niliposikia kuwa madillu multi system amefariki dunia nikakumbuka nilipokwenda kutoa heshima zangu kwenye kaburi la pepe kalle jijini kinshasa na jinsi moyo ulivyoniuma kuona mahali alipolala kipenzi cha wapenda kwasakwasa
niliposikia kuwa madillu multi system amefariki dunia nikakumbuka nilipokwenda kutoa heshima zangu kwenye kaburi la pepe kalle jijini kinshasa na jinsi moyo ulivyoniuma kuona mahali alipolala kipenzi cha wapenda kwasakwasa
Poleni sana familia ya Madilu system wote tu safari moja ingawa hatujui kwa style gani!
ReplyDeleteSuzy
Ulienda kutoa heshima zako au kuwanga?
ReplyDeleteMwanga wewe nani alikuambia mtu huenda kutoa heshima kaburini ambako mtu alizikwa siku nyingi.Mtu mzima wewe lakini hovyo umejaa wanga.
Pole Michuzi, Hilo taji uliweka wewe! Usiache kwenda kwa Madilu pia
ReplyDeleteRest in Peace Pepe Kalle.
ReplyDeleteNakumbuka alikuja TZ na Omoro, halafu kulitokea mzozo juu ya bili yao ya hoteli ya Kilimanjaro Hotel. Pepe Kalle alikasirika mpaka alikuwa anatoka mapovu mdomoni.
Veteran Congolese musician Madilu Bialu System is dead. Madilu who was among the kingpins of the legendary TP OK Jazz band led by the late Franco Luanzo Makiadi in the 1980s died yesterday morning at a hospital in Kinshasa.
ReplyDeleteAccording to Robert Osano, a Kenyan living in Kinshasa who spoke to Sunday Nation yesterday, initial reports indicated that the Congolese musician died shortly after being admitted at a Kinshasa hospital complaining of fatigue and neck pains.
However he reportedly collapsed and died as the medical personnel were making frantic efforts to revive him at a hospital in Kinshasa.
“The Congolese President, Mr Joseph Kabila while in declaring national mourning for Madilu has already arranged to have his body moved from the University Clinic where he died to the Ngaliema,” said Mr Osano.
Suspended activities
The International show of Kinshasa which is going on, has suspended all music activities which would have been performed by most Congolese leading artistes among them Papa Wemba, Koffi Olomide, JB Mpiana, Werra son, Bill Clinton until further notice.
“He had been alright and was last seen on Wednesday practising with his band but complained of fatigue. He however became worse on Friday night and was rushed to hospital at 01.00 a.m. (DRC time) but by the time he was taken to hospital he was partially paralysed,’’ Osano added.
Since the news of his death, most Congolese radio stations have been playing his music.
Also according to Osano most of the leading musicians have already appeared on TV paying homage to the fallen music star.
Madilu who was arguably one of the best composers in DRC will be remembered for some of his compositions while with TP OK Jazz. Some of these are Pesa Position while he did the lead vocals on some of the popular TP PK Jazz songs like Mamou, Non and Makambo Ezali Minene.
However, most of his fans will remember his duets with the great Franco which featured in many memorable songs.
After an almost ten-year singing career initially with Bakuba Mayopi and other groups, Madilu joined TOP OK Jazz in the early 1980s where he set the record as one of the first to have the honour of introducing himself on a song.
This notable introduction by Madilu was on the song Non which was off the 1983 album Chez Fabrice.
To most fans of TP OK Jazz, Madilu also came off well on Tu Vois (Mamou) a humorous song depicting a conversation between two women; a divorcee with children and her friend Mamou, a married woman who she accuses of trying to break up her marriage.
Many of Madilu’s fans will remember how in the song, Madilu played the criticising and satirical role of Mamou who had accused her friend of “being a prostitute” yet she was infact the one using her friend to cover up her immoral acts.
Some of his contemporaries while with the group include singers Josky Kiambukuta, late Ntesa Dalienst, Papa Noelle, the late Djo Mpoyi, Mpudi Decca, Ndombe Opetum, among others.
After the death of Franco he parted ways with his colleagues and went solo. He later released solo albums such as Sans Commentaire L’eau, Bonheur” and Pouvoir.
His former colleagues teamed up to form the Kinshasa based Bana OK band under the leadership of Lutumba Simaro Massiya.
Madilu’s Kenyans fans will recall how in 1985 he was in Mombasa for a private wedding to a Swiss wife.
She was much older but Madilu insisted that he loved her and age had nothing to do with it.
He had also severally toured Kenya and Tanzania both with TP OK Jazz and his own band for a series of shows.
Back home in Kinshasa, Madilu has left his Congolese wife, Mama Biya with four children.
Notably also in recent years Madilu had been shifting in performances between Europe and Kinshasa.
In Paris, he has recorded with other leading artistes like Nyboma Mwandido, Lokasa ya Mbongo, Dally Kimoko, Nguma Lokito and ace solo guitarist Rigo Star.
In the recent past, Madilu had been keeping a back band in Kinshasa after relocating from Paris to Kinshasa.
This is a great loss for Congolese and African music as a whole. Since he was introduced by the great Franco Luambo Luanzo Makiadi and TP OK Jazz, Madilu has given us so many hits and he is stage performance was as is great as his music. gave us so much good music everytime he performed. He will surely be missed. May he rest in peace. (BOTS)