Musician Fela Kuti's death in 1997 spurred Biyong's return to France, where he formed fifteen-piece band Massak — a
Basaa (Cameroonian tongue and tribe) word that means music, trance and enjoyment through rhythms and sounds — to pay homage to the legendary musician and his
Africa 70 and
Egypt 80 ensembles. Biyong told
Songlines that at two Massak shows at
The Jazz Cafe in London "the crowd literally went nuts. Those two gigs really put us on the map." He termed his music then as "Afrolectric", a meeting of
AfroBeat and influence from UK's
electronica scene, and went on to form the Afrolectric Music label. Biyong then toured clubs and festivals globally for several years (including appearances at the
SOB's in New York, The Jazz Cafe in London and the
Montréal Jazz Festival). Biyong's first full-length album with Massak was
Realms of Atlantis, released on his label Afrolectric Music in 2006. His second album was
Haiti Market, released in 2007 jointly on Le Son de Maquis and Afrolectric; Daniel Brown of
Songlines described the album as "a sumptuous collage of Afrobeat, soul, funk and jazz." From that point on, Biyong released a new album every year: 2008 brought
Spirits into Sounds, 2009 saw the experimental
Rhythms of our Memory and in 2010, Biyong travelled to Cameroon to record his fifth album,
Visions of Kamerun, which was mixed by Grant Phabao in Paris. In 2010 Biyong and Massak also released the live album
Voodoolectric Ground, which
AllMusic said "wove together Biyong's deep love of
Jimi Hendrix,
Davis, and modal jazz." Biyong then formed new band The Afrolectric Orkestra, composed of young Caribbean and African musicians based in Europe as well as young rising stars of the Paris' Jazz scene. The Afrolectric Orkestra joined Biyong on his sixth studio album
Jazz & Africa in 2011. It was an album filled with highly original renditions of songs by
Manu Dibango,
Ornette Coleman and
Sun Ra among others. The same year, Biyong released
Meeting the Basic Needs of The People. In 2012 the album
Ki i Ye Yi was released, credited to Biyong and The Diamane Bantu Messengers, essentially a variation on Massak with the assistance of the Paris DJs crew, who jointly released the album with Afrolectric Music. The album had cameos by American Tenor Saxophonist
Ben Abarbanel-Wolff, musical director for Afrobeat Academy and Ghanaian highlife legends
Ebo Taylor and
Pat Thomas. Biyong's EP
21.12.2012 (Truth or Lies?) was released in 2013. That same year, Biyong also issued a cover version of Fela Kuti's
I.T.T (International Thief Thief) as a free download single. In 2015, Biyong released his album
Moonwatching, which he called "the world’s first Afro-Electro-Rock album." It was followed by the albums
Afro Bikutsi Live! (2017),
Evening Prayer (2018), and
Afro Galactic Spaceway (2019). Also in 2019, Biyong collaborated with Lipombe Jazz on the album
Ibolo Ini. Biyong released two albums in 2021,
Celestial Navigation Suite and
The Afrovision Secret, and in 2022, he released
Kunde. In 2023, Biyong released the album
Moonwatching 2. In an interview, he described "the conscious decision to avoid using keyboards or synths, and experiment as much as possible with pedals and effects to create eerie and surprising sonic textures." In 2024, Biyong released his 20th album
Radio Masoda, which
Songlines described as "chock-full of variety and beautifully done".
Other ventures As music director on Coke Studio Africa Season 1 and 2, Biyong worked with the likes of
Wyclef Jean,
Salif Keita,
Lady Jaydee,
King Sunny Ade, Culture Musical Club,
Seun Kuti,
Just A Band and David Correy. == Discography ==