Dodoli Kidima or simply Dodoli (sometimes spelled Dodoly) is a
Congo DR
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
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 ...
guitarist. He is best known for his high speed solos, for which he has been nicknamed ''la machine a coudre'' ("the
sewing machine
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").
[Sinnock]
He began his career in
Orchestre Stukas, a soukous band that reached the apex of its popularity in
Zaire
Zaire (, ), officially the Republic of Zaire (french: République du Zaïre, link=no, ), was a Congolese state from 1971 to 1997 in Central Africa that was previously and is now again known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zaire was, ...
in the mid-1970s. In the 1980s he played the lead guitar briefly in Bipoli Tshando's short-lived band
Victoria Principal
Vicki Ree Principal (born January 3, 1950),[Bozi Boziana
Mbenzu Ngamboni Bokili (born 28 September 1951), better known as Bozi Boziana, is a Congolese singer, songwriter and bandleader. He has been in several major soukous bands, including Orchestre Bamboula, Minzoto Sangela, Zaiko Langa Langa, Isif ...](_blank)
's
Anti-Choc, one of the bands the dominated the soukous scene in that decade. Dodoly was so fundamental to Anti-Choc's sound that, when he left, the musicians that replaced him (including major guitarists such as
Rigo Star) all sought to imitate his style.
Dodoli left Anti-Choc briefly in 1987, to join Djo Nolo's short-lived project
Choc Musica Choc may refer to:
* Chocolate
* ''Choc'' (magazine), a French photography magazine
* Choc (typeface), a typeface by Roger Excoffon
* Choc Bay, in Gros Islet Quarter, Saint Lucia
* Choč Mountains, in north-central Slovakia
* Choc River, in the ...
, but rejoined Boziana's band in 1988. That year, he was nominated "best guitarist" by the
Kinshasa press.
[Stewart, p. 341] In Anti-Choc, he also contributed as a composer, writing hit songs such as ''Lelo Makambo – Lobi Makambo'' ("problems today, problems tomorrow"). He left Anti-Choc again in the early 1990s.
Partial discography
With Bozi Boziana and Anti-Choc
* Le Grand Père Bozi-Boziana & L'Anti-Choc – ''Ba Bokilo''
* Bozi Boziana, Joly Detta and Deesse & L'Anti-Choc – ''Zongela Ngai''
* Bozi Boziana & L'Anti-Choc – ''Coupe Monte''
* Bozi Boziana – ''Ma Raison d'Être''
* Anti-Choc – ''Adieu l'Ami'' (1988)
With others
* Safro Manzangi Elima – ''Wiseman''
References
Sources
* Marty Sinnock,
Bozi Boziana: Zaiko to Anti-Choc with a String of Beautiful Women'
Africa Sounds* Marty Sinnock (2),
ttps://web.archive.org/web/20101103035436/http://www.africasounds.com/ Africa Sounds* Gary Stewart, ''Rumba on the River: A History of the Popular Music of the Two Congos'', Verso, London 2000
External links
Motou Dodoly Biography
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Democratic Republic of the Congo guitarists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo people