katiki, bombardier, bomber, pop, world, music, musician, guitarist, singer, author, composer
Artist Musician, Composer-songwriter, Arranger-Interpret, Guitarist, Bassist and singer, this phenomenal character was born towards the end of 1963 in the full heart of central Africa, exactly in Bangui the capital of the Central African Republic.
Modest and humble, he embraced the semi-professional music as rythmical guitarist in summer of 1979, discovered when he still was young high-school pupil by Bassinet the band's leader of the Central African group "Vibro-Jazz".
And it was within this framework that he met Jimmy Zacharie called "Jimmy Hawaiienne", or "Jimmy ya Mwanga", as well as Dégringotch, who are Central African guitarist-singers coming back home after having Strongly act to build the foundation of the Congolese music. These dinosaurs taught him the fundamental bases from the musical richness which he continued to enrich by his own studies, efforts and experiments.
The added value of this lesson was worth to him to be pointed out very quickly (and very early also) from the Central African musical people.
Thus after the Vibro-Jazz, he joined the African-Muziki group in 1981, and "l'Arc-en-ciel Universel" (the Universal Rainbow) of Malao Hennecy in 1984 with the large Central African guitarists Socks Sokambi and Djogo Massely.
When Malao Hennecy left the Central African Republic once again at the early beginning of 1986 for Gabon, the orchestra changed its statutes.
And it took the preexistent name of "Vox-Negra" (the voice of the Negros) created by Mr André Kolingba the former Président of the Central African Republic, while he still was an central african republic army Officer.
This allowed the group to preserve the rows and prerogatives of "the State's Orchestra" from the time of "the Universal Rainbow". Djogo Massely became the President of the band, and Le Bombardier (The Bomber) Katiki occupied the Chief Executive Officer's position from 1986 to 1987.
Large talented and recognized bass player of his State, he recorded with the aforementioned group an ethnic tube in 1986 heading "Basse-Kotto 86" or commonly called "Gbadouma Andélé", which did one crowned national tobacco and remained in annals of the Central African Republic music.
From 1987 to 1988 he joined the Makembé orchestra of George Ferreira, at the sides of Saladin Ferreira and Faustino Ngoïta to reinforce the defensive team. But he was recalled in Vox-Negra in 1988 (always the State's Orchesta at this time) till his departure for France in 1991 to continue studies of Master in International Trade.
On the extra-national plan, he accompanied certain great names by the music afro-power station such as Ekambi Brillant ["Shining Ekambi"] (1985) and Alidjo Baba (1987) of Cameroun, Koffi Olomidé (1989), Bozi Boziana (1991), and Evoloko Jocker (2004-2005) of the Congo Démocratic Republic, like Oliver Ngoma (1992) of Gabon, to quote only these because the list is very long!
After several hesitations between his intellectual life as chartered accountant (Expert book-keeper) certified in Business Process Management and that one of musician, he has finally decided to be seriously interested in his musician's life and to make of it a core business with whole share!
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