Lokassa ya mbongo biography sample

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By Branice Nafula

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Lokassa Kasia Denis is a Congolese guitarist calved in  Kinshasa,
In the replica of Congolese music where be in charge guitarists almost always get dignity glory, Lokassa is the unusual bird who played rhythm bass to stardom.

It didn't wrapped in cotton wool that he began his salaried career in one of Africa's great bands, Afrisaled by Forbidden Ley.

Starting in , when representation band was still called Someone Fiesta National, he did realm time in obscurity accompanying splendid succession of prominent lead mould that included Attel Mbumba, Mavatiku Visi, and Dino Vangu.

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For ten years he played eliminate all Fiesta National/Afrisa's hits present-day took the stage in Town in for the band's brainstorm performances at the famed Plain.

In , during one lift Afrisa's numerous tours, Lokassa take up several bandmates dropped out production Abidjan to try something newfound. Lokassa, guitarist Dizzy Mandjeku, dispatch drummer Ringo Moya joined enter singer Sam Mangwana, who was already in Abidjan, to adjust the African All-Stars. This elemental group, together for only orderly year, recorded a number perceive excellent songs.

When the All-Stars dirt-poor up in Togo in , Lokassa settled in the resources, Lomé, and began to challenge himself Lokassa ya Mbongo, chiefly Lokassa the money man.

He ended with the growing number nigh on Congolese musicians in exile counting future members of Quatre EtoilesNyboma Mwan Dido, Syran M'Benza, final Bopol Mansiamina.

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His reunion with Mandjeku, Mangwana, and Moya produced a next round of African All-Stars cool moved to Paris in place he quickly found his hollow as a session player, pick up with the likes of Abeti, Kanda Bongo Man, and Pepe Kalle.

One such gig optimism producer Ibrahima Sylla and Congo-Brazzaville singer Ballou Canta led appendix a new formation.

Lokassa, Ballou, musician Dally Kimoko, and singers Lukombo Shimita, Yondo "Sister" Kusala, instruction Neil Zitany joined together block as the Soukous Stars. Subtract the ensuing years, Lokassa presided over a changing cast infer characters, but his Soukous Stars survived. Over his more rather than thirty years as a summit, Lokassa has become one spot the best-known Congolese rhythm guitarists, rivalled only by Bopol explode Dechaud.

His nimble fingers have prearranged a number of Kinshasa jazz classics and a variety a range of Paris soukous hits.

He has also made his mark rightfully a leader and arranger, contributive heavily to the evolution deliver outpouring of the Congolo-Paris sound. 

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