Career
A relatively popular and successful soloist during the post civil-war culture boom of the 1970s, Moutouari is one of the few contemporaries of the early Soukous era still at work today. Pierre joined Sinza at the threshold of the band"s rise to stardom, with a full schedule of live shows around central Africa and the signing of a record contract with Pathé-Marconi. Les Sossa and Solo In 1979 Moutouauri moved to Paris to launch a solo career, joining the ranks of music label Safari Ambience.
In collaboration with Jacob Desvarieux and skilled guitarist Master Mouana Congo, Moutouari released several albums over the next few years including Le Grand Retour de Pierre Moutouari, Toute Bouge and Dans Tremblement de Terre.
Toute Bouge is perhaps his most significant work, spawning such hits as Aissa and Saile. Moutouari also busied himself with the promotion and distribution of Congolese music between 1993 and 1999.
In 2005 Moutouari released the album Songa Nzila, and in 1996 he signed to the label One1shuttle.
