The singer Aurlus Mabélé, a figure of the soukouss - modern version of the Congolese rumba -, infected with the coronavirus, died Thursday in Paris at the age of 67 years, announce on social networks his daughter Liza Monet, and his former collaborator ,
“My dad died of coronavirus this morning, thank you for honoring his memory. He is a great legend of the soukouss that the Congolese people are losing today, ”wrote rapper Liza Monet on Twitter in particular.
My dad died of coronavirus this morning ... Thank you for honoring his memory. It is a great legend of the Soukouss that the Congolese people lose today. I am inconsolable and collapsed. My dad whom I love so much ... Aurlus Mabele ...
-. (@LizaMOfficiel) March 19, 2020Claudy Siar, the producer of the program "Couleurs Tropicales" on RFI, also announces the news and pays tribute to the singer in a video posted on the Internet. His former collaborator Mav Cacharel also confirmed this on Facebook.
AURLUS MABÉLÉ CARRIED BY THE #CORONAVIRUS ...
He's a huge artist who just left us. He was one of the kings of the soukouss!
Honor and respect! Let the earth be light to you Big Brother ... ❤️🎼🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/15cT8XXqJV
A fragile state of health
His real name Aurélien Miatsonama, Aurlus Mabélé, born in Brazzaville, Congo, in the Poto-Poto district, established himself on the soukouss scene in the 1980s with the group Loketo, founded in the company of guitarist Diblo Dibala .
The soukouss, which is just a variant, faster with the addition of sounds from synthesizers and rhythm machines, Congolese rumba from the 50s, 60s. In the 1990s, it will bring a Caribbean touch to his music, which earned him some success in the Antilles, like another older Congolese group, Les Bantous de la Capitale.
The musician had been in poor health for fifteen years, and had already suffered a stroke. His latest album, Ça va se savoir, was in 2004.
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