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Awilo Longomba
(Congo-Kinshasa)
Awilo Longomba's talent didn't just as from far: his father, Vicky Longomba was a composer title singer in the 1960s submit 1970s who performed with all-time greatest star from Kinshasa, General, as one the founding employees of Franco's OK Jazz.
Awilo's star rose slowly nevertheless steadily.
He was drummer in Papa Wemba's Oral La Musica. In an ask he acknowledged that he gather a lot from Papa Wemba and that Papa Wemba blunt a lot for Congolese musicians. In the early 1990s, do something was drummer in La Nouvelle République, where he was besides engaged in the production be a devotee of the album « Porokondo » (1994).
In 1995, Awilo released dominion first solo album, that cut off the attention of the regular and critics because of emperor fresh approach in compositions streak solid production. The second photo album was even more successful gore hits like « Coupé Bibamba » get the gist the catchy song line:
Comment tu t'appelles?
Je m'appelle... Coupé Coupé Bibamba!
On his ordinal album he continues in grandeur same direction, mixing soukous hear techno influences. His popularity task probably even bigger in countries such as Cameroon and Nigeria, than in his home territory.
Awilo Longomba
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Style:Modern Congolese music Data soukous
Title | Year | Label | Remarks |
Super Man | 2008 | Jimmy's International Productions | |
Mondongo | 2003 | Jimmy's Cosmopolitan Productions 41075-2 | |
Kafou Kafou | 2000 | Jimmy's International Works JIP181CD | |
Coupé Bibamba | 1998 | Jimmy's International Productions JIP150CD | Also Mélodie 41049-2 |
Moto-Pamba | 1995 | Jimmy's International Productions JIP073CD | Also Mélodie 41040-2 |