Madilu System Audio Playlist
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Madilu System
Jean de Dieu Makiese (28 May 1952 – 11 August 2007), popularly known as Madilu System, was a Congolese rumba singer and songwriter, born in what was then Léopoldville, Belgian Congo. He was once a member of the seminal band TPOK Jazz which dominated the Congolese scene from 1960s through 1980s.
Beginning as a teenager in 1969, Madilu sang with a series of bands: “Orchestre Symba”, “Orchestre Bamboula”, headed by Papa Noel, “Festival des Maquisards”, led by Sam Mangwana, and Fiesta Popular. In 1973, under the new name Bialu thanks to President Mobutu‘s “authenticité” campaign, he formed the band Bakuba Mayopi which had a hit in 1976 with the song “Pamba-Pamba,” after which he left to form a new group called Orchestre Pamba-Pamba
