Diblo dibala biography sample

December 09, 2024 - 04:00 PM

Diblo Dibala, 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.

Diblo Dibala, often known simply as Diblo, is a Congolese soukous musician, known as "Machine Gun" for his speed and skill on the guitar.

Diblo Dibala, often known simply as Diblo, is a Congolese soukous musician, known as "Machine Gun" for his speed and skill on the guitar.

Born.

He was born in in Kisangani.

In , he formed the supergroup Loketo—meaning “hips” in his native Lingala—together with the powerhouse electric guitarist Diblo Dibala, the.

Diblo has a remarkable ability to play the guitar so fast and at multiple tempos.

He moved to Kinshasa as a child, and aged 15 won a talent competition which led to him playing guitar in Franco's TPOK band. Dibala remained with the group for only a short period, going on to play with Vox Africa, Orchestra Bella Mambo, and Bella Bella, in which band he first played with Kanda Bongo Man.

Diblo earned his musical reputation in Paris, but he began his career in Congo-Kinshasa, playing in relative obscurity with Bella Mambo, an offshoot of the popular band Bella Bella.

Together with singer Kanda Bongo Man, Diblo left Bella Mambo to form Bana Mambo (the children of Bella Mambo), a group that recorded a few sides and played club dates for two years with only limited success. Diblo worked briefly in a re-united Bella Bella in 1979 before sel