Ekambi Brillant
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Ekambi Louis Brillant is a Cameroonian makossa artist and singer.
Biography[]
Brillant was born on June 18, 1948, in Dibombari, a village near Douala, to Ekambi Brillant, a merchant and cultural promoter. He spent much of his childhood with his maternal grandparents in Djébalè (a suburb of Douala); it was there that his passion for music was born, listening to the pirogues singing on their way back from the sea.[1][2]
In 1962, he passed the entrance exam and was accepted at the Lycée Général-Leclerc in Yaoundé. It was there, under the guidance of Mr. Zane Daniel - a French music teacher - that he learned how to play guitar. In 1971, at the age of 23, he abandoned his studies to join Les crack's as a guitarist. They performed in the nightclub Le Domino. He then entered the music competition launched by the Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (ORTF) whose jury was composed, among others, of Manu Dibango and Francis Bebey. He won the competition and subsequently released his first single entitled "Jonguèlè la Ndolo", which recorded 20,000 sales.[3]
When he arrived in France in 1972, he signed with label Phonogram and released his second 45 rpm record which was also a success with 25,000 sales. In 1975, he broke his contract with Phonogram and joined Slim Pezin with whom he released the album Africa Oumba and the track "Elongui" which was later covered by several other African and European artists. This album recorded a record of about 4 million sales. This was followed by collaborations with Slim Pezin as producer for the tracks "Soul Castel" and "Musunguédi".[3]
References[]
- ^ Arol Ketchiemen, Les icônes de la musique camerounaise, Douala, les éditions du Muntu, juin 2018, 286 p. ISBN 978-2-9562874-0-7.
- ^ "Ekambi Brillant : le chanteur humanitaire". www.cameroon-tribune.cm. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
- ^ a b "Ekambi Brillant". Discogs. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
- 1948 births
- Living people
- Cameroonian Christians
- 20th-century Cameroonian male singers
- People from Littoral Region (Cameroon)
- Phonogram Inc. artists
- 21st-century Cameroonian male singers