{"id":4914,"date":"2013-11-13T20:36:59","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T20:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mi5recordings.com\/new\/?p=4914"},"modified":"2021-12-03T23:07:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T03:07:42","slug":"diblo-dibala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mi5recordings.com\/new\/diblo-dibala\/","title":{"rendered":"Diblo Dibala"},"content":{"rendered":"

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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. He moved to Kinshasa as a child, and at age 15 won a\u00a0 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 Bela, in which band he first played with Kanda Bongo Man.<\/p>\n

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In 1979, he moved to Brussels, and in 1981he joined Kanda Bongo Man’s band in Paris. Their first album, Iyole (1981), was a success. Diblo became a sought after session guitarist, working with Pepe Kalle and many other soukous musicians.<\/p>\n

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In the mid 1980s, he formed his own band, Loketo (meaning “hips”), with singer Aurlus Mabele. A few years later, that band broke up, and in 1990 he formed a new group, Matchatcha, which is still active after a number of personnel changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Diblo Dibala   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. He…<\/p>\n

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