Mose Se Sengo

Who is Mose Se Sengo?

Mose Se Sengo is a guitarist, composer and band-leader from the Democratic Republic of Congo. He is one of the pioneers of Congolese Soukous.

He played with Franco and TPOK Jazz, which he joined in 1968. In the late 1970s, he formed his band Somo Somo, roughly translated Double Trouble, performing in the Lingala language. The band performed in Tanzania, Zambia and Kenya. In the 1980s "Fan Fan" arrived in London, England mixing his music with English jazz musicians. In the 1990s he joined Bana OK, a tribute band to the late Franco Luambo Makiadi of TPOK Jazz. By 2000 until now "Fan Fan" has returned to the roots of the Acoustic Rumba style. As of the early 2010s, he was resident in London.