Dodoly

Matou Dodoly or simply Dodoly (sometimes spelled Dodoli) is a Congo DR soukous guitarist. He is best known for his high speed solos, for which he has been nicknamed la machine a coudre ("the sewing machine").[1]

Dodoly
Birth nameMatou Dodoly
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsGuitar

He began his career in Orchestre Stukas, a soukous band that reached the apex of its popularity in Zaire in the mid-1970s. In the 1980s he played the lead guitar briefly in Kester Emeneya's short-lived band Victoria Principal[2] but reached the apex of his popularity in Bozi Boziana's Anti-Choc, one of the bands the dominated the soukous scene in that decade.[3] 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.[1] Dodoly left Anti-Choc briefly in 1987, to join Give Djonolo's short-lived project Choc Musica, but rejoined Boziana's band in 1988. That year, he was nominated "best guitarist" by the Kinshasa press.[4] 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
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References
  1. Sinnock
  2. Sinnock (2)
  3. Stewart, p. 340
  4. Stewart, p. 341

Sources
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