Belly Steve & Les Soeur Mariana “S.T.”

Belly Steve & Les Soeur Mariana

Belly Steve & Les Soeur Mariana
Production Mami’n’do (France) 198x
MND 1011 (LP)
sleeve : NM
media : NM/NM

The only album by the former Zairean (now Congolese) singer-songwriter Belly Steve, featuring two female singers as well as backing from Minzoto Ya Zaire, a group that made several albums in the late 70s and early 80s. All of the songs are original compositions by Belly Steve and, like Franco, they blend Congolese ethnicity with Latin and soul, and Minzoto Ya Zaire's playing is superb. The female vocals and melodies in A1 and B2 are very pleasing. Highly recommended.