En Concert A Abidjan 1991 Caen Madoka plays lead guitar on an uptempo rendition of Doublé Doublé.
"Nyboma Mwan'dido (or Muan'dido), often simply Nyboma (b. 1952), a prominent Congolese soukous tenor vocalist, has been over a fifty-year span a leading member of several outstanding bands, including Orchestre Lipua Lipua, Orchestre Kamale, Les Quatre Etoiles, and Kekele, in addition to performing and recording as a solo artist. He is widely recognized as one of the best singers in Congolese music.
[…]
1979-present: West Africa and Paris - solo work,
collaborations, Les Quatre Etoiles, Kékélé
In 1979 Nyboma was drafted by Dizzy Mandjeku, along with
guitarist Dolly Kimoko, from Les Kamale into a version of the African All-Stars
in Lomé, Togo, after the band’s founder Sam Mangwana had left with another
version of that band.[3]: 250
In 1981 Nyboma moved to Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, where he recorded one of his biggest hits “Double Double” with his new band which he named Les Kamale Dynamiques Du Zaire.[8]
In 1982, he moved to Paris, where he has lived since, except for a period in the United States in the 1990s.[1][9][10] The supergroup Les Quatre Etoiles which he founded with three other leading soukous musicians, Bopol, Syran Mbenza, and Wuta Mayi, recorded and toured from 1982 to 1996. The group was a loose arrangement that allowed its four members to pursue their own projects while they were members of Les Quatre Etoiles.[3]: 271 In 1983-84, he recorded another three albums under the name Les Kamale Dynamiques Du Zaire.
In the late 1980s Nyboma also joined Pepe Kalle, his old bandmate from Bella Bella and Lipua Lipua, on two records produced by Ibrahima Sylla, Zouke Zouke and Moyibi (meaning "thief"), in a combination contrasting "Pépé Kallé's earthy baritone voice with Nyboma's airy tenor."[3]: 349 [11] Nyboma’s 1995 album Anicet was also produced by Sylla, whose signature is evident from the polished, multi-layered songs in the album—including a song in which Nyboma pays tribute to Malcolm X (in a song of the same title) and to Pan-Africanism in a song entitled Abissina.[12]
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Assessments
Over the course of his career, Nyboma has worked with many
Congolese musical greats, from Pepe Kalle and others in Empire Bakuba, to Koffi
Olomide, Madilu System, Lokassa Ya Mbongo, and his counterparts in Les Quatre
Etoiles: Bopol, Syran and Wuta Mayi.
Critical assessments of Nyboma's singing all include superlative comparisons and descriptions with high praise, such as, "he is possessed of the finest tenor voice in Africa,"[13] "There are a handful of Congolese singers: Franco, Nyboma, Sam Mangwana, Papa Wemba, who have unmistakable and magical voices, capable of transporting you with a few notes,"[13] "Nyboma's high, sweet-as-honey voice soaring above exuberant guitar and bass,"[14] "One of the great singers of Congolese music, Nyboma's tenor voice is airy, effortless and supple,"[12] and "one of the great African voices."[15]”…
LYRICS FOR 'DOUBLE DOUBLE"
(by Nyboma)
Tika nga na benda nzoto, nalembi komona ba pasi ya boye ,
(Let me break this relationship because am tired of this
kind of too much pain)
Nalembi koloba natala se na miso yo matu eh, pona nini
owangani nga boye
(I am tired of talking I'll just watch you with my eyes eh,
why did you disown me like this?)
pasi esimbi nga motema , maman alingi boye
(my heart is in a deep pain, because you like it this way)
lokuta na yo mabe maman, masumu oh Doublé Doublé
(your lies are bad darling, its a sin Doublé Doublé
kolinga moto ezali lisumu te ,pona nini odribbler nga boye
Yo Matu
(Loving someone is not a sin, why are you dribbling me like
this?
bayemba bayemba , balembi na koyemba likolo na yo tika
enzombo
(People have talked alot about your bad ways till they are tired
stop your pride
bapesaka motema ndenge nini Yo Ma mama Doublé Doublé
(what kind of a heart is this were you created with? Darling
Doublé Doublé
komelaka nga ata mikolo ya poso,maman o doublé doublé
(write me a letter in the days of a week. Darling Doublé
Doublé
pesa nga mua baiser ya litama,
(give me atleast a kiss on my cheek
na katshwa oh Doublé Doublé,
(so that I can be happy / satisfied oh Doublé Doublé
soki opesi nga ya lolemo
(if you promise me)
wana nakomi na esika na lingaka yo
(I will feel my dream has come true)
nabomba ,nabomba na motema nakokate tika na bimisa x2
(I have been your secret admirer till I have reached a point
I cant hide my love for you anymore)
esalaka nga pasi na motema ,maman oh Doublé Doublé
(because it hurts my heart, darling oh Doublé Doublé
na motema o , na molema
(it hurts my heart,it hurts my heart)
yaka kopesanga baiser ya litama
(come kiss my cheek)
soki opesi nga ya lolemo
(if you promise me)
wana nakomi na esika na lingaka yo
(I will feel my dream has come true)
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Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr4iUDghC1g&ab_channel=AfricanNostalgia
Pancocojams Editor's Note: The way this French speaking singer pronounced the word “double” sounds like how an English speaker would pronounce “do play”
YOUTUBE VIDEO OF CONGOLESE WEDDING RECEPTION ENTRANCE DANCE TO NYBOMA'S "DOUBLE DOUBLE"
Nyboma - Doublé doublé Congolese Wedding Dance
Sondasi Luundo, Feb 11, 2020
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A commenter in this video's discussion thread https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntLL3LtcdAQ&ab_channel=SondasiLuundo wrote that he remembers hearing Nyboma's "Double Double" song in 1982, but not this version of that song.
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