associated_acts years_active alias image_size name background birth_date instrument genre article_title birth_name occupation
afrisa tpok jazz orchestra maquisards makfe 1960 - present '' '' ' ` michelliono '' ' , '' ` michita -lrb- -rrb- only use for images smaller than 220 pixels michelino mavatiku visi solo_singer 15 march 1946 lead guitar soukous michelino mavatiku visi
 mavatiku visi composer , arranger , producer , guitarist
michelino mavatiku visi

mavatiku michelino visi , commonly known as michelino , is a soukous recording artist , composer , guitarist and vocalist , in the democratic republic of the congo -lrb- drc -rrb- .
he was a member of the congolese band african fiesta sukisa , which was later renamed afrisa international , led by congolese music superstar , tabu ley .
later , in the early 1970s , michelino left afrisa and joined tpok jazz , led by françois luambo makiadi , which dominated the congolese music scene from the 1950s through the 1980s .
born and raised by angolan parents , in the congolese port-city of matadi , micheliono moved to kinshasa , as a teenager .
michelino now lives , plays and teaches music in paris , france .
he has a band of about eight members .
