Malage de Lugendo | |
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| Born | (1961-12-25)25 December 1961 (age 63) Bukavu,South Kivu,Congo-Leopoldville |
| Genres | African Jazz |
| Occupation | Recording artist |
| Years active | 1976 - present |
Malage de Lugendo (born 25 December 1961) is a Congolesesoukousrecording artist,composer andvocalist.He was a member ofFrançois Luambo Makiadi's seminal bandTPOK Jazz, andTabu Ley Rochereau's bandAfrisa International.[1]
He was born inBukavu,South Kivu,Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He attendedBoboto College inKinshasa, thecapital of the DRC. During the timeframe of 1976 and 1977, then a teenager aged 15 or 16, he became actively involved in music. Like many other musicians in Kinshasa, at the time, he joined several musician groups of his generation, including:Campagna,Oka andJacula. He and others then foundedMekano.
In 1979, Malage metEmpompo "Deyesse" Loway, an accomplished Congolesesaxophonist, who introduced him to the groupTcheke-Tcheke-Love, where Empompo was a member. Malage joined the group. In 1980, Malage de Lugendo co-founded the bandAfro-International withMimi-Ley andShiko Mawatu. The following year, in 1981, he was invited to go on aWest African tour by music artistMayaula Mayoni. The tour lasted a whole year.
On returning to the country, Mayaula introduced him to the Grand MasterFranco Luambo Makiadi. He became a member of the soukous bandTPOK Jazz, led byFranco, which dominated the Congolese music scene from the 1960s through the 1980s. The young singer featured in OK Jazz hits such as "Testament ya Bowule" in 1984", later followed by "Celio", "Chandra", "Boma Ngai naboma yo" and "Ekaba kaba". The seriousness and the experience propelled Malage to rise to status of General Secretary of the group OK Jazz in 1989. That same year, he left TPOK Jazz.
He takes advantage of this course bad patch to take out a first album "Baiser de Judas" in 1988. In April, 1989, Malage integrates the groupZaïko Langa Langa, led byJossart Nyoka Longo, which dominated the Congolese music scene from the 1970s through the 1990s. From the first album of the group, he takes out a successful tube "Leki ya Baby" in 1990. A few years later, he participates in the record "Les Asiatiques", together withMadilu System andCarlyto. The album will know an enormous success. In 1995, he takes out a record. The latter will cause his departure of Zaïko. He settled down then in Brussels with his family. He begins a solo career. In 1997, he takes out "Abulungani", first solo album. He will be followed in 2000 by "Pain quotidien". Since then, he intervenes in several musical projects in Africa, in Europe and in America. He takes advantage of it to get fresh ideas during eight years, to deliver the hit "SMS".[2]
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