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Artists such as Tabu Ley Rochereau, Kanda Bongo Man and Diblo Dibala all originated from Zaire (now called Democratic Republic Of Congo) and dominated soukous music with other musicians, but Peel did not only play soukous music from the Congo, he also played many from outside the country including one by America-based Maloko, who did a cover of Wilson Pickett's In The Midnight Hour, which Peel described as one of the greatest covers he'd heard. The track was later included in his Peelenium 1989.

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  • Artists such as Tabu Ley Rochereau, Kanda Bongo Man and Diblo Dibala all originated from Zaire (now called Democratic Republic Of Congo) and dominated soukous music with other musicians, but Peel did not only play soukous music from the Congo, he also played many from outside the country including one by America-based Maloko, who did a cover of Wilson Pickett's In The Midnight Hour, which Peel described as one of the greatest covers he'd heard. The track was later included in his Peelenium 1989.
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  • Artists such as Tabu Ley Rochereau, Kanda Bongo Man and Diblo Dibala all originated from Zaire (now called Democratic Republic Of Congo) and dominated soukous music with other musicians, but Peel did not only play soukous music from the Congo, he also played many from outside the country including one by America-based Maloko, who did a cover of Wilson Pickett's In The Midnight Hour, which Peel described as one of the greatest covers he'd heard. The track was later included in his Peelenium 1989. Other types of Soukous music played by Peel included Zouk style, which was characteristically fast paced and popularised by Caribbean French Antilles artist Kassav, whose self titled album was later found in Peel's Record Collection: K. In 1997, Peel included a soukous album from Wawali Bonané called "Wawali Bonané Et Generation Soukouss Enzenzé Vol. 1" in his Top 20 Albums of all time for the Guardian newspaper. Peel described in 1999 soukous artist Pépé Kallé’s ‘Roger Milla' track in The Ingerland Factor Playlist as one of the best football records ever along with The Fall's Kicker Conspiracy. Despite Peel's enthusiasm, no soukous records ever featured in the end of year Festive Fifty, nominated by his listeners, although other types of African music from Zambia and Zimbabwe did. Nonetheless, Peel did include soukous records in his Peelenium choices and invited soukous artists to do sessions for his show. After Peel's death, numerous records by soukous artist Kanda Bongo Man were found in Peel's Record Collection (see Record Collection: K). A related video was released by the John Peel Archive site: K Is For Kanda Bongo Man.
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