Awilo Longomba is a
Congolese soukous
Soukous (from French '' secousse'', "shock, jolt, jerk") is a genre of dance music from Congo-Kinshasa and Congo-Brazzaville. It derived from Congolese rumba in the 1960s, becoming known for its fast dance rhythms and intricate guitar improv ...
musician. At first a drummer in
Viva la Musica,
Stukas, Nouvelle Generation and
Loketo
Diblo Dibala (born 9 August 1954), often known simply as Diblo, is a Congolese soukous musician, known as "Machine Gun" for his speed and skill on the guitar.
He was born in 1954 in Kisangani. He moved to Kinshasa as a child, and aged 15 won ...
, he left drumming for singing and released his first album ''Moto Pamba'' with help from Shimita, Ballou Canta,
Dindo Yogo, Dally Kimoko,
Sam Mangwana
Sam, SAM or variants may refer to:
Places
* Sam, Benin
* Sam, Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso
* Sam, Bourzanga, Burkina Faso
* Sam, Kongoussi, Burkina Faso
* Sam, Iran
* Sam, Teton County, Idaho, United States, a populated place
People and fictional ...
,
Syran Mbenza and
Rigo Star in 1995. Awilo has performed live concerts in
Africa
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,
Europe
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, and
North America
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,
after first moving to France in the 1980s,
Awilo's father
Vicky Longomba
Victor Longomba Besange Lokuli, commonly known as Vicky Longomba, (13 December 1932 – 12 March 1988 in Kinshasa) was a singer and a founding member of Tout puissant OK Jazz, a Congolese rumba group.
He later formed his own group, Lovy du Zaire. ...
was a founding member of
Tout puissant OK Jazz
OK Jazz, later renamed TPOK Jazz (short for ''Tout Puissant Orchestre Kinois de Jazz''), was a Congolese rumba band from the Democratic Republic of the Congo established in 1956 and fronted by Franco. The group disbanded in 1993, but reformed in ...
, a Congolese
rumba
The term rumba may refer to a variety of unrelated music styles. Originally, "rumba" was used as a synonym for "party" in northern Cuba, and by the late 19th century it was used to denote the complex of secular music styles known as Cuban rumba ...
group.
Discography
* ''Coupe Bibamba'' (1999)
* ''Kafou Kafou'' (2001)
* ''Mondongo ''(2004)
* ''Super-Man'' (2008)
References
External links
Awilo Longomba Biography/Discography*https://web.archive.org/web/20110714042528/http://www.martinsinterculture.com/irawma-winners.html
*http://nabtry.skyrock.com
*https://web.archive.org/web/20061109045153/http://www.afrodicia.com/artist/awilo/index.html
*http://www.africanmusica.com/awilo-longomba.htm
*http://www.sternsmusic.com/discography/436
*https://web.archive.org/web/20080101094243/http://www.africasounds.com/awilo.htm
*https://web.archive.org/web/20100219074713/http://www.topvisages.net/entrevue/14-02-10.php
*http://myspace.com/awilolongombaofficiel
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21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo male singers
Living people
1962 births
20th-century Democratic Republic of the Congo male singers
21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo people