Dodoly

Dodoli Kidima or simply Dodoli (sometimes spelled Dodoly) 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").

Career 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 Bipoli Tshando's short-lived band Victoria Principal 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. 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. 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