Rodriguez Vangama
Rodriguez Vangama is an artist musician, born in Kinshasa. Being a brilliant guitar player, he is often solicited for his talents as a musician, arranger or producer by famous stars such as Papa Wemba, Werrason, Jean Goubald and Monik Tenday. He also plays with the jazz band J'Affroz and has worked with artists such as Pierre Vaiana and Baloji, more specifically for the recording of his album Kinshasa Succursale. Rodriguez has toured extensively in Africa and in Europe with Lexxus Legal. With his own band, Les Salopards, he infuses popular Congolese music with flavours of jazz and of rock. Their first album, Niveau Zéro, is released in 2014.