Defao

Lulendo Matumona, aka Defao (31 December 1958 - 27 December 2021), was a Congolese Soukous musician. Born in Kinshasa, General Defao started singing in 1978 as part of Orchestre Suka Movema. He also had brief stints with Fogo Stars and Somo West before joining Grand Zaiko Wawa and later becoming an integral part of Choc Stars. It was during this period that Defao perfected his singing and songwriting skills, working with household names at the time like Ben Nyamabo and Bozi Boziana. Defao, in his quest to carve a role for himself, quit Choc Stars towards the end of 1990 and formed Big Stars with Djo Poster. However, things did not go according to plan and he was forced to look for new musicians after Djo left. During the mid-90s, Defao was already threatening to dislodge renowned names like Koffi Olomide and Bozi Boziana from their post but he did not enjoy the same popularity abroad. He also released a number of solo albums.
==Links to Peel==
Peel played a few tracks from the artist in the early 90's and 00's.
==Shows Played==
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*13 November 1993: Sans Suite (album - Le Saga De Defao) Flash Diffusion Business
*04 December 1993: Gobelicha (album - Le Saga De Defao) Flash Diffusion Business
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*03 January 2001: Hommage A Pepe Kalle (CD - Nessy De London) JPS Production
==External Links==
*Wikipedia (in French)
*Discogs
Category:Artists