Goubald jean

After secondary school, Jean Goubald entered the University of Kinshasa, where he joined the orchestra Phacochère Music. He went on to work closely with such big names in Congolese music as Gérard Madiata, Rochereau Tabu Ley, Kalama Soul, Youlou Mabiala, Mbilia Bel, Tshala Muana, Mopero wa Maloba, the group Zaiko Langa, and most recently Papa Wemba, Koffi Olomide, JB Mpiana and Werrason. He was the big discovery at the L’Autre Musique festival, and then voted discovery of the year in the annual poll of AMCO (the Association of Congolese Music Reviewers) in 2002. Jean Goubald has been a major artist on the Kinshasa scene since the release of his first work, Bombe anatomique, in June 2005.