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 * PANCO MUSIC***

Most listeners and lovers of Prince Nico Mbarga's music would have probably searched on Google and Wikipedia like I once did, for the meaning of the word PANCO!!! an exclamation that is heard in most of his records without finding something to grasp.

For those who are interested in knowing, this article is for you, it's a summary account at a glance,

Panco is a music genre that was created by legendary Prince Nico Mbarga in the 60's to interpret his music art to listeners.

Prince Nico Mbarga a dual national of Nigeria and Cameron explained in his 1982 radio Netherlands Afroscene interview in London that he fused the music style of his maternal home (Nigeria) and that of his partenal home (Cameron) to form what he called PANCO RHYTHM.

Panco music is distinguished by it's flamboyant stage performance and staccato guitar patterns that are arranged as layers on steady tempo drum beats that are supported with in between the bar konga drums and single line bass rhythms.

Panco music is an accoustic oriented music in that, it is played with live musical instruments as against computer generated tones of contemporary music recordings.

An average Panco music band comprises of:
 * One lead singer
 * Two back up vocals
 * One bass guitarist
 * A lead guitarist
 * A rhythm guitarist
 * A drummer
 * A kongarist
 * A wooden metronome player
 * Shakers
 * An optional pianist who usually plays in betweens in specific bars.

Panco music was made popular after it's 1974 SweetMother song broke international walls and became Africa's most popular song according to BBC world service, as it sold about thirteen million copies worldwide, a record that has not been beaten till date.

Although Panco music is of African origin, it has seemingly become one of the most popular and loved music genre in the Carrebean coast of Barranquilla Colombia in South America.

Interesting to note is the fact that even though Panco music made one of the greatest African hit (sweet mother), After Prince Nico Mbarga passed on in 1997, Panco music remained unexplored for two decades especially in Nigeria.

One of Prince Nico's band member Mr. Mbu attempted to keep Panco music alive after Prince Nico's demise as he gathered musicians of that era who rallied around Prince Nico to replicate and consolidate Panco music but the group could not survive long as it disintegrated few years later when Mbu relocate from the state.

One major challenge that contemporary musicians face in doing covers for Prince Nico's Panco music is the dynamic and technical finger picking style of the guitar lines, especially the rhythm guitar in almost all of Prince Nico Mbarga's records.

It was as a result of this that In 2017, Nico Mbarga jnr sourced for a rhythm guitarist to play in the 20th anniversary and immortalization concert of Prince Nico Mbarga accross board but could not find a guitarist who was confident in playing the rhythm guitar live on stage.

As a result he had to contact his Lagos/France based guitar tutor Micheal Notes of Ma-Afri music as he was one of the few guitarist who could fit into the rhythm.

However, after the 20th anniversary concert convened by Nico Mbarga jnr and his siblings, a rebirth of Panco music has been fully activated.

In 2018, Philz Mbarga dropped his Panco record titled PROFESSION and it is still playing in the airways.

As at the time of this article, Nico Mbarga jnr & Philz Mbarga of Rocafiljazz are cooking up another Panco record that will hit the African sub region soonest.

The core objective of Panco music is

To become a Positive impact change agent of society through morally infused music messages, rhythm and Melody

Watch out for Nico Mbarga jnr, Philz Mbarga & Estelle Mbarga as they launch out to recalibrate Panco music in 2020

***OWAN ODU***

Panco Music

 * PANCO MUSIC***

Most listeners and lovers of Prince Nico Mbarga's music would have probably searched on Google and Wikipedia like I once did, for the meaning of the word PANCO!!! an exclamation that is heard in most of his records without finding something to grasp.

For those who are interested in knowing, this article is for you, it's a summary account at a glance,

Panco is a music genre that was created by legendary Prince Nico Mbarga in the 60's to interpret his music art to listeners.

Prince Nico Mbarga a dual national of Nigeria and Cameron explained in his 1982 radio Netherlands Afroscene interview in London that he fused the music style of his maternal home (Nigeria) and that of his partenal home (Cameron) to form what he called PANCO RHYTHM.

Panco music is distinguished by it's flamboyant stage performance and staccato guitar patterns that are arranged as layers on steady tempo drum beats that are supported with in between the bar konga drums and single line bass rhythms.

Panco music is an accoustic oriented music in that, it is played with live musical instruments as against computer generated tones of contemporary music recordings.

An average Panco music band comprises of:
 * One lead singer
 * Two back up vocals
 * One bass guitarist
 * A lead guitarist
 * A rhythm guitarist
 * A drummer
 * A kongarist
 * A wooden metronome player
 * Shakers
 * An optional pianist who usually plays in betweens in specific bars.

Panco music was made popular after it's 1974 SweetMother song broke international walls and became Africa's most popular song according to BBC world service, as it sold about thirteen million copies worldwide, a record that has not been beaten till date.

Although Panco music is of African origin, it has seemingly become one of the most popular and loved music genre in the Carrebean coast of Barranquilla Colombia in South America.

Interesting to note is the fact that even though Panco music made one of the greatest African hit (sweet mother), After Prince Nico Mbarga passed on in 1997, Panco music remained unexplored for two decades especially in Nigeria.

One of Prince Nico's band member Mr. Mbu attempted to keep Panco music alive after Prince Nico's demise as he gathered musicians of that era who rallied around Prince Nico to replicate and consolidate Panco music but the group could not survive long as it disintegrated few years later when Mbu relocate from the state.

One major challenge that contemporary musicians face in doing covers for Prince Nico's Panco music is the dynamic and technical finger picking style of the guitar lines, especially the rhythm guitar in almost all of Prince Nico Mbarga's records.

It was as a result of this that In 2017, Nico Mbarga jnr sourced for a rhythm guitarist to play in the 20th anniversary and immortalization concert of Prince Nico Mbarga accross board but could not find a guitarist who was confident in playing the rhythm guitar live on stage.

As a result he had to contact his Lagos/France based guitar tutor Micheal Notes of Ma-Afri music as he was one of the few guitarist who could fit into the rhythm.

However, after the 20th anniversary concert convened by Nico Mbarga jnr and his siblings, a rebirth of Panco music has been fully activated.

In 2018, Philz Mbarga dropped his Panco record titled PROFESSION and it is still playing in the airways.

As at the time of this article, Nico Mbarga jnr & Philz Mbarga of Rocafiljazz are cooking up another Panco record that will hit the African sub region soonest.

The core objective of Panco music is

To become a Positive impact change agent of society through morally infused music messages, rhythm and Melody

Watch out for Nico Mbarga jnr, Philz Mbarga & Estelle Mbarga as they launch out to recalibrate Panco music in 2020

***OWAN ODU*** Owanodu (talk) 17:39, 5 February 2020 (UTC)