, like Suzuki 4X4 or Sammi. We were 8 singers.
Afrik.com:You had no trouble getting into the workforce?
Bouro Mpela: In life, do not ignore yourself too much. When you feel that you have the potential, you have to go. So I did not hesitate and I imposed myself. And then it must be said that Koffi Olomide had an operation conducive to the development of its artists. There were always two productions: a signed Koffi and a signed Latin Quarter. He let his band do their own album. It is in the album Right of Veto that I realized my first piece: “Likombo”.
Afrik.com:How did you leave Koffi? Shutting the door ?
Bouro Mpela: No, there is still respect. I can not slam the door like that at Koffi’s. It remains my big brother. It’s someone I respect a lot. I explained that I wanted to stand on my own. He understood me and wished me good luck. He even listened to the album and told me he was happy to see that I felt I was from the Latin Quarter school.
Afrik.com:Your brother was at Wengue Musica, you at Latin Quarter. Is there not a rivalry between you?
Bouro Mpela: It’s fair competition because people have always tended to compare us. While we have two different styles. I evolve for myself in a more rumba register while the music of Wengue is more to ambiancer. But, rest assured, it has always been good between my brother and me. In fact, we are artistically very complementary.
Afrik.com:Why only today, a production with your brother?
Bouro Mpela: When I decided to leave for Koffi, I found myself alone, just like my brother when he left JB Mpiana’s band. For us, it was the right moment. Beyond our respective careers, we wanted to make a move together. A punctual collaboration to leave a common artistic trace for our respective fans. And we were lucky to come across a good producer …
Afrik.com:Congolese music is clearly losing momentum. Can we say that she is moribund?
Bouro Mpela: Congolese music is not dead. If it no longer occupies the front of the African music scene, it is still alive and inspires many artists on the continent. Congolese music is my music, the one in which I grew up and a cultural heritage that I will continue to defend.
Afrik.com:Where does the title Mortal Combat?
Bouro Mpela: On one side. But we also defend values ??of fighting spirit. The message is that faced with the vagaries of life, we must not give up and fight to the end.
Afrik.com:There is no trace of libanga (phenomenon of the omnipresent dedication in the current Congolese productions) in your album. Do you fight the practice?
Bouro Mpela: In Congolese music there is not only libanga. When you listen to the songs of the time of Franco, Kabassele, the phenomenon did not exist. It is true that it is a particular method of marketing music, but we must not forget that we do music first and foremost. An art that must be respected is also a question of credibility. We first referred to this as saying that we did not want to smother our album.
Afrik.com:One of the other great features of the current Congolese music is the rivalry between the groups. A rivalry that is often not artistic. What’s your view on this problem?
Bouro Mpela: It’s true that there are always arguments in a family, but do not overdo it. I think we need to fight this mentality in this country. It’s not good. Artists are fighting for nothing. We all defend the same cause: that of Congolese music. The most important thing would be for us to join together to propel our culture into a global cultural actor. The polemics are incidental and do not benefit anyone.
Afrik.com:Do you think the artist has a social role?
Bouro Mpela: We have a very important role in society because we help make it more liveable. We are here to participate in the education of peoples. An artist is like an ambassador of a nation. We are not there to confuse people, but to work for peace.
Afrik.com:Becoming a pastor or artist are the new dreams of young Kinois to get by. What will you say to a young person who wants to become an artist?
Bouro Mpela: If the person makes the conscious choice to become an artist and believes that he has potential, it must not be underestimated. She must go down this road, not for money or glory, but to express what she has in her heart and develop the gift that God has given her.